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Teacher Appreciation Week 2023 is from May 8 through 12 this year. Each year, we dedicate this special week to…
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ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence (AI) program, has become wildly popular since it went live in late 2022. The program…
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Some kids from West Side Elementary School in Healdsburg, California have gone viral after creating a national “pep talk hotline”…
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Direct admissions is a new strategy that some colleges and universities are hoping will broaden their pool of prospective students…
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Racial bias can start as early as babyhood or toddlerhood, due to the social and societal patterns that little ones…
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As some school districts and local governments across the country continue to restrict access to books in schools, an Oklahoma…
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As a new school year approaches, parents of rising kindergarteners will naturally have lots of questions about how to best…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. There has been a substantial drop in…
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It’s an ugly part of our history, but legalized segregation and discrimination in the form of Jim Crow laws went…
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It’s been one year since Insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021, in an attempt to stop…
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New research found that one key to succeeding on math tests (and beyond) could be talking to yourself. Not out…
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By the end of this year, 16 school districts across Virginia will be the beneficiaries of Dominion Energy’s new program…
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Starting in January, students at Stephen T. Badin High School in Hamilton, Ohio will receive at least one drug, alcohol,…
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Last month, Merriam-Webster dictionary named “they” the word of the year as a way to recognize the gender-fluid linguistics that…
Parents often turn to charter schools in hopes of finding a better education for their kids. But a new report…
Starting next year, climate change will be the subject of examination for Italian school children. All schools will dedicate 33…
Parents with children in the special education system often struggle to balance work with the many appointments and school meetings…
Recent studies show that screen use during the toddler years has exploded well beyond what is recommended for this age…
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Schools all over the country are placing new emphasis on children being able to read by third grade, with some…
American students did not show any improvement in the last round of international reading and math testing. In fact, math…
“Chicken nuggets and sloppy joes are in the same class of substances as cigarettes,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams,…
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Seven year-old Elizabeth Wholmaker has organized a petition against the elimination of a dedicated art class at her school. The…
Failure can actually be a good thing — because if you don’t fail, you don’t learn. But how much failure…
As you figure out who’s invited to Thanksgiving dinner and what will be on the menu, your kids may be…
There’s finally a social media craze most parents can stand behind. Teens are making quick videos of historical events and…
As Central American families flee violence in their home regions to seek asylum at the U.S. border, many of them…
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Even though limiting screen time is a common pain point for parents, many kids can’t easily access the internet at…
In Cincinnati on Thursday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals heard testimony about the terrible conditions in Detroit schools. These…
Students of all ages are subjected to different teaching methods, not all of which have been backed by rigorous scientific…
Over the years, parents have tried everything under the sun to give their kids a head start in school and…
Educating the whole child is a philosophy we see more and more in education. California’s first Surgeon General took this…
There are collective cheers going up all over the world from parents and educators of girls. The all-female space walk,…
Gifted and Talented Programs have become an institution of our educational system. Where there’s a school system with a select…
We all know that early education is important for our children, but most people think of education as starting with…
There are a few (million) kids who will be happy to read the findings of a recent study on screen…
Since the 1990s, Box Tops for Education has been encouraging parents to cut their tabs off of cereal boxes to…