UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A new book co-edited by Gwendolyn Lloyd, Penn State professor of mathematics education, offers strategies and resources for using Standards-based curriculum materials in mathematics teacher education.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The first few weeks of college are a critical time in shaping students' drinking habits.

Finnish school children spend fewer hours in the classroom and more time at recess than their U.S. counterparts.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A University of Michigan educational technology that aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive is on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 14) a new financial aid program to help middle-class families pay for the growing cost of an undergraduate degree.

Two professors at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education , Laura Perna and Marybeth Gasman , are in Washington today to participate in the Department of Education's Evidence-Action-Innovation: A College Completion Symposium.

The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and the Ounce of Prevention Fund have been awarded a total of $2.45 million to support a multi-year effort to develop a model of public education for vulnerable children and families on the South Side of Chicago that begins at birth and leads to success in school, college and life.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/12/2012) —Some 16.5 million drivers are involved in traffic accidents in the United States each year, and more than 12 percent of them are under the age of 20—despite the fact that teenage drivers constitute less than 5 percent of the total driving population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

To video gamers, the name Microsoft Kinect is synonymous with the Xbox 360 video game console. To University of Toronto graduate student Uzma Khan , the motion-sensing input device offered a myriad of other possibilities.

Promising results lead to upcoming clinical trial at UC San Diego for adults and children - Overeating, whether in children or adults, often takes place even in the absence of hunger, resulting in weight gain and obesity.