Steve Silberman talks about how Nazi extermination plans and a discredited scientific paper about childhood vaccines shaped our current understanding of autism.

Students teach their peers the basics of computer programming through short how-to videos sponsored by the non-profit CodeNow.

Snoring and other breathing problems during sleep can put kids at risk for poorer performance in school, a new study confirms.

Math anxiety is much like other fears, say scientists who scanned the brains of third-graders. One-on-one tutoring soothed the fear circuit in anxious kids’ brains and improved performance, too.

It can be overwhelming, frightening and even discouraging to try and shift the culture of your classroom, especially when no one else around you seems to think the system is broken.

Does the growing focus on helping students develop a growth mindset paint over the fact that many schools aren’t offering students engaging material?

A network of learning centers is helping families make the difficult decision to remove a struggling child from school in favor of a radically different, self-directed type of education.

A collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy hopes to show students what math looks like at work in successful animated films.

Knowing how to formulate a good question - and having the courage to ask it - is a skill with profound social justice implications. Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, Right Question Institute, first became interested in questioning techniques when they were working with parents in a low-income community.

A Melbourne school is using an Australian-first approach based on neuroscience to revolutionise its learning and boost its students' grades.

Could being wrong be the best way to recapture wonder?