In many schools, it’s not unheard of for principals and teachers to offer small prizes or pizza parties as an incentive to convince more students to aim for perfect attendance. State officials in ...

Highly effective education interventions don’t have to cost a lot, in time or money—and researchers should focus more attention on finding small-scale programs that can “nudge” students in the right ...

The U.S. Department of Education has endorsed competency-based education with the release today of a letter that encourages interested colleges to seek federal approval for degree programs that do not ...

Last week, Education Lab reporter Neal Morton wrote about how Tacoma School District is using behavioral science to send a wake-up call about attendance. In December 2016, the district delivered 5,000 ...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asks metro Atlanta valedictorians each year to share their best advice for teens starting out in high school. Looking back on the many responses over the last five ...

Small module changes based on behavioural insights into human flaws can help students collaborate more and procrastinate less – and boost engagement outcomes in your classes, writes Jana Sadeh Many of ...

Over at KQED Mindshift, I have an article about the blossoming field of social pyschology, behavioral economics, and decision science research that is being applied to educational issues. I try to ...

From a cursory look at state test scores, one might assume that students in Mississippi are much smarter than those in Massachusetts. Yet in national assessments, Mississippi is consistently at or ...

Butterfield Bank has partnered with nudge, the financial wellbeing company, to launch an online education platform for the benefit of clients and the wider communities in Bermuda and the Cayman ...