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In the video above, Use­fulCharts cre­ator Matt Bak­er sug­gests that we not refer to the peri­od span­ning the fifth and the late fif­teenth cen­turies as the “dark ages.” In jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, he does­n’t put forth the argu­ment, now fair­ly com­mon, that the time in ques­tion was actu­al­ly full of sub­tle inno­va­tion occlud­ed by mod­ern prej­u­dice. The real prob­lem, as he sees it, is that the slow­ing, if not revers­ing, of the progress of human soci­ety that we’ve tra­di­tion­al­ly regard­ed as occur­ring in what are com­mon­ly known as the Mid­dle Ages only occurred in Europe. What’s more, there have been mul­ti­ple such…

The moment, Thomas Gilhool would tell a historian decades later, “seemed providential.” It was 1969. Two men from the Pennsylvania Association of Retarded Children made an appointment to meet with the young lawyer with a reputation for taking pie-in-the-sky cases more experienced attorneys wouldn’t touch. Gilhool was five years out of Yale Law School, practicing out of an office that was no wider than his desk — barely large enough to receive the visitors.  Wedged in sideways, the men handed him a report they had commissioned on conditions at the Pennhurst State School and Hospital, the state’s notoriously overcrowded asylum…

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a ban on state-authorized sports betting, opening the floodgates to an industry that dumps billions of dollars into state budgets. According to the American Gaming Association, Americans wagered $119.84 billion on sports events in 2023, up 27.5 percent from the previous year. Professional leagues attract the highest betting volumes, but gambling in college sports is growing, according to Jim Borchers, president and CEO of the U.S. Council on Athletes’ Health (USCAH) and chief medical officer for the Big 10 Conference. Digital platforms, gamification and prop betting are driving this boom, he says. A former Ohio…

eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #10 focuses on teaching strategies around AI. Key points: In the last year, we’ve seen an extraordinary push toward integrating artificial intelligence in classrooms. Among educators, that trend has evoked responses from optimism to opposition. “Will AI replace educators?” “Can it really help kids?” “Is it safe?” Just a few years ago, these questions were unthinkable, and now they’re in every K-12 school, hanging in the air. Given the pace at which AI technologies are changing, there’s a lot still to be determined, and I won’t pretend to…

CommLab India Recognized As A Leader In AI Innovation CommLab India ranks No. 1 for AI innovation and has been recognized for its advancements in learning and skills development, reflecting the company’s continued efforts to help organizations build and deliver training that aligns with the fast-changing demands of today’s workplace. Over the years, CommLab India has integrated AI across its digital learning solutions, accelerating how corporate training is designed, developed, and deployed for large and distributed teams. This AI-enabled approach strengthens the company’s core offerings—custom eLearning development, rapid content conversions, L&D staff augmentation, and multilingual training delivery—helping organizations roll out…

For humanities faculty, the past five years have felt like a relentless assault on our ability to do our jobs. We have endured COVID, generative AI, budget cuts, and bitter fights over the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s war on Gaza. At times it has been a challenge to remain human, let alone humanistic: to calm the nervous system enough to read a book, refine an argument, or show up for our colleagues and our increasingly fragile students. Now we are facing the Trump administration’s effort to gut-renovate our universities under the pretext of “combatting antisemitism.” With local enablers…

McCullough & Miller, The Lantern According to Ohio State’s 10-year enrollment trend tables based on the 15th-day enrollment report census, Native American enrollment has steadily fallen across…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advocating for the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees as “professional degrees” in response to potential regulatory language that would place a lower limit on how much advanced nursing students could borrow. Under a proposed framework, advanced nursing programs would be classified as “graduate degrees” rather than “professional degrees,” which would cap student loans for new nursing borrowers at $100,000 total, rather than the higher limit of $200,000 that will be…

Our team is incredibly fortunate to participate in and attend dozens of conferences around the world. These events offer opportunities to connect with educators, innovators, and thought leaders shaping the future of education. Whether you’re looking to deepen your knowledge in edtech, personalized learning, or school leadership, there’s something for everyone. Below is our curated list of can’t-miss education conferences for 2026. FETC January 11–14; Orlando, Florida The Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) will be held in Orlando in 2026. As always, it will highlight the latest innovations in educational technology, offering sessions on topics ranging from artificial intelligence…

George Leef, James G. Martin Center Should we trust the research published by professors?