It's a shocking idea. By zapping brains in maths lessons, scientists claim to have boosted students’ abilities by a third. Participants became quicker at calculating and learned up to five times ...

Children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. It is thought that music can make maths more enjoyable, ...

“Music is the universal language of mankind,” wrote American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And, research has proven his mantra correct. Studies have shown that melodies, rhythm and songcraft ...

Another day, another article on the UK's acute teacher shortage. This morning, the BBC has been covering a report by the Public Accounts' Committee that claims that despite the fact that the ...

A lot has changed in maths lessons over the last generation, thank goodness. These days it's almost unthinkable to have a lesson like ones I remember, where the teacher would come into the room, ask ...