From Phonics to Policy: McMahon’s Grant Priorities Signal a Familiar Federal Tune

Linda McMahon - United States Secretary of Education
If you’ve been in public education long enough to remember grant binders thick with acronyms and hope, then you know ...
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Hearts, Chalk, and Gold Stars: Alto ISD Celebrates Four Standout Teachers

Four Alto ISD teachers recognized for their excellent work.
Every now and then, in the hum of morning announcements and the scratch of pencils on paper, someone takes the ...
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Stormy Lessons: Tennessee Schools Let Out Early as Severe Weather Looms

Storm, thunder striking from the sky.
Well, it wasn’t reading, writing, or arithmetic that led the lesson plan in Middle Tennessee this Tuesday, it was radar. ...
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No Phones, No Exceptions? Missouri’s Bold New School Rule Is Turning Heads

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Well, the gavel’s come down in Missouri, and this time, it’s on student cell phones. Lawmakers have passed a bill ...
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Shark Teeth and Artificial Intelligence? What These Middle Schoolers Are Learning Will Blow Your Mind

Robotic hand and human hand in the foreground and 'AI' written in the background.
If someone had told me years ago that kids would be using ancient shark teeth to train artificial intelligence, I’d ...
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$4 Billion from Overseas? What Colleges Just Reported Might Surprise You

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Every so often, something bubbles up from the policy side of education that makes you pause mid-coffee and say, “Well, ...
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PowerSchool Hack Fallout: What Schools Aren’t Telling You About the Data Leak

Data written as pixels on a glass.
It came quietly at first. Just a whisper in the wires, buried beneath the flurry of digital routines that keep ...
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The price of choice: What Texas’ new education bill could mean for our classrooms

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Well, Texas has done it. Governor Greg Abbott just signed into law the largest school voucher program in the country, ...
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Sleeping on danger: What’s really in your kids’ mattress?

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Let me tell you something straight: there is no such thing as “small stuff” when it comes to kids. Especially ...
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More Kids, More Cash: But Is Preschool Actually Better? Here’s my take

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After spending 20+ years wrangling crayons, questions, and curriculum, reading the 2024 State of Preschool Yearbook from the National Institute ...
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