EDUCATION

Here’s How a Small Break From Your Smartphone Can Boost Your Mood
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . March 3, 2025
So, what would it be like to go back to those days? No social media scrolling, no mobile-app shopping, no

Rollback of Diversity Efforts Leaves Teachers Wondering About Effects on Black History Month
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 28, 2025
Officials and teachers with three large districts in Nebraska declined to speak about Black history education this year, claiming it

These Teens Can Do Incredible Math in Their Heads But Fail in a Classroom
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 25, 2025
However, these same children, the majority of whom were 14 or 15 years old, struggled to solve much simpler school

The Building Blocks of Math Students Need to Excel
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 22, 2025
Number sense is so innate to many adults that they may not remember being taught such skills. It is crucial

DOGE’s Death Blow to Education Studies
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 19, 2025
The cuts kept coming. Late Thursday, the Education Department announced that it had terminated an additional 10 research and technical

Trump Administration Targets Education Department Research Arm in Latest Cuts
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 16, 2025
In the Monday meeting, employees were told that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit within the Trump administration

A Deep Dive on U.S. Reading and Math Scores, and What to do About Them
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 13, 2025
“It’s not just that students are failing to catch up, but that students are continuing to fall behind,” says one

Meaningful Engagement With Newcomer Parents Helps Everyone. Here’s How To Do It
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 10, 2025
She’s done a slightly different version of this activity with elementary students’ parents, in which the parents each wrote a

What Does the US Department of Education Do? Some Facts About Its Role in Schools
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- . February 7, 2025
Two of the most important federal funding streams to public schools are: Title I, which provides money to help districts

Reading and Math Scores in Latest National Report Card Highlight COVID and Pre-COVID Trends
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 4, 2025
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which provides data for the Nation’s Report Card, is mandated by Congress and