Classroom & Curricula

With educational intent, role-playing games can provide a narrative that holds students' attention and be customized to teach specific lessons.

A middle school librarian and makerspace teacher planned a unit focused on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

The best go beyond challenging to engage players on a number of levels: through distinct but readable design, evolving mechanics or difficulty, and repetitive but soothing soundtracks.

In the last few years, there's been a rise in YA anthologies hitting shelves, and the trend isn't slowing down. Librarians weigh in on these books' popularity and how to use them in schools and public programming.

Students have traditionally accepted information in textbooks without question. But In high schools throughout the country, that's starting to change. 

When even the most esoteric information is only a Siri question away, why waste time memorizing anything? Neuroscience can give us some clues as to why.

The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project and companion curriculum is being used by teachers to change the narrative of American history lessons in the classroom.

Bring students in from the sidelines to participate fully in group discussion.

These inquiry lessons are ideal for ­elementary school teachers and librarians seeking a carefully organized suite of materials that offer hands-on, phenomenon-based science instruction.