Suddenly, this relatively simple game with a retro style modeled on old 8-bit games has become highly relevant to everyday education in the United States. Though it was used in schools long before ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. John Dewey High School senior Jayla Mallette had an unusual request for her teacher after 9 p.m.

Teachers in thousands of schools in dozens of countries use the video game Minecraft to teach subjects from math to English to computer programming through MinecraftEdu. They use a modified version of ...

Minecraft has been the bestselling title in the world for years, inspiring thousands of collaborations and franchises across decades. Now, noted author Monica Sanz has dived into the block-shaped ...

Microsoft expands its vision of using the blocky video game in classrooms with the acquisition of a learning tool called MinecraftEdu. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...