If you grew up in the '70s and '80s, chances are part of your educational experience came in the form of short musical ...

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Convicted "hell on wheels" killer Mackenzie Shirilla is taking a last-ditch fight to the Ohio Supreme Court, claiming unexamined medical evidence proves she may have blacked out before the horrific ...

Many families and educators say they’re fed up with learning tool i-Ready’s personalized math and reading lessons, which feature repetitive cartoons and slow voice-overs. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports.

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

In Anchorage, Alaska, math tutor Katelynn Petersen has watched hundreds of students struggle to use the software. “They all hate it — it’s so boring and so monotonous,” she said. Subscribe to read ...

Plummeting test scores, political activism in the classroom, and a school board spending a staggering $150 million on a school it doesn’t need. That’s just the beginning of the dysfunction parents are ...

Vaishali Rameshbabu’s love for watching cartoons on TV prompted her parents to enroll her in after-school chess lessons as a healthy diversion. Within six months, they were looking for a coach. Her ...