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New research finds children perform better at handwriting than typing despite screen time - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie May 2024 May 2024 2 1012
Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 4 Jilly_in_VA May 2024 May 2024 4 1375
Yale will again require standardized test scores for admission 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 May 2024 3 1735
Argentina's Mileise: University chancellors warn Milei that money will only last until May 1 peppertree Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1335
Why are kids being forced to eat lunch in silence? 23 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 Apr 2024 27 2972
Response to right wing uncles rant- loan forgiveness 3 wss2001 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 25 2246
Governor threatens scholarships after LSU women miss anthem at NCAA tournament 7 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1816
Students with disabilities more likely to be snared by subjective school discipline rules 1 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1643
My AI Fail of The Day 3 MedRxx Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 1869
Paxton sues 2 more TX school districts, Huffman, Aledo ISDs, for illegal electioneering 2 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1735
North Carolina schools chief loses primary to home-schooling parent critical of 'radical agendas' 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1753
Llano County, TX: Former librarian sues Texas county, alleges she was fired for refusing to remove books 2 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1657
Library cuts and teachers quitting: Texas's takeover of Houston schools 3 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1770
Utah House kills bill banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags and political views from classrooms 2 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 1591
Indiana Ed Parent Portal, Report 'Woke' Educators, 'Socialist Indoctrination.' Teacher Privacy, Safety 14 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1923
Colorado teens earn first-ever cornhole college scholarships - NewsNation 4 TexasTowelie Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 1572
War Against Schools, Critical Thinking: Thom Hartmann 📚 4 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Feb 2024 11 2061
Two students may have stopped a school board from saying Christian prayers at meetings (Livestream) - Friendly Atheist 6 ihaveaquestion Feb 2024 Feb 2024 19 2324
Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education (and more) 4 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1866
Local HS Adjusting Science Curriculum 6 ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 1682
Most veterinarians are white. A new program plans to train Black vets. 7 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 2556
The dumbing down has been working all too well 7 Attilatheblond Feb 2024 Feb 2024 13 2062
Utah governor approves censure of school board member who questioned a student's gender 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1542
14Yr Old Makes History, Youngest University Student in Jamaica, Accepted at 13, Educator Parents 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 1672
New York City schools went online instead of calling a snow day. It didn't go well 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 1608
Teens' math, reading in unprecedented decline, says OECD - Reuters 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Jan 2024 4 2291
What Happens When A School Bans Smartphones - A Complete Transformation 11 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 36 3798
Oligarchs expect universities to produce more oligarchs. 0 SarahD Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1587
Oklahoma asks teachers to return up to $50,000 in bonuses the state says were paid in error 2 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1825
Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class 3 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1901

Education Continued...

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Yale, Duke and Columbia Among Elite Schools to Settle in Price-Fixing Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1609
'I'm not safe here': Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2048
In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy 4 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1792
DeSantis says Florida will welcome Jewish students who want to transfer with 'open arms' 8 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 2351
Harvard Early Applications Take a Dive 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Jan 2024 3 1919
Unschooled: The PragerU Curriculum Meet the Press Reports 2 ihaveaquestion Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2281
Leonard Leo Allies Lead Effort to Establish Publicly Funded Religious School 0 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 2413
UW-LaCrosse Chancellor Fired After Appearing in Adult Videos 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2078
Why Small US Colleges Are Struggling Financially - Bloomberg Television 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 2245
Students at now-closed Connecticut nursing school sue state officials, say they've made things worse 0 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2344
A school where students can be 'unapologetically Indigenous' 6 elleng Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1883
How a true believer's flawed research helped legitimize home schooling 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 2946
Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions 4 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 6792
Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts 3 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2108
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2200
Sexual Assault Accusers Can Be Sued for Defamation. This Will Discourage Survivors from Coming Forward. 5 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 3021
Staff reassigned at Florida school after allegations that transgender student played on girls' team 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2226
Climate change in Texas science textbooks causes divisions on state's education board 1 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 2136
The Poverty of Education When We Make Our Teachers Poor 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1601
Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off school board fight superintendent's $700,000 exit deal 3 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2799
Mass. Millionaire Tax Will Pay for Free Public Higher Educ for 25,000 Students (Ed) 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2159
Education Department lists schools under investigation for 'possible discrimination' based on shared ancestry 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 3066
FAFSA form could be Michigan high school graduation requirement 6 catbyte Oct 2023 Nov 2023 0 1895
🔎 How Conservatives Sabotage & Defund US Public Schools, Manufactured Fight 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 2775
Teachers will now be able to live and work under one roof 13 radical noodle Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 2113
Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 5564
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 3581
This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work? 5 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1792
West Virginia school system mandates religious freedom training following revival assembly lawsuit 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 17 2791
What Educators Should Know About Mike Johnson, New Speaker of the House 1 Swede Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2376

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
DeSantis's War on "Woke" Colleges Gets Even More Absurd--and Dangerous 9 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 17 2874
Work and play come together in Lowell's Pre-Primary School! 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1374
Oklahoma Teachers Don't Know If It's Legal to Teach "Killers of the Flower Moon" 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 2920
Why Sororities Should Admit Nonbinary Members 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1789
Democrat at House hearing on banned books: 'This is the US Congress' 3 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 11 2734
War in Mideast inflames college campuses and raises fears of antisemitism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 1525
The Conservative Effort To Take Over A Nationally Ranked School System (Loudoun Co., VA) 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2621
Wisconsin Republicans withhold university pay raises in fight over school diversity funding 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1605
New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Oct 2023 3 2617
UPenn's Nobel Prize winner wasn't on the tenure track. How can the system better support talent? 2 FakeNoose Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 3227
Open Textbook Library. 2 usonian Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 803
@ my daughters' first school this week, EDUCATION! 2 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2032
Harvard students blame 'apartheid regime' for Israel-Gaza war, alumni react 9 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2536
Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 10 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 53 5301
My daughters first school doing great work. Sad daughters no longer there. 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1718
Meet the high school sport that builds robots -- and the next generation of engineers 1 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 3016
Wisconsin School District Gets Restraining Order Against Gays Against Groomers Leader 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 1724
Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 2228
New College of Florida sends legal warning to opposition 'Alt New College' group 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 9612
The City, Standing Behind (SF) City College 1 Starry Messenger Aug 2012 Sep 2023 3 2796
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