For most of the history of formal education, faculty members would have described teaching as an art or a craft. While many of us would still identify with those descriptors, the drift in the ...

Imagine walking into a chemistry lab, beakers and chemicals laid out on the table ready for the day’s experiments to begin. Beyond your table are 30 identical tables with the same setup. You pick up a ...

Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time. Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks ...

Our lab studies how people learn and how we can make learning more efficient and effective for students from all backgrounds. We focus on three big goals: Understanding when and why certain learning ...

Across nearly four decades as a teacher, principal, superintendent, funder, and now leader of a large education nonprofit organization, the experience that most shaped my view of learning wasn’t a ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Learn how to set up your classroom and laboratory to ensure that students learn in a secure and safe environment. The physical facilities provided for learning any science must be planned, built, ...

The effectiveness of online learning versus classroom learning is a contentious topic in education. While online platforms offer flexibility, traditional classrooms foster interaction. Which is more ...

Most students who earn a PhD in physics build careers outside of research. Meet four physicists who went from particle physics research to teaching high school physics and math. As a kid growing up in ...