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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Schools have been struggling for nearly a decade with stagnant or declining test scores. Some have blamed external factors like the pandemic or children’s screen use outside of school. But what if, in a sort of educational horror movie, the call is coming from inside the house? Such is the provocative theory advanced by Jared Cooney Horvath, a Ph.D-holding neuroscientist who runs an education consulting company. Students’ learning and attention have been derailed by the proliferation of screens in schools. “When tech enters education, learning goes…

Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report Admissions-focused platforms could farm out routine questions and give overworked counselors more time to focus on individual students.

by Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report April 1, 2026 When George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school never had.  There was a designated recovery room, staffed by a full-time athletic trainer, giant ice baths to cool overheated athletes and indoor facilities to practice if outside got too hot. At his old school in another part of Orlando, the football team relied on one makeshift ice bath and a cafeteria table to rest on when injured. “There’s a vast…

Teaching is more than delivering content—it’s guiding students through a process of growth, discovery, and transformation. As college educators, we strive to create experiences that challenge students, nurture their potential, and prepare them to navigate the world independently. One of nature’s most inspiring symbols of transformation—the Monarch butterfly—offers a compelling lens through which to view our role in the classroom. From caterpillar to chrysalis to majestic flight, the Monarch’s life cycle is a powerful example of transformation, patience, and preparation. Each stage—acquiring nutrients, undergoing hidden change, and finally taking flight—mirrors the phases of student learning and development.  By viewing teaching through the lens of the Monarch butterfly, we…

contributed by Meg Price, the ei experience Social-emotional learning (SEL) by definition is a process for learning life skills, including how to deal with oneself, others, and relationships, and work in an effective manner. Although there are many great SEL programs, SEL can also be incorporated into each lesson as a way of teaching students to understand how to action the skills in a variety of situations and form positive habits. All students start school with some level of social and emotional skills, and all will develop their social and emotional skills at different rates. Parents and teachers are both…

Amanda Stulman, RealClearPolicy Even from its inception, intersectionality used a framework of systems of “privilege” and “oppression” to assign status based on group identity.

Shenandoah University, which hosted the inaugural Virginia Forum in 2006, welcomed hundreds of visitors back to its main campus in Winchester, Virginia, in March for the 20th anniversary of the premier conference devoted to Virginia history. Over 200 historians, students, museum professionals, archivists, and independent scholars from across the country participated in the March 19-21 event. This year’s theme, “Revolutions and Resistance,” treated attendees to scholarship and conversation about how periods of upheaval, transformation, and dissent throughout Virginia’s history impacted the state and its people. The forum began on March 19, with a walking tour of downtown Winchester – led…

Coming to Ball State has given me opportunities I didn’t even know were possible, and it’s shaped me into the person I am today. As a freshman, I was nervous about adjusting to life on my own. Learning a new campus, a new living situation, new professors, and college-level classes is overwhelming—but at the same time, you’re also trying to find your people. Ball State has given me friendships that have lasted and continue to grow, along with new opportunities to connect every single day. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned here is that growth often begins with…

One of the accelerated degrees will be in information technology. Photo illustration by Inside Higher Ed | pixdeluxe/E+/Getty Images Students will be able to complete two programs at a Louisiana State University campus in three years after the governing board signed off on the accelerated degrees, NOLA.com reported. LSU at Alexandria will offer the 90-credit option for information technology and bioinformatics starting in the fall if the university’s accreditor signs off.  These two programs are the first three-year options approved in the LSU system. Other states and institutions have moved in recent years to give students a faster track to…

Beltramini & Blinkoff, RCEd In January, the Department of Education put out a new tool that tracks foreign financing of American higher education.