A swirl of political, societal, technical, and practical currents converged to help a phenomenon—the “cellphone ban"—rise to prominence in 2024, making it Education Week’s word (or phrase) of the year ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This ...

Salman Khan’s “Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)” presents an invigorating and forward-looking vision of the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) ...