The term "computer" used to be applied to humans that performed calculations by hand. It's still important for today's kids to still know how to, say, multiply without using their calculators (or ...

Children today face a world that changes quickly. Jobs, technology, and even daily routines are different from what older generations experienced. Schools and parents are trying to prepare kids for ...

Last year there was substantial hand-wringing over Australia's declining results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. Ideas for how to reverse this decline were coming ...

In a world full of challenges and constant change, one skill can make a huge difference in a child's future: problem-solving. Children who know how to think through difficulties, explore solutions, ...

While problem-solving skills are not taught directly in the classroom, they are part of everyday life building skills. It is important to provide children real world examples and some rationale behind ...

When my son was a baby, I swore I’d never let him watch PAW Patrol. At the time, I thought of it as the kind of TV show I didn’t want my child to become obsessed with: noisy and overstimulating. But ...