Thinker of the Week
John Hattie
Professor of Education, University of Melbourne
After synthesizing 50,000 studies covering 250 million students, Hattie found that almost everything schools do has some positive effect — the question is what works best. His answer will surprise most people.
Provocative Question of the Week
Can a child raised without curriculum outperform one who wasn't?
The High-Signal Education Reading Stack
The Learning Scientists
How the brain actually learns, grounded in cognitive psychology.
The Hechinger Report
The most important developments in education without the noise.
Education Next
Rigorous, data-driven opinion that challenges conventional thinking.
Stanford HAI
The most balanced analysis of AI's impact on education.
Aeon
Thoughtful essays on learning, curiosity, and human development by cognitive scientists.
Works in Progress
Big-picture thinking connecting education with economics and society.
Deans for Impact
What cognitive science actually tells us about teaching and learning.
Researchers Who Changed How We Think About Learning
John Hattie
University of Melbourne
Synthesized 50,000 studies on what actually works in education.
Daniel Willingham
University of Virginia
Explains why students learn the way they do through cognitive science.
Barbara Oakley
Oakland University
Learning difficult subjects and the science of becoming good at things.
Michelene Chi
Arizona State University
Active learning, self-explanation, and the ICAP framework.
Dylan Wiliam
University College London
Formative assessment and what great classroom practice actually looks like.