This is one in a series looking at what Lake County communities, agencies and school districts experienced in 2025 and what ...

Researchers uncovered how estrogen subtly reshapes learning by strengthening dopamine reward signals in the brain. Rats learned faster when estrogen levels were high and struggled when the hormone’s ...

The latest release of 8th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress scores last month revealed a troubling reality: Coupled with steady drops in students’ math and literacy skills, students’ ...

This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

Michigan children may be significantly lagging behind in fourth-grade reading, eight-grade math and overall in certain K-12 student groups compared to the rest of the country, according to a new study ...

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LEGO Education has announced a new learning solution to engage students in hands-on science learning. Available in three kits by grade band, LEGO Education Science provides 120-plus standards-aligned ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory. A ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

This might sound impossibly old-fashioned, but I still like the idea that education is about learning: facts, skills, concepts, research, culture, analysis, inspiration. It’s supposed to enrich our ...

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Many science classes today rely on cookie-cutter science labs and rote memorization of the terminology. I can still remember learning about the nucleus and cytoplasm and my personal favorite, ...