One of the challenges of the education profession is the lack of a standardized professional vocabulary. Doctors, lawyers, car mechanics, barbers and IT workers have them — if I say "mullet," "French ...

Children who enter preschool with good vocabulary and attention skills do better in class, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Early Education and Development. The findings ...

A new study shows that ‘sleeping on it’ can improve children’s ability to memorize new words, particularly for those with poor vocabulary skills. Parents and caretakers diving into homeschooling this ...

One way to practise improving vocabulary is learning a new word every day, which is more productive than learning huge lists of words. Studying a word for about one minute and paying attention to its ...

Rich children from wealthy households have a better vocabulary and problem-solving skills than poorer children by the time they are five, according to a Scottish study. The study looked at the ...

To meet this moment, we need YOU. For five decades, Mother Jones has been exposing the corruption that the powerful would rather keep buried. That fight for the truth is at a pivotal point, and it ...