Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found.

One of the banes of the educational practices and structures of the subject matters of various scientific disciplines is that they make both knowledge and learners fragmented. The methods and structures of science and social rearing of children and technology instruction have drawn a lot of flake from well-meaning educators, social scientists and feminists.

Goldwater Scholarship program announces that the notifications for the prestigious science scholarship program winners will be mailed out today.

Pakistan's Information Minister Sherry Rehman says the government intends to reopen girls' schools in the northwestern Swat Valley, despite a ban issued by the local Taliban.

Segregation and its sordid history is is back in the news today with reports of increasing segregation in U.S. public schools.

A study released this month confirms and quantifies what many medical school deans and financial administrators have long understood: Basic science research can be an expensive luxury.

Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a prerequisite to admission have, until now, received little attention.

Students’ successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students’ weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions in the sixth grade, and depression symptoms in the seventh grade.

A new study suggests that college students may handle stressful situations better if they have a pet.

Today, President-elect Barack Obama introduced Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as the next Secretary of Education. Across the board, Duncan is being described as someone “known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful relations with teachers and their unions.”

Business & Law School enrollments increase, during recession, while graduate school enrollments drop.