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“It didn’t prepare me academically, but it did make me resourceful. When you grow up having to make things work with nothing, you develop a kind of survival intelligence," one former student said.

Studycat reinforces trust-first, ad-free German learning for kids ages 2–8, combining play-based lessons with privacy-focused design across iOS and Android.

My kids (aged 6 and 3) have unquestionably been my life’s greatest teachers. Children wake with a natural curiosity and awe for each day, with open hearts to endless possibilities. They aren’t ...

Cancelling school for 1-2 inches of snow. What? Growing up in California, Missouri, the saying was: "School won't be cancelled until the snow reaches the library's window" (on the third floor of the ...

Caption: Kilimanjaro Ice Club provides free hockey and ice skating lessons every Friday to Black youth and families. Founder Didier Tshibangu explains how students take away lots of skills and feel ...

There's a reason why Gen Xers, the kids who largely grew up in the 1970s, are coined the "latchkey" generation — they were ...

Between curriculum changes and technological advances, schools today no longer teach kids these 11 old-fashioned lessons.

However, people who were kids in the 1980s learned the life lesson of entertaining themselves without a screen early in life. From unsupervised play in their neighborhoods outside to entertaining ...

Social emotional learning — lessons in soft skills like listening to people you disagree with or calming yourself down before a test — has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. The conservative ...