Education
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Cal State's Plan to Ditch TOEFL: A Move for Equity or a Policy Dead End?
By accepting Duolingo and SAT scores, the California State University system hopes to boost international enrollment, bu...
Civic Reasoning or Political Recruitment? The Battle Over Pittsburgh's Ethnic Studies
A watchdog group and Pittsburgh Public Schools clash over whether a new senior course teaches history or trains students...
Title IX Reversion: Linda McMahon Restores Trump-Era Regulations for Schools
The U.S. Department of Education has officially rolled back Biden-era Title IX protections, returning to the stricter re...
Hope vs. Rigor: Lucy Powell's Vocational Pivot Sparks Education War
Education Secretary Lucy Powell aims to dismantle the 'academic straitjacket' with new vocational GCSEs, triggering a fi...
San Diego's November School Bonds: From $3.5 Billion Upgrades to the Fight for Clean Water
Voters face a stark contrast in school funding needs, ranging from massive urban infrastructure overhauls to rural distr...
Ontario's Education Unions Set Sights on November Strike Votes
As the OSSTF joins four other major unions in scheduling strike votes, Ontario faces a potential massive disruption to p...
Dolly Parton Day in Calgary: A High-Profile Push to End the Literacy Waitlist
Calgary honors a country music legend to fund "My First Bookshelf," aiming to get books into the hands of hundreds of ch...
Gamifying the Syntax: Didactoons Launches Glitch Hero to Demystify Coding
A new adventure in CodeLand aims to turn programming basics into a cross-platform quest for all ages.
Texas Redefines Israel's History: Torah and 'Ancestral Homeland' Enter Classrooms
New social studies standards in Texas shift the narrative of Israel's founding, sparking debate over political influence...
Beyond the 168 IQ: Joe Petraro-Hyppolite’s Leap to NYU
A 13-year-old prodigy is trading middle school for a master's degree in sports management and biology.
Beyond the Rulebook: Why Rigid Classroom Discipline is Failing Students
New research suggests that authoritarian teaching styles may actually trigger student disengagement rather than fosterin...
Seattle Public Schools Pivot: The End of the K-2 iPad Era
Superintendent Ben Shuldiner is slashing screen time for the youngest students to prioritize social learning over tablet...
Resilience in the Band Room: Tavaris Marlow’s Return to Montgomery Schools
After a year of personal mourning, veteran educator Tavaris Marlow returns to Brewbaker Middle School to mentor the next...
Ontario Education Braces for Triple Threat of November Strike Votes
With CUPE joining teacher unions in scheduling November votes, tens of thousands of school workers in Ontario could soon...
The Bed Shortage Crisis: How UK Universities Overbooked Their Freshmen
From 90-mile commutes to forced deferrals, thousands of 18-year-olds are discovering that their university place doesn't...
The £3,500 Robot Solution to England's Growing School Avoidance Crisis
As school attendance rates struggle to recover post-pandemic, robotic avatars are being used to bridge the gap for anxio...
The £3,500 Digital Proxy: Can Robots Solve the UK's School Avoidance Crisis?
As anxiety-driven absenteeism surges across England, schools are turning to Norwegian-made AV1 robots to keep students c...
UCLA’s New Teacher Training: From Educators to Social Activists
The University of California, Los Angeles is embedding activism into its K-12 training, tasking future teachers with dis...
Court Blocks Trump Administration's $600 Million Teacher-Training Slash
A federal judge ruled that the Education Department's attempt to defund DEI-linked teacher grants was arbitrary and ille...
Bentley University Under Fire: The Legal Battle Over Racialized Scholarships
A civil rights group is challenging Bentley University's scholarship preferences, citing a post-Harvard SCOTUS landscape...
Chula Vista School Board Race: Can Candidates Solve a $30 Million Deficit?
With a massive budget gap and staffing shortages on the line, Chula Vista voters face a high-stakes election for the Boa...
Ohio’s Testing Integrity Crisis: Data Anomalies and Allegations of Pretextual Grant Reopening
Over 50 Ohio schools face scrutiny following a statewide investigation into suspicious test score patterns, sparking a d...
The $12 Million 'Cat in the Hat' Prank: Why Viral Threats Are Costing Schools Millions
A viral social media trend is costing U.S. schools millions in taxpayer funds and lost instruction time.
The Virtual School Hunger Gap: 500,000 Students Denied School Meals
As digital learning becomes a permanent fixture, a legal loophole is stripping half a million students of their right to...
The Civic Void: Why America's 250th Anniversary is Missing from the Classroom
A warning from the front lines of education: while the US approaches a historic milestone, school curricula are prioriti...
From Backyards to Gymnasiums: The Rise of the Kindergarten Cycling Curriculum
A nonprofit-led initiative is transforming physical education by introducing structured balance bike lessons to elementa...
Hochul Breaks Party Line: New York Joins Federal School Choice Program
Despite fierce opposition from teachers unions, New York becomes the 30th state to allow tax credits for scholarship don...
University of Ottawa Lecturers Signal Strike Over 'Intensive' Contract Loophole
Over 860 sessional academics have voted for a strike mandate, challenging the university's push for temporary teaching r...
Beyond the Screen: The Social Cost of Quebec's School Phone Ban
While classrooms are quieter and students more engaged, a 'social skill gap' is emerging as Quebec enters year two of it...
France’s Cultural Blueprint: A Strategy for Equality or a Directory of Ideas?
The French Ministry of Education is positioning cultural participation as a tool for social equity, but the lack of fund...