The greatest show on Earth: UChicago’s interdisciplinary circus.

Retired Laboratory Schools teacher Vivian Gussin Paley, PhB’47, writes about the importance of play in early schooling

How can we better prepare PhD students for nonacademic careers?

Harriet Heyman, AM'72, finds herself in acrobatics.

Urban Education Institute director Timothy Knowles explains why there's reason for hope in Chicago Public Schools.

If putting together an issue on education taught us one thing, it's that we have much yet to learn.

Alumni and friends write on Freudian scholarship and microfinance tactics, and continue debates on global warming and UFO research.

An ambitious economic field experiment studies how financial incentives for students, teachers, and parents affect academic performance.

Students often continue to collaborate with professors after earning their degrees. Sometimes, as in these four examples, those relationships move beyond collegial to true professional and personal friendships.

The murals decorating the University of Chicago Charter School campuses tell stories of success.

Linking teacher merit pay to standardized-test scores compromises learning and creates incentives to cheat.

The University’s focus on the aims and methods of education has led to discussion, experiment, and innovation.