Education
Education updates, learning trends, universities, schools, and global academic developments and policies.
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Districts Relying More on Data to Identify Gifted Students
data-driven gifted – In classrooms from Tucson to Charleston County, gifted and talented programs are shifting away from narrow testing…
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Radical school dreams nearly broke the educator
burnout while – A preK-8 Catholic Montessori director in Cincinnati describes how her attempt to turn the classroom into a…
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Quality Concerns Persist as Pre-K Spending Surges
quality concerns – States in the U.S. are enrolling more 3- and 4-year-olds in state-funded preschools than ever, and spending…
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TIMSS results show girls losing math ground globally
TIMSS girls – A new international analysis of TIMSS data finds the math achievement gap is widening in multiple places:…
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Teacher exits rise as budgets tighten and safety fears grow
teacher exits – Across the country, research suggests one in seven teachers won’t return for the new school year—while Wisconsin…
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ISTE+ASCD names 2026-27 Voices of Change Fellows
Six educators selected for the ISTE+ASCD Voices of Change Fellowship will publish first-person essays and multimedia stories during the 2026-27…
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States Move to Vet Edtech as Parents Push Back
edtech vetting – Screen-time concerns are colliding with edtech purchasing practices as Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont move to require…
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LGBTQ+ youth mental health worsens amid school hostility
LGBTQ+ youth – New survey data from the Trevor Project finds heightened suicide risk among LGBTQ+ young people, while education…
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Canvas outage after breach spotlights weak school security
Canvas breach – Hackers breached Instructure’s “free for teacher” Canvas account, interrupted service, and claimed to steal 275 million records…
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Third-grade math gaps foreshadow Algebra I struggles
A new Texas study tracking more than 1.7 million students finds that differences in Algebra I pass rates by income…
