No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks — in fact, no more teachers at all. Nonconformist moms like Mami Onami are doing away with traditional education to, instead, “unschool” ...

Many early childhood education advocates believe that play-based learning can be an effective tool in building independence ...

A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Richard Weissbourd and Kiran Bhai are part of the leadership team at Making Caring Common, a Harvard Ed School initiative focused on making ...

Prioritizing play offers a variety of benefits for children, from helping them grow their vocabulary to managing their big feelings with fewer behavioral problems. Play also benefits children’s ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

Ms. Anderson and Ms. Winthrop are the authors of “The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de ...

The McGaw YMCA in Evanston is offering a free, five-day learn-to-swim program for children ages 3 to 10. It will run Monday, ...