Howard Gardner joins us to reflect on the theory of multiple intelligences and why the question of who owns intelligence is more important than ever.

While LooksMaxxing often headlines the news, the idea of BrainMaxxing deserves real attention. Growing your mind never goes out of style.

The benefits of mathematical literacy reach far beyond the realm of numbers and equations.

Sikh American scholar and historian Simran Jeet Singh on helping kids imagine — and create — a more empathetic world.

"The rise of the internet brought about similar fears, yet it ultimately made learning richer and more accessible."

Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?

In many ways, the rising anti-phone fervor in schools mirrors moral panics of the past.

A survey of more than 6,000 of the world's richest, most influential people shows that 9% of them attended Harvard University.

“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions."

It's a problem on both sides of the political divide.

A college education currently provides roughly a 10% rate of return, beating the long-term performance of equities.

The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.

There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.

College students once stood out from the pack on IQ tests. Today, they're about average.

Is it better to be the oldest sibling, the youngest, or in the middle?

Scientific evidence does not support the use of trigger warnings, which are described as a "disingenuous gesture of trauma awareness."

Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.

I think, therefore I am (rich).

Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.

Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.

Education has a global bias against boys.

For college students, it's the early afternoon.

The insanity of the academic job market laid out in numbers.

Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.

Do we still remember what we learned in the 1940s?

As with any "big idea" progress means a lot of different things to different people and not everyone comes into the discussion with the same priors. Some experts are primarily focused on material progress while others emphasize the importance of moral progress. So to start the discussion, we asked each expert to define the term as they see it from their specific vantage point.

Books that were rarely taught in 1963, when baby boomers were students, became classics when those same boomers were teachers and parents.

Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it's working.

Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.

Science cannot be isolated from culture.