Complex problem solving (CPS) represents an essential dimension of contemporary education, capturing the multifaceted cognitive and metacognitive processes that underpin effective learning in ...

When it comes to the need for higher education to better equip students for the modern world, conversations often return to ...

Most people assume that educational research is designed to help teachers and schools. After all, billions of taxpayer dollars flow to universities and think tanks with the expectation that the work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sara Schapiro writes about education, innovation, and public policy. Mar 26, 2025, 05:22pm EDT Mar 27, 2025, 03:17pm EDT Cuts and ...

If the mere existence of data were enough to solve pedagogical problems, the accumulation of it over the past several decades should have made teachers’ lives exponentially easier by now. But that’s ...

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the Department of Education, is facing funding cuts as it cancels more than 160 contracts. The American Educational Research Association ...

Joan Mclaughlin, commissioner of the National Center on Special Education Research, has witnessed many changes and worked through some difficult times in her 13 years with the Education Department’s ...

The National Science Foundation has slashed funding available for research into STEM instruction in K-12 schools. The move—which amounts to a roughly 50% cut for such research, experts calculate —also ...