Many top educators say Constructivism is the perfect teaching method. Maybe in small doses, it has some merit. Unfortunately, this rapacious fad always demands bigger doses. (Short article explains the basics, and recommends a video and essay for more detail.)

At the present the simple multiplication skills of very many pupils are good for nothing, and our children are getting worse and worse at the skills. If the situation is not changed, then, maybe, very soon we will be forced to say that most pupils cannot perform simple multiplication.

Parents have to know if their children are on schedule. Improve-Education.org has created BRIEF benchmarks called American Basic Curriculum (ABC). This material defines the minimum levels below which children should not be allowed to fall.

This article discusses some revisions to the curent special education system, particularly with respect to diagnostics (or identification) and remediation

Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs out there. As an educator, you have to manage a classroom of boisterous students, organize heaps of data, stay up-to-date with current events and plan l..

There is great power and positive benefits in raising student awareness about learning disabilities.

Sight Words, Dolch Words, Whole Word, Balanced Literacy--all the methods that start by having children memorize word-shapes--assume that it is possible for average children to recognize many hundreds of words by their shapes. Children must do this instantly--an ability that is called automaticity. This ability is praised and promoted on hundreds of websites and in thousands of schools. It's routinely said that children "must" achieve automaticity.

I argue that this claim is sort of a sick joke, like telling all children, "You can learn to dunk the ball." I've just finished a thorough analysis of this issue for improve-Education.org.

This year, National Bullying week shines a spotlight on the fastest growing face of bullying: cyberbullying. Basically, this means using information and communication technology to deliberately upset someone else. It includes bullying via mobile phones, instant messaging, emails, blogs, Twitter, websites, chatrooms, message boards, Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) such as Second Life, or social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo.

Dr. Kari Miller explains what educational therapy is and how it can help students with special learning needs.

Transitional words, called also linking words or signal words, are of huge importance for building your written and spoken responses at TOEFL iBT Exam. As the name suggests these words help you to move from one idea to another in a smooth and coherent way. They also signal the reader or listener what will follow after the transitional word. That is why transitional word will be helpful not only to do better in your TOEFL iBT Speaking andTOEFL iBT Writing but also to better comprehend the information presented in the TOEFL iBT Reading and TOEFL iBT Listening sections. The use of transitional words is not only limited to the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL®) but also to any other English tests, like IELTS (International English Language Testing System), FCE (First Certificate in English), CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English), etc.

KenKen puzzles are a new and exciting way to learn and teach basic math. KenKen is addictive, inexpensive and easy to learn. And it really does teach math skills in a very effective way.

KenKen is the newest and fastest growing puzzle in the world. Isn't it time you started learning how to do it? Here's a brief explanation of what it is, along with some resources.

Public, private and parochial school students all over the world are getting ready another round of standardized testing. Home schoolers, de-schoolers and un-schoolers are gearing up for a new year. Almost all young people have one thing in common - they are intimidated by math education, especially long division.

When you learn how to multiply by 9 with this method, you'll never have to stare at the multiplication tables charts for nine again. The best part is, you only need to be able to count in order to learn this!

State standards operate under the assumption that most people don't know what their kids need to learn, nor how well they have to learn them. That's why the State thinks it has to set standards for every school.