The best ways to study, according to the latest neuroscience By Cameron Bly Artwork by Molly McGarvey It’s 10 p.m. You should be asleep, but instead, you’re hunched over your desk, frantically reviewing your notes and completing as many practice problems as you can. You have a math test tomorrow, and you’re underprepared. You know you should have started studying ...

Writing and Photography by Justin Negard Let’s face it. Winter in Westchester isn’t what it used to be. There are fewer fluffy snowscapes and frozen lakes and more parking lot slush and salty shoes. Kids are lucky to squeeze in one or two days of sleigh riding over the winter season, and the local ponds barely have enough ice to ...

According to experts, no. Post-pandemic, most kids are falling behind, and parents are being kept in the dark. By Gia Miller Artwork by Justin Negard Ready for a head scratcher? According to a report published in February 2025 by researchers at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, Stanford’s Educational Opportunity Project and Dartmouth College, students are now further behind in ...

Experts share how schools should prepare students for an AI-oriented workplace. It’s probably not what you think. By Alexa Berman Artwork by Anne Kennedy When it comes to artificial intelligence, most of us fall into three camps: fully onboard, tentatively curious or actively avoiding. Regardless of where you stand, the reality is AI is here to stay, and it’s changing ...

By Anastasia Mills Healey Artwork by Justin Negard We all know overachievers. A National Merit Scholar who pitches for the state champion baseball team while also starring in the school musical, working in the office of an elected official, and discovering an enzyme critical to understanding a disease. This type of multi-talented student is what Lisa Bleich, the author of ...

Understanding the Fear Free philosophy By Dr. Sarah J. Cutler Artwork by Valeria Raymond We’ve come a long way in how we treat our pets. Over the past few decades, we’ve raised the standards and awareness about how pets are treated in the veterinary setting, at home, during grooming and in training. The Fear Free philosophy was created to train ...

Our brains can learn and change at any age, and lifelong learning helps improve resistance to age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease. By Gia Miller Artwork by Eliyahu Greenwald In December 2011, Eleanor Maguire, Ph.D., a cognitive neuroscientist at the University College London, published the results of a groundbreaking four-year study she conducted on “average-IQ adults” studying to become London ...

A sequel to our life skills course. By Ava Elghanayan Artwork by Aeneas Eaton Editor’s Note: Our last education issue (Sept./Oct. 2023) featured a life skills course that encouraged parents to teach teens about essential life skills that aren’t covered in the classroom. We explained how to teach everything from personal finance and grocery shopping to home repairs and job ...

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe By Judy Chinitz and Alex Gorman Artwork by Justin Negard Founders’ note: In our September/October 2023 education issue, we told the remarkable story of Judy Chinitz and Alex Gorman. The article, titled F-O-R-C-E ...