The cost to build a new home in many of our core neighborhoods runs $15,000 to $30,000 more than the home will appraise for once it’s done. That gap between what it costs to build and what the market ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

This story about math standards was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

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No matter what, the loss of one's twin is a devastating, highly sensitive, and traumatic event for the twin who survives.

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As part of this editorial board’s ongoing election coverage and endorsement process, we reached out to candidates for state ...

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