Recruiters and admissions officers will typically receive more applications for their job posting or seat in their MBA program than they have places to fill. So how do they decide who to interview ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents feel pressure to sign their kids up for all of the things. But how much is too much? (Image: Getty Images; illustration by ...

Activities at school beyond the classroom like sports, drama club, yearbook, and jazz band are worth protecting in tight fiscal times, contends a new article published in Education Next online today. ...

Are nerds the caring ones? High school stereotypes suggest that athletes score more popularity points than marching band members, debaters or leaders in the student council, but research from Rutgers ...

Captain of the speech and debate team, Key Club lieutenant governor, Student Government representative, Science Bowl, wrestling team, tae kwon do instructor. These are just six of the 10 activities I ...

Among many seemingly intractable problems in education, there’s one wide learning gap between the haves and have-nots that we know how to close: the extracurricular gap. Low-income and minority ...

A Milwaukee Public Schools educator argues that extracurricular activities are vital for student development. Extracurriculars are linked to better academic performance, higher graduation rates, and ...

There are oh-so-many studies and expert opinions evaluating the ways our parenting choices affect our kids and oh-so-few considering how we grown-ups will fare. Read enough of them, and you’ll be ...