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Study Sparks Debate After Linking Teacher Union Power To Literacy Scores
A new education analysis has triggered a fierce debate over why some U.S. states are seeing stronger reading results than others. The study examined student literacy scores alongside the influence of teachers’ unions, finding a pattern that researchers say raises questions about how education policies are shaped. The analysis found that many states with lower…
Teacher Says Her Third Graders Cannot Do These 10 Everyday Things, And Parents Are Being Asked To Step In
A third grade teacher has sparked a huge online conversation after revealing a list of ten everyday skills she says many of her students can no longer manage. The teacher, who posts on TikTok as @mommy_n_zachy, says some children struggle with things as basic as tying their shoes, remembering a parent’s name, counting money, following…
Two School Employees Fired After Recorder Captures Comments About Autistic Boy
Milissa Davis knew something was wrong with her 12-year-old son, but Camden could not explain what was happening at school. He had severe autism and difficulties with communication, so when his behavior suddenly changed, his mother was left trying to piece together the reason. Camden had started wetting the bed again, appeared anxious and became…
A Mechanic Gave Away His 151st Car, But The Story Started With One Grieving Mother
Melanie Lee had already endured the kind of loss that can make an ordinary problem feel impossible. For four months, she drove her 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe for hours at a time to reach a hospital in another town, where her son was fighting for his life. She made that drive again and again, relying on…
A Teen’s Cannabis Habit Nearly Cost Him His Brain After Weeks of Vomiting
A 15-year-old boy in Georgia lost between 25 and 30 pounds in just a few weeks, and the reason was not a diet or a growth spurt. He was vomiting so often that his body began running dangerously low on nutrients, eventually leaving him with neurological symptoms that sent his doctors searching for a much…
The Surprising Way Children Picture Scientists Today
For years, researchers asked children to draw a scientist and received almost the same answer every time: a man in a lab coat, often wearing glasses and surrounded by beakers. Now, after decades of research, that picture is changing, with children drawing women scientists far more often than they once did. The shift offers a…
Nine Year Old Boy Graduates High School and Builds Robots to Celebrate
Most nine-year-olds are still working through elementary school. David Balogun was already thinking about black holes and wondering what might exist inside them. He did not want to spend another nine years waiting to study the subjects that fascinated him. So, while still enjoying Legos and pillow fights at home, David set himself an extraordinary…
Principal Makes Split-Second Decision That Saves 900 Children Before Nepal School Is Buried
A normal school morning turned into a desperate fight for survival when devastating floodwaters began racing toward a school in Nepal. Rajendra Dawadi, the headteacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, had only minutes to decide what to do after receiving a series of alarming warnings. Around 900 pupils were at risk, and the…
California Schools Could Close for Eid Under New Bill
California could soon formally recognize two of Islam’s most important holy days, a move that would give state workers greater flexibility to observe them and allow public schools and community colleges to close. The proposal has already passed the state Assembly by a 64-1 vote and is now awaiting further action in the Senate before…
Scientists Asked People Questions While They Were Dreaming, And Some Actually Answered
In a sleep laboratory at Northwestern University, a volunteer drifted deep into a daytime nap. By every measure available to the researchers, they were asleep. Their muscles had gone slack, their eyes were closed, and electrodes traced the unmistakable patterns of REM sleep, the stage when vivid dreams are most common. Then the sleeping volunteer…