Editors' note: An article in the February 2008 issue of Scientific American, "Building a Future on Science" by Christine Soares, describes a project led by neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis to use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. A recent study finding dramatic boosts in reading achievement from a ...

Fresh water is a key resource for human health, prosperity and security. It is essential for poverty eradication, gender equality, food security and the preservation of ecosystems. Yet water resources ...

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we discussed the problem of being a knowledge worker in an essentially task-based education system. Teachers who are pressured into transferring information to ...

A National Academy of Sciences committee co-chaired by UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, recommends the creation of a Google maps-like data network that could transform the future of ...

Leaders wishing to thrive in today’s fast-changing, volatile world know they need to be constantly generating new knowledge that will translate into innovations, and encourage their teams to do the ...

If you’re looking for Jana Beth Francis, the assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in the Daviess County district in Kentucky, you might find her in her car. Over the past few years, ...

For more than a decade, teachers across the United States have been unfairly blamed for our nation’s literacy problems. Test after test shows relatively little growth and large gaps. Want to quickly ...

Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

In joyful preschool classrooms, three- and four-year-olds play and pretend together. They sing and dance, listen eagerly at story time, and ask endless questions. Nearly everything is new, which fuels ...