Pandemic learning loss has impacted students’ basic developmental skills, ranging from sharing to using scissors, raising the stakes for using the summer months to help make up the gap. In this week’s ...

Think back to your own childhood for a moment. How many everyday things did you learn just by doing them, without a screen in sight? Today, kids often reach for a phone or ask Alexa to handle tasks ...

Young students are struggling with fine motor skills, like using scissors and pencils, and social-emotional capabilities, such as following instructions and sharing, teachers report. Strong majorities ...

Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet but cannot tie their shoes, write a legible sentence, or remember their own ...

A recent National Geographic report highlighted growing concerns from educators and researchers about a decline in fine motor skills among young children—challenges in holding pencils, tying shoes, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Cassada shares and makes sense of K-12 education practices. Research affirms the powerful ways creative expression can help ...