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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A small Texas school district is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for a possible Section 504 violation for planning to discontinue a special education elementary life skills classroom beginning in the 2026-27 school year.  The move would require students in that program at New Home Independent School District to be bused about 30 miles to another classroom, according to a Wednesday statement by the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.  OCR will also determine if the two-school district violated…

If you”ve ever wished you could get instant AI help without switching tabs, opening a new browser window, or breaking your workflow — Google just answered that wish. Gemini is now available as a native Mac desktop app, and for educators who live and breathe productivity, this is worth paying attention to. To prepare for writing this blog post, I decided to use only the Gemini for Mac app on both my Macbook Pro and my Mac Mini production machine. What I found is that using Gemini native on MacOS has sped me up a great deal. Here’s a breakdown…

As the Trump administration works to codify what it describes as a “revolutionary” overhaul to the nation’s college oversight system, it must first consider feedback from the groups that could be affected by such sweeping regulatory changes. And while certain groups, like taxpayers and new accreditors, are represented on the committee that’s reviewing the administration’s proposal this week, others—including college administrators, civil rights groups and existing accreditors—have fewer seats at the table when compared to previous rounds of talks. Multiple higher education policy experts and lobbyists warn that the negotiating committee’s makeup gives the Trump administration too much power in…

In November 2025, Pope Leo XIV signed new regulations for the Roman Curia stating that institutions “shall ordinarily draw up their acts in Latin or in another language” — a quiet but symbolically significant retreat from Latin’s exclusive role.  Leo’s wariness of Latin is understandable. When the “Habemus Papam” declaring him Pope was delivered in Latin, it encountered widespread confusion, reigniting debate about whether Latin is still useful in the modern era.  Rumors of Latin’s demise are greatly exaggerated, but school districts are planning its funeral. That needs to stop; the first step in planning for Latin’s continued life is…

“It’s a little bright in here,” the doctor says, shutting off the lights in the examination room in a busy ER. She also takes the time to turn off a device that’s beeping and close the doors to the rest of the bustling emergency room. “Sorry—the, uh, ER can be kind of noisy.” “I agree,” the patient replies. That moment of understanding between a resident physician and a patient who was autistic, in HBO Max’s The Pitt, was originally conceived by Wendy Ross, a professor at Thomas Jefferson University and the director of Jefferson Health’s Center for Autism and Neurodiversity.…

As the war in Iran continues to dominate the headlines, educators have been navigating how to best address the controversial subject in the classroom.EdWeek recently asked three school leaders how teachers in their schools are approaching the topic in class. They said, despite the volatility of the topic, classroom discussions of the conflict in Iran have been relatively muted.“We haven’t had many kids asking questions,” said Jason Johnson, a principal at Orange High School in North Carolina and one of the leaders who spoke to Education Week. “But our strategy with anything that’s controversial, such as the Iran war, we…

Stephanie Ramírez is the director of social and new media in the office of communications at Amherst College.U.S. News: You revamped and elevated Amherst’s student content creation program. What are some specific ways the student voice has benefited Amherst’s overall digital presence? Are there any platforms on which student creators particularly excel that staff members may not?Stephanie Ramírez: The student voice has allowed us to provide an authentic glimpse into life on campus, so that current students see their community reflected back to them and prospective students see where they fit in. My student team has also helped me understand…

The Automation Literacy Gap Nobody’s Talking About Every L&D conference deck in 2025 and 2026 includes the word “automation.” Vendor booths promise one-click enrollment workflows, AI-triggered learning paths, and seamless HRMS synchronization. The pitch works. Organizations are buying. But here’s what happens after the purchase order clears: an HRMS sync silently drops 200 new hires because a field mapping changed during a system update. A notification sequence fires twice because nobody understood the difference between a webhook trigger and a scheduled poll. A compliance training escalation workflow breaks at step three, and the L&D team submits a support ticket instead…

Many institutions rely on unpaid undergraduate research, which can limit participation for low-income and first-generation students. But at Soka University of America, undergraduates can take part in a fully paid research assistantship program, gaining hands-on research experience while still earning income. The private liberal arts college in California’s Orange County provides students with roughly 10 hours of research each week during the academic year and between 20 and 40 hours per week in the summer. Students are paid the statewide minimum wage of $16.90 per hour. About 40 students participate during the academic year, with roughly 30 continuing into the…

Alberto Menendez Cervero|Getty StockInsider Information Full-time working adults with a four-year degree earn approximately 60% more than those with only a high school diploma, according to College Board’s “Education Pays 2026” report. The typical college graduate recoups the total cost of their degree by their early-to-mid 30s. This timeline is often shorter for students receiving financial aid. Of college graduates, 4% of those age 25 and older live in households in poverty, compared with 13% of high school graduates and 23% without a high school diploma. Get the admissions edge with ‘Getting In’!Have the parent playbook for applying to college…