«Trust your experience and critical spirit, don't believe in the absurd», suggests Nuno Crato, who was Portugal's Minister of Education and Science.

The philosopher and pedagogue Gregorio Luri defends in his new book the effort, the exams and the importance of memory in learning.

In New Zealand, one of the world's most exciting education reforms is quietly getting underway. Erica Stanford, the country's new Minister of Education, is on a mission to reform the education system from top to bottom.

Gregorio Luri tells us that children who are read to regularly by their parents at the age of five perform better in mathematics, vocabulary and spelling at the age of sixteen. And only one third of children are read to at home on a daily basis.

Gregorio Luri, pedagogue and philosopher, is interviewed by the digital newspaper Vilaweb to talk about the latest results of the PISA study.

"Even if he doesn't understand the new word, with the words he already knows he can still catch the meaning, so the child acquires vocabulary by reading. It's a virtuous circle."

Talking to your child about school is important. Ask open-ended questions, listen carefully, offer support and encouragement, and highlight their accomplishments.

No one is more specialized than parents are for their children.

Improving computer-assisted reading in elementary education

Interesting article by the doctor Vicente Morales Hidalgo about the importance of the diagnosis of learning disabilities.