Category: Education
Schools Keep Facing the Same Challenges. Students and Educators Know What Needs to Change.
Educators have seen wave after wave of “innovative” solutions promise to address long-standing challenges — from personalization and engagement to […]
March 4, 2026
With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care?
The alert came around 7 p.m. Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam County, Florida, Phillips […]
March 3, 2026
6 CTE trends to track in 2026
Key points: Without a doubt, career and technical education (CTE) is priceless for high school students wanting to get real-world, […]
February 27, 2026
Why Not Ask Why: Neuroscientist Urges Educators to Reconsider Technology’s Reach
Several years ago, Jared Cooney Horvath’s interest in teaching took a scientific turn. He entered teaching during a period he […]
February 27, 2026
Universal Pre-K Is a Hot Policy Idea. But What About Kindergarten?
Even casual observers of the early childhood space likely noticed the massive push for expanding access to care and education […]
February 26, 2026
New partnership expands access to flexible career-connected learning
Key points: Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a provider of and advocate for hands-on STEM and career-connected learning, has announced a new partnership with […]
February 25, 2026
What Students Gain When Teachers — Not AI — Grade Students’ Work
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution. During our research […]
February 24, 2026
How Teachers Make Classroom Technology Work for Them
Walk into any school and you will find teachers using classroom technology in very different ways. One teacher builds interactive […]
February 23, 2026
The Math Skill Schools Should Teach — Gambling
Isaac Rose-Berman doesn’t think that gambling is evil. After deciding not to pursue a doctorate in political science, Rose-Berman became […]
February 23, 2026
Is equality unreasonable?
On 20 February, the United Nations marks World Day of Social Justice. But what is social justice? It is a […]
February 20, 2026
A smarter way to modernize aging school facilities
Key points: School buildings quietly shape everything that happens inside them. When systems work as intended, learning moves forward uninterrupted. […]
February 20, 2026
When education stopped making sense
In late September 2025, young people began gathering in the streets of Rabat, Oujda, Casablanca, Agadir and other Moroccan cities. […]
February 19, 2026
Why District Leaders Are Rethinking Education Research and Policy
Today, district leaders are being asked to make irreversible budget decisions with fewer dollars and less margin for error than […]
February 18, 2026
Lawsuits Test New Legal Theories About What Causes Social Media Addiction
A high-stakes trial sparked by a California woman who first logged onto social media at age 10. Another lawsuit in […]
February 18, 2026
Snakes and Ladders: gamifying educational research to enhance practice
by Lucy Panesar I write here about an example of higher education research that has been gamified to enhance inclusive […]
February 17, 2026
Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating?
After a career counselor visited one of her classes earlier this year, Lily Hatch found herself asking a chatbot for […]
February 12, 2026
When Machines Think, Human Thinking Must Go Higher
Not long ago, I participated in an exercise that asked educators to define thinking and learning. It was a familiar […]
February 11, 2026
What George Washington Can Teach Us About Grace in the Wake of Violence
This year, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That statement of foundational political principles and […]
February 11, 2026
‘I Can Read, But I Don’t Know What It Means’: Rethinking Literacy for Multilingual Kids
In classrooms across the country, children are showing progress in reading, yet many students cannot tell you what those words […]
February 10, 2026
How a Small Louisiana School Misled Families and Thwarted Students’ College Dreams
The story Mike Landry told about his students, who were majority African American, sounded depressingly familiar: poor, raised on the […]
February 9, 2026