UC STEM Faculty press Regents to restore SAT/ACT math requirement, Citing a “crisis” in student preparation
A coalition of University of California mathematics faculty, joined by colleagues from other STEM disciplines, has issued an open letter to the UC Board of Regents calling for the reinstatement…
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Trailblazing Educators: Jessica Holloway’s Mission to Transform Learning
Jessica Holloway’s journey in education began long before she became an instructional coach. Her first job, coaching tumbling and cheerleading, planted the seeds of her lifelong commitment to helping others…
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ICE Raids Caused Enrollment to Drop. Now Districts Are Paying the Price
As leaders ask lawmakers to help fill budget gaps, conservatives escalate the debate over serving undocumented students. By Linda Jacobson This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news…
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When Numbers Tell Stories: Connecting Math and English in the classroom
Some educators may balk at combining English and Math under the heading of language arts, while some students might unhappily conclude that learning math is like learning a foreign language.…
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Protecting the Brain in the Age of Bypass: How to preserve critical thinking when shortcuts are everywhere
Our students aren’t broken. In fact, if we look at what we as a society have trained them to do, they’re performing extremely well. We handed them devices engineered by…
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New research reinforces the importance of recess
For generations, recess has been viewed by many students as the best part of the school day. But according to pediatricians, researchers, and child development experts, recess is far more…
Keep readingDr. Sawsan Jaber: Championing Voice, Agency, and Educational Justice
Dr. Sawsan Jaber’s career in education has never been defined by comfort or convention—it has been guided by necessity, conviction, and a deep commitment to justice. From a young age,…
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A Memoir of Ostracization: This disgusting feast of filth
Like most of my fellow human beings, I have made mistakes. I lied about eating a second cookie when I was ten years old. I did not signal my intent to turn and accidentally cut off a minivan full of children on their way to soccer practice. I even forgot to wear a hat during…
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Gratitude Tour: William Scipio
I met William Scipio at the Brass Tap in Baltimore, MD, Wednesday evening, October 29, 2025. Though in the past he has typically paid for my dinner when we’ve gotten together, this time he allowed me to foot the bill. His beverage of choice was Wheatley vodka with sweet tea. I’ve grown close to many…
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Federal government limits borrowing for graduate and professional students
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. The U.S. Department of Education finalized new loan caps for postbaccalaureate students Thursday, limiting graduate and professional students and parents borrowing on behalf of their children to annual and aggregate loan amounts effective July 1. Congress passed the loan caps last summer…
Keep readingPEN America Report finds rise in nonfiction and diverse titles among school book bans
A new report from PEN America found that thousands of books were removed from U.S. public schools during the 2024–2025 school year, disproportionately featuring people of color, LGBTQ+ characters, and nonfiction subject matter, reflecting what the organization describes as an expansion of educational censorship. According to the report, PEN America documented 3,743 unique titles banned during the…
Keep readingHow a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights
How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights by Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline May 6, 2026 Charlotte Cravins’ son Landry turned 2 in January. He’s a smiley little boy who loves singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and recently got his first pair of glasses. Landry was born with Down syndrome and…
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The Friday seminar to teach high school history and grade it
Using my background as an American History Teacher, I developed an interesting method for teaching high school students’ history, as well as creating a new method for teachers to grade their assigned essays. My goal in writing this is to show how using these methods can make history more interesting for the students as well…
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ALA Reports Surge in Book Challenges and Bans During National Library Week 2026
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