A lot of people talk about making learning fun. I think they have it basically wrong. When you’re having fun, you’re learning something. It could be learning something trivial – significant only in ...

From trivia flashcards to number board games, research shows that playful, hands-on activities can engage kids while strengthening literacy and numeracy. Activities like counting teddy bears, ...

SUMMER SCHOOL DESIGNED THROUGH THE LENSES OF STUDENTS. THAT’S THE IDEA BEHIND OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL’S NEXT LEVEL LEARNING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON TEACHING KIDS SCHOOL CURRICULUM WHILE KEEPING ...

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Learning doesn’t have to feel like a chore—whether it’s in the classroom, at home, or somewhere in between. From kitchen science experiments to turning math drills into games, playful learning sparks ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of ...

When I was a kid, I didn’t like any toys, games, books, or TV shows that tried to “make learning fun.” I wasn’t dumb; I knew when I was being lied to—learning and fun are mutually exclusive. But ...

When one thinks about using technology to support learning, the typical types of spaces we think of are traditional classrooms, media centers or STEM labs. After all, it’s easy to imagine how ...

Music is the universal language. It fills us with emotion and fosters imagination. What is the place of music in education, especially at a time when the arts are being severely cut from many ...

Educational games, or “edutainment games,” have a reputation for being terrible. Many ’90s kids, myself included, had plenty of edutainment games lurking around in their homes and schools that their ...

This is Lauren Drazen's tenth year teaching Chinese at Hall High School, one of the two public high schools in West Hartford, Connecticut. Hall offers Chinese in grades 9–12, in levels I through AP.