Each month, grab your highlighters and pour some extra coffee, because this isn’t your average research digest. Each month, we break down the brainy stuff into bite-sized brilliance so you can digest evidence-based magic into your classroom without needing a PhD in educational jargon. From decoding dyslexia to unlocking the secrets of student brains, we’ve […]
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SCOTUS: Parents can opt out of LGBTQ+ reading materials
Today, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, the Supreme Court in MAHMOUD ET AL. v. TAYLOR ET AL on Friday gave a win to parents who objected to their children reading LGBTQ+ themed books in Maryland elementary classrooms. In 2023, parents from various religious faiths, including Muslim, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Orthodox, and others, sued the Montgomery […]
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Daily Education News: June 16, 2024
The Daily Dispatch is our quick bites of real talk in education, every weekday. We publish every morning at 5:00 a.m., just in time for your daily coffee. International NewsUS Student Visa Pause: What international students need to know before studying in the US this year (Financial News) Judge Delays Ruling on Trump Efforts to Bar […]
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Whitepaper: Media Literacy should be required in K-12 classrooms
In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, traditional literacy skills alone are no longer sufficient. Recent reports reveal alarming gaps: students graduating from high school without basic reading and writing proficiency, and college students widely relying on AI tools, such as ChatGPT, to complete assignments. These trends expose a critical shortfall in how education prepares young […]
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Museums must do more than display Black History—They must defend it
Growing up in Washington, D.C., I wandered the museums of the National Mall searching for something familiar, somewhere in the glass cases and solemn wall texts where my history might be acknowledged. Instead, I often found my heritage simplified, misrepresented, or entirely absent. It wasn’t until the opening of the National Museum of African American […]
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The Price of Honor: Would you leave your school to raise your teaching salary?
The final bell echoed through the halls of Lakeview Elementary, followed by the usual stampede of feet and the buzz of excited chatter. Emily James* stood by her classroom window, watching the buses roll out. Her fourth-grade room—still humming with the ghosts of laughter and spelling tests—had never felt so still. On her desk sat […]
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Judge dismisses parents’ lawsuit over popular reading curricula
BOSTON — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Massachusetts parents who argued that their children were negatively affected by three reading programs, including Units of Study and Fountas and Pinnell, developed by three well-known literacy experts. The suit, filed by Boston-area mothers Karrie Conley and Michele Hudak on behalf […]
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The Daily Digest: May 29, 2025
The Daily Dispatch is our quick bites of real talk in education, every weekday. We publish every morning at 5:00 a.m., just in time for your daily coffee. Federal NewsSupreme Court declines case about T-shirt declaring ‘only two genders’(Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post) Supreme Court’s Free Speech v. Paxton Decision Could Protect Kids Online (Clare Morell, Newsweek) […]