All of us rely on a set of basic skills to navigate life, from cooking a simple meal to reading social cues. These abilities help us take care of ourselves and connect with others smoothly. Most of us ...

Stretched to the max by hostile critics these days, many public school teachers—K-12—may not realize they are expected by other critics to be successors of those who risked lives or careers teaching ...

They cannot apply inference; they cannot process questions that are longer than a sentence. They cannot connect cause and ...

Achievement discrepancies among U.S. students remain persistent and troubling–despite decades of targeted interventions and whole-school improvement programs. To make real gains, teachers need to ...

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking. Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

Students raise their hands to answer a teacher's question at the KIPP Academy in the South Bronx, part of a network of public middle schools that is becoming a model for educating poor children. KIPP ...

Critical thinking is a vital, yet often neglected, skill. In higher education, Chris Griffiths, author of “The Creative Thinking Handbook,” noted in a TLNT blog article that critical thinking is “the ...

Critical thinking skills are incredibly valuable–among the most in-demand skills in nearly every labor market sector. They are so valuable and in demand because they are considered to be in relatively ...

Bloom's taxonomy is a framework widely used in education. It organizes cognitive (thinking) skills into levels, from basic (remembering and understanding), to advanced (creating and evaluating).

In a series of experiments described in Science Magazine in 2011, a trio of researchers found evidence to support a sneaking suspicion bubbling up in the minds of many Google aficionados: Frequent ...