Many adults join the Adult Literacy Program to improve their reading and writing skills, working one on one with a volunteer tutor. Improved literacy helps these adults obtain jobs, further their own ...

Every now and then I am invited to speak to a group of school kids or 4-Hers about careers. Usually, the teachers expect me to talk about agriculture-related jobs — ...

Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...

When parents think about their child's education, they probably focus on basic skills and exam results, the amount a child is ...

You've heard the expression “practice makes perfect” a million times, and you've probably read Malcolm Gladwell's popular “10,000 hours” theory. But how does practice actually affect the brain? What's ...

Computers have been around for decades, but longevity hasn't resulted in everyone acquiring the basic set of computer knowledge. A Reddit thread discussing a lack of basic computer skills that ...

When practicing and learning a new skill, making slight changes during repeat practice sessions may help people master the skill faster than practicing the task in precisely the same way, researchers ...