The basic rights teachers don’t have
Teachers have fewer settled legal protections than they did a decade ago. Here's what happened.
By Valerie StraussLisa Marie Presley’s death, AI problems and more news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project for students and everybody else.
By Valerie StraussThe element of suspense in Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative action ruling
"Will the current Supreme Court majority allow facially neutral criteria that favor White applicants but disallow facially neutral criteria that favor non-White applicants?"
By Valerie StraussHow anti-vaxxers exploited Hamlin collapse and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project for students and everybody else of all ages.
By Valerie StraussThe unlikely journey of education scholar Yong Zhao
An excerpt of a new book that looks at what factors are important to success in school and in life.
By Valerie StraussDeSantis moves to turn a progressive Fla. college into a conservative one
His administration says he aims to make it a “Hillsdale of the South," alluding to a school closely aligned with Trump.
By Valerie StraussFlorida Gov. DeSantis’s latest oxymoronic school spiel
What the governor had to say in his second inaugural speech about schools.
By Valerie StraussWhy it’s time to reinvent selective colleges — and how to do it
The authors of this piece explain why these schools should try to expand their enrollments.
By Valerie StraussNews literacy lessons: ‘Shark Week,’ Stephen Curry video, toxic social media
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussA critique of a GAO report on charter schools
Questions are raised about the data used on charter closures.
By Valerie StraussWhy it’s past time to make children’s health a national priority
Chronically hungry children cannot learn at school. With President Biden recently saying he wants to end child hunger, two experts offer a road map.
By Valerie StraussTwitter chaos, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and more news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project for teachers and everybody else.
By Valerie StraussDisrupting disruption: How 3 school districts improved with steady work
The success of these deceptively ordinary districts offers a template to other school systems.
By Valerie StraussKaty Perry’s eye, zombie rumors and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussHow a faulty understanding of college admissions hurts affirmative action
A case for why race-based affirmative action still matters for colleges and universities at a time when the Supreme Court could end it.
By Valerie StraussA ‘Texas miracle’ brought us No Child Left Behind. Here’s a new one.
Researchers do a deep dive into the jump in a Texas school district's grade assigned by the state. Is it deserved?
By Valerie StraussDid we need NAEP to tell us students aren’t doing well?
What the scores do and don't tell us.
By Valerie StraussNo, Eagles fans didn’t loudly boo Jill Biden — and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussHow to diversify America’s teaching corps
No single approach will work, a new report says, but here's what will.
By Valerie StraussA bogus claim about the 2022 World Cup and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project — for students of all ages.
By Valerie Strauss