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For 20 years, a chasm of words has yawned between the children of college-educated professionals and those of high school dropouts, quantifying the academic disadvantage faced by the latter group long ...

Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each other, solve problems and ...

Greig de Zubicaray receives funding from the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Foundation. We’ve all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can’t find the ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...