Star charts on the fridge. House points at school. Sticker books for good behaviour. Reward systems are everywhere...

In a world of coding classes, music lessons, sports academies, and after-school tutoring, playtime as children once knew...

Walk into any school and you will notice something telling before a single lesson begins: how the desks...

‘I’m bored.’ Two words that most parents instinctively rush to fix. We reach for screens, activities, playdates, and...

Every parent who has more than one child knows the experience of raising children who seem to come...

‘Why is the sky blue?’ ‘Where do dreams come from?’ ‘Why do birds not fall off branches when...

There is a persistent and damaging myth in education: that some students are naturally good at studying and...

The lecture as the dominant mode of classroom instruction is in well-deserved decline. Decades of educational research have...

Manners are among the most practical gifts we can give a child. Long after a school year’s worth...