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I created schools good enough for my own children original ↗

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Do the work original ↗

24 Sept 2026

A black mother's choice for her son: It will be private school original ↗

23 Sept 2026

Urban schools can succeed: Check the options before you flee to the suburbs original ↗

23 Sept 2026

Every teacher is saying, 'How did he graduate? He didn't do anything'original ↗

22 Sept 2026

Choosing a bad school: 'I failed my values and my child'original ↗

21 Sept 2026

'Go to college' is not a career plan original ↗

20 Sept 2026

UC students may struggle with basic math, but -- hey! -- they graduate!original ↗

18 Sept 2026

Rutgers prof: Math students got A's in high school, but can't add fractions original ↗

17 Sept 2026

NY regent: Testing students is like asking a fish to climb a tree original ↗

16 Sept 2026

Is homework done?original ↗

15 Sept 2026

Blanket bans, babies and bathwater: We can tell good tech from bad tech original ↗

14 Sept 2026

From Tasha Tudor to Paw Patrol: Picture books should be complex, beautiful, perhaps 'weird'original ↗

12 Sept 2026

Teaching 9/11: Don't mention the terrorists original ↗

11 Sept 2026

'You don't get fit by watching sport'original ↗

10 Sept 2026

US reading scores fall -- but others do even worse original ↗

9 Sept 2026

Muddling through math: Schools search for a better way original ↗

8 Sept 2026

Vibes aren't enough: Schools need evidence of what works (or flops)original ↗

7 Sept 2026

US needs mechanics and nurses, but kids want to be influencers original ↗

6 Sept 2026

AI put 40,000 Kenyan essay-writers out of business original ↗

5 Sept 2026

Let students use AI to write their papers, says Harvard dean original ↗

4 Sept 2026

Teaching kids to read is cognitive science -- but not rocket science original ↗

3 Sept 2026

Icebergs ahead! NY adopts no-test 'portrait' diploma original ↗

2 Sept 2026

$400K for AI Cheaters Luxury Camp: How many colleges will survive?original ↗

1 Sept 2026

Permeable pathways: Will students go for work-first, college-later options?original ↗

31 Aug 2026

Streamlined degrees -- 3 years, no electives -- save time, money original ↗

30 Aug 2026

Do 'influencers' need a college degree?original ↗

29 Aug 2026

Can new rules -- and $18 billion -- protect kids from digital addiction?original ↗

28 Aug 2026

Forget yourself: Learn new things and seek something greater original ↗

27 Aug 2026

Kids want 'great stuff' to read -- or do they?original ↗

26 Aug 2026

Teaching 'Huckleberry Finn'original ↗

25 Aug 2026

Behind on the first day of kindergarten: Few kids catch up original ↗

24 Aug 2026

Lonely on campus: Students are partying less, networking more original ↗

22 Aug 2026

Keep it simple, teacher original ↗

21 Aug 2026

Military kids will learn Western civ and patriotism in DoD class original ↗

19 Aug 2026