We live in an age of doomscrolling, where content has become synonymous with “reels.” Thanks to relentless swiping, our attention span flickers like candlelight in a windstorm. Amid this digital ...

When I realized I couldn't answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic — oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce. My ...

In “Can Our Eyes Fool Our Taste Buds?,” children’s poet April Halprin Wayland summarizes a fun experiment in taste perception where people were quizzed after drinking red and green drinks that ...

Badly worded or poorly conceived questions on standardized tests are not uncommon (remember the question about a “talking pineapple” on a New York test in 2012?). But here’s something new: The author ...

For each of the 12 days of Christmas, here’s something to beguile, distract – and leave you with questions for the year ahead Simon Barraclough dons a bright yellow jacket, orange Ray Bans, and ...

In an age dominated by fleeting content, poetry emerges as a quiet force with profound cognitive benefits. Recent research reveals that reading verse can sharpen associative thinking, boost mental ...