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A by-the-numbers look at our education system shows that the traditional school calendar is failing to meet many students’ needs and more time better spend can help.

Little kids are looking at a lot of dots these days. The theory behind this increasingly popular practice is that an effective way to teach counting might be by … not counting. That’s the ...

Two months ago, I wrote an article about the the declining numbers of students identified as having “specific learning disabilities,” the largest of the 13 categories that are included in ...

Pigeons don't just count. The birds in his experiment could peck images on a screen to rank numbers from lower to higher. So they can sort, say, nine ladies dancing to one 12 partridge in a pear tree.

Bees are surprisingly good at maths. We recently discovered that bees can learn to associate particular symbols with particular quantities, much like the way we use numerals to represent numbers.

In a world where skills beat capital, the winners and losers of the next 30 years will be determined by their ability to attract and develop great talent. Fortunately, corporate L&D is ...

This idea works with learning, too. University of Delaware wildlife ecology major Jillian Fader, a Wilmington, Delaware, native now residing in Ellendale, is exploring how board games can facilitate ...