Youngkin could set Virginia education back 'many years’: Read the withering letter from school superintendents blasting governor
The letter portends a rocky relationship between the Republican governor and Virginia's school superintendents.
No, Time magazine didn’t publish a Putin-Hitler cover, and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project
Florida governor — who mocked kids for wearing masks — doubles down: ‘Curtain call for covid theater’
Despite criticism for berating students, he says it’s time to end “covid theater.”
How to avoid being duped by false Ukraine information — and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
This wave of book bans is different from earlier ones
Unlike in previous waves, where action was local and sporadic, advocacy groups this time are working to nationalize book challenges. The result is a coordinated and highly partisan approach.
Joe Rogan, vaccine deniers and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project
Whoopi Goldberg and the problem(s) with Holocaust education
Some states require it — but is it effective?
Remember the Atlanta schools’ cheating scandal? It isn’t over.
A teacher is headed to prison and more could be.
Preparing citizens to stick their heads in the sand
Three fundamental misconceptions are driving dozens of Republican bills and some new state laws about teaching history and other subjects.
What Education Secretary Cardona didn’t mention in his vision for education
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke about many important issues in his major speech — but there wasn’t a word about this.
Why race-based affirmative action is still needed in college admissions
The Supreme Court is taking up yet another challenge to affirmative action. This time, the conservative-dominated court is likely to eliminate race-conscious practices in college admissions.
Youngkin’s ‘tip line’ to snitch on teachers suffers from this, too
By a veteran teacher.
TikTok’s ‘suggestion’ algorithm, Ben Affleck’s shirt and more news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
The story of a charter school and its for-profit operators
The details reveal how some for-profit operators manage their charter schools.
School environments can be toxic. Why and how they must change.
A mental health crisis requires that schools look at underlying causes and not just treat symptoms, Vicki Abeles says.
Time to reset coronavirus school policies. Here’s a road map.
A set of practical recommendations by experts at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — which may seem counterintuitive to some — is aimed at keeping as many kids in school as possible.
Getting education reform right
Market-based reforms aren't working, the author argues. Here's what does.
An argument for why school vouchers harm American civic life
Sarah M. Stitzlein argues that while school vouchers may help individual families, they harm U.S. democracy.
A teacher’s brain on a typical school day
117 questions that just skim the surface.