Faculty members at community colleges can improve the success of basic-skills instruction—specifically, math and literacy—by taking a more active role in reshaping curriculum and recording data to ...

Oona and Paul Hanson had joked for years that their kids could use "Common Sense Camp" to learn some of life's more basic but necessary skills. So when sleep-away and day camps were canceled in 2020, ...

As adults, we often gripe about the things we know now that we wish we had known early on in life. Things like properly balancing a checkbook or being a smart shopper aren't taught in school — but ...

To some, maintaining mental health, managing money and making meals are simple tasks, but to others, these life skills seem overwhelming. The definition of a life skill is “a skill that helps a person ...

VICKI: THANKS, JENNIFER. CHECK THIS OUT. ONE JEFFERSTOWN MOM WANTED TO TEACH KIDS BASIC LIFE SKILLS LIKE COOKING AND CLEANING. , JAMIE STEPP OWNS HOME-EC-KIDS, WHICH TEACHES DIFFERENT COURSES SHE SAYS ...

A library patron practices new sewing skills at Adulting 101, a program at Forsyth County Public Library in ­Cumming, Georgia.Photo: Jennifer Forbes When Teresa Lucas decided to teach basic life ...

If you find yourself struggling to keep your kids busy if their schools or extracurriculars are shut down due to the pandemic, writer and mother of two Erinne Magee recommends creating an at-home ...

Young children can be taught basic lifesaving skills, such as recognizing a cardiac arrest, calling for help, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), concludes a scientific statement from ...

Students raise their hands to answer a teacher's question at the KIPP Academy in the South Bronx, part of a network of public middle schools that is becoming a model for educating poor children. KIPP ...

The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, has asked its members to urge Gov. Phil Murphy to sign a bill into law that would eliminate the basic skills tests in reading, ...

A former teacher in Florida’s public school system notes that, while two-thirds of fourth graders were not proficient in reading in 2024, 44% of state public schools received an ...