A group of New Haven Academy freshmen leaned over their desks, closely reading a short passage of text to try to understand not just what characters said — but also what their body language ...

T wo books about pedagogy gave Nicholas Kapoor an idea. Kapoor is an instructor of the practice in mathematics at Fairfield University, in Connecticut, where he is also associate director of its ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...

Asking students to dissect the motivations of a character in a book is doing more than teaching them about plot and characterization. This exercise also helps students learn to see different ...

The education path for students at New Horizons Academy looks a bit different.