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

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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

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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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What Is the S&P 500, And Why Do Stock Market Crashes Matter?

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“Mom, what’s a stock market crash?” That’s the kind of question that can land like a brick at the dinner ...
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What Do Rising Mortgage Rates Mean for Our Kids’ Education?

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You know, no one walks into a classroom thinking about mortgage rates. Not parents, not teachers, not the kids sitting ...
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Virtual Reality in Career Exploration: Alabama’s Big Bet on the Future

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Imagine, a middle schooler in Alabama straps on a VR headset and suddenly, bam! They’re standing in an operating room, ...
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