U.S. history knowledge is declining in schools. An MPS teacher tried changing that by bringing America 250 lessons to her ...

Editor’s Note: One of the most persistent and pernicious ideas in education is that we can teach children to “think like a historian” or “think like a scientist” without first teaching them what the ...

Americans are expected to gobble up more than 40 million turkeys between now and the end of the year. But two massive birds will escape the holiday season thanks to presidential intervention.

What do you think McCullough means in the following quote? Why do you think the shift in focus McCullough describes might be important? What other aspects of the human experience do you think are too ...

Want more state education news? Read stories by AL.com’s Education Lab and sign up for its free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. In Mary Gaston’s classroom, Tuscaloosa high schoolers spent a Wednesday ...