Instruction & Curriculum

I’ve been teaching middle school for 3 years and college for 6. While these two levels can be quite different, commonalities are present. Whether a student is in junior high or a junior in higher ed, one often asks a similar question: “Why aren’t we taught about money in school?”. Regardless of program or area […]

Sharon Lane, a 77-year-old retired foreign language teacher from Orange County, California, has turned her dream of ocean living into a full-blown reality. After decades of teaching high school students in Los Angeles and San Bernardino, she’s now taking a crash course in world travel aboard a cruise ship she’ll call home for the next […]

In a narrow 218-214 vote on July 3, the House passed the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), enacting devastating Medicaid cuts that will impact school health services, especially in rural communities. Despite Republican control, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) joined Democrats in opposing the bill. This […]

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 NewsBillions in approved federal K–12 education funds remain withheld by U.S. Department of Education (The Educator’s Room) GOP ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ threatens key services for […]

It’s a Friday, and you’ve got a terrific math lesson planned. All you need to do is move your group of math geniuses from where they line up after recess back to your classroom. But as you have been dreading, there’s another argument between two young men on the playground. What if someone hadn’t “started […]

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 […]

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 […]