3-Year College Degrees Grow More Popular in the U.S., Saving Time and Cash. But Critics Aren’t Sold
This article was originally published in The Associated Press.Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree.…
But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quic…
So the laid-off web developer turned to one of a growing number of thr…
“I can’t afford to be out of the workforce for four years.
Superintendents Want Schools to Change. New Study Examines Why It Doesn’t Happen
Walk into a public high school in New England, and it will likely look largely the same as it did 50 years ago: a bell schedule, class periods for each academic subject, students sorted into regular and honors tracks, teachers teaching a single subject, students generally compliant, passive and very bored.…
They still distribute opportunity, resources and credentials to differ…
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‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘Goodnight Moon’ and the Case for Picture Books as Great Art
The children’s author Mac Barnett does not pull punches when it comes to his chosen profession: “If you don’t think children’s books are real books,” he writes, “on some level you don’t think children are real people.…
” The author of more than 70 books, Barnett has become a key evangelis…
As the Library of Congress’s ninth National Ambassador for Young Peopl…
And Barnett scored a rare feat for a children’s book author, this spri…
Laura Bornfreund opens her new book, “Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play & Joy in Kindergarten” by bringing readers inside her daughter Ainsley’s experience entering kindergarten in August 2017.…
The fact that Ainsley just started high school shows the long and thor…
Bornfreund — a senior fellow at New America, where she previously was …
In her book, she digs into the history of kindergarten and how it’s ch…
Reading Scores Continue to Drop for Many Middle Schoolers
For the most part, public school students have made significant strides in returning to subject proficiency levels from before the pandemic, according to a new study by NWEA.…
But a disturbing exception is the lowest-achieving students in middle …
The NWEA study finds that, not only have reading scores not stabilized…
The study draws on data from the MAP Growth National Dashboard and con…
College Admissions Testing is Returning to Mixed Reactions
Several leading colleges and universities are reinstating SAT or ACT scores as part of their admissions requirements after years of being "test blind" (not looking at standardized test scores, even if submitted).…
The move has revived the debate over the fairness and value of such te…
Institutions initially removed the test score requirements during the …
Since testing centers were shutting down, many students didn’t have ac…
Opinion: Survey: 1 in 4 Kids Who Needed Mental Health Help Didn’t Get It
When a middle schooler sits down in math class, she might be thinking about the argument she had on the way to school, the stress at home she can’t escape or whether she’s going to eat today.…
She is probably not thinking about algebra.
Adults design policies for her future — the classes she takes, the pro…
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Early Childhood Educators Are Leveling Up at Community Colleges
When the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) revamped its childcare rules in 2019 to require educators to earn more credentials, Aida Rodriguez decided to pursue her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.…
When it was time to choose a school, she chose the less common path.
Rodriguez earned her bachelor’s degree in 2022 from North Seattle Coll…
That makes up less than 1% of all bachelor’s degree recipients.
The Case Against the Classroom Cellphone Crackdown
In 2025, my home state of Missouri passed a law, Senate Bill 68, that prohibits students from possessing any electronic communication device from the start of the school day until the end of the school day.…
“It’s simple — cell phones have no place in Missouri classrooms,” Miss…
Mike Kehoe posted on X, formerly Twitter.
It has become a concerning cycle in education: When any new technology…
Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Edtech Guidance for States and Districts
The U.S.Department of Education today issued new guidance about educational technology usage in the classroom but left rulemaking to states and school districts.…
Edtech should ensure that “technology use is purposeful, instructional…
“Responsible design is the floor.
Not only do we need to know if the tool works, but if it works; why do…
Are book vendors intentionally selling pornographic content to public schools? Utah is spending $60K to find out.
After state school board member Emily Green explained why Utah needs to spend $60,000 looking into how schools buy books, she got a blunt response: “I hear you saying you think that vendors are intentionally selling pornographic materials to schools,“ board member Carol Lear said.…
“Is that what you’re saying?
” Moments earlier, Green had argued that “pornographic novels” are “ma…
She cited the dozens of titles banned from all public schools after mu…
Alabaster Scales Responsible AI for English Learners
When Alabaster City Schools began piloting Telo AI, the district wanted to explore a question many school leaders are now asking: How can artificial intelligence be introduced responsibly into classrooms in a way that supports teachers and creates meaningful learning opportunities for students?…
After seeing Telo used with English learners, the Alabama district dec…
For Superintendent Dr.
Wayne Vickers, the decision reflects the district’s approach to emergi…
More than a dozen Texas school districts close to triggering state takeover law in 2027
More than a dozen Texas public school districts are at risk of triggering a potential state takeover if they do not improve student academic performance before the next year’s A-F accountability ratings, data shows.…
At least 14 districts had at least one campus with a fourth consecutiv…
That includes the Clarksville, Cleveland, Coldspring-Oakhurst, Elgin, …
The majority of the at-risk districts are concentrated in the Austin, …