As NJ Lowers Math Standards, Fewer Students Can Handle College-Level Work
A year ago, a report from the University of California San Diego made major waves when it showed that a rising share of its incoming freshmen had math skills that were below the high school level.…
Was this problem unique to that particular college?
‘Bucks County, USA’ Sees School Board Fights As Reflection of a Nation Divided
Over the past few years, a suburban Philadelphia school district has become a flashpoint for nearly every fault line in America’s school culture wars, with a lawsuit and federal civil rights investigation alleging discrimination against LGBTQ students and a library book-review policy quietly shaped by a Christian nationalist advocacy group.…
School board meetings have regularly dissolved into shouting matches, …
A new five-part documentary, Bucks County, USA, trains its lens on tho…
DEI Ban Led to End of Minister Benefits and Call for Professor to Be ‘Fired or Worse’
DEI Ban Led to End of Minister Benefits and Call for Professor to Be ‘Fired or Worse’ Ryan Quinn Wed, 09/16/2026 - 03:00 AM After Kentucky Republicans banned DEI, a diversity, equity and inclusion defender used open records requests to reveal what public universities face behind the scenes.…
Plaintiffs Suing Over ED Layoffs Seek Withheld Documents
Plaintiffs Suing Over ED Layoffs Seek Withheld Documents Katherine Knott Wed, 09/16/2026 - 03:00 AM The Education Department is withholding more than 900 records it says are exempt from disclosure, according to court records.…
In Huntsville, Alabama, home to one of the nation's largest cybersecurity hubs, educators and industry professionals are rethinking what cybersecurity education can look like.…
Rather than separating classroom instruction from workplace experience…
At the Madison County Schools Career Technical Center, cybersecurity i…
Opinion: Student Newspapers Impart Critical Skills. The Nation Needs More of Them
“Portrait of a Graduate,” embraced by 26 states, describes essential skills that high school students should master, including thinking critically, communicating clearly and engaging as citizens.…
As school districts nationwide grapple with this new vision of what it…
Unfortunately, student newspapers are increasingly rare.
The “October Blues” Are Coming. Here’s How Teachers Can Beat Them.
It’s not uncommon for teachers to experience what Ellen Moir, founder of the New Teacher Center, calls a “disillusionment phase” shortly after the start of the school year.…
Other educators call this phenomenon by a different name — the “Octobe…
”The October Blues affect teachers who find themselves in an emotional…
Ohio’s Next Education Fight Could Be Over How Kids Learn Math
Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should change.…
That decision won’t come until next April when the Ohio Department of …
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As States Crack Down, Autism Therapy Providers Target Lawmakers — and Schools
For most of its existence, the autism therapy known as applied behavior analysis, or ABA, has relied on armies of parents — eager to share heartrending stories of the transformation it could bring about in their children’s lives — to lobby state lawmakers to require insurance coverage and other benefits.…
The coverage mandates these parents helped secure have driven hundreds…
Over the last decade, the ready flow of cash has attracted private equ…
How Parents in Boulder, Colorado, Rewrote the Rules on Autism Therapy in School
Jenny Thamer had low hopes for the meeting called by the superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District to hear from families of autistic students.…
From her experience, such so-called listening sessions are often pro f…
This one had been called hastily, after a handful of caregivers had co…