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“I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned. For many students, the leap from understanding a concept to putting it on paper feels like an impossible hurdle. Writing is often treated as a final “reveal” of learning at the end of a unit — potentially a high-pressure task that can feel overwhelming for students who haven’t been given a clear roadmap.Educators are increasingly recognizing that to help students succeed, they have to move beyond simply assigning writing and start explicitly teaching it.Dr. Barrie OlsonVice President, Reading…

April 8, 2026 Special Montclair State University event will establish the President’s Carpe Futurum Fund Posted in: Donors, Press Releases Montclair State University alumni Rose Cali ’80 and Ori Eisen ’97 will be honored for their distinguished careers and commitment to serving the public good on Thursday, April 16 at the inaugural Celebrate Montclair gala, an event recognizing the excellence and impact of the University’s mission. “Rose and Ori exemplify the very best of Montclair State University,” said Montclair President Jonathan Koppell. “Rose exemplifies the spirit of community and generosity that we seek to cultivate. Ori has had a remarkable…

Free speech advocates, faculty and students criticized the decision to remove the LGBTQ+ flags from two professors’ office windows. Emma Rahmani from baseimage Two weeks after Boston University removed LGBTQ+ pride flags from the office windows of two faculty members in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, the university’s president has apologized, The Boston Globe reported. “Our university and our policies exist within a larger social context—one that is dynamic and complex,” BU president Melissa Gilliam wrote in an email to the campus community. “In the public conversation about Boston University’s time, place, and manner policies, that spotlight has…

I was doing a talk about teaching in the age of AI recently, and when I’d finished walking through the ways the AI “homework machine” had exposed and undermined our transactional system of schooling (not a wholly bad thing, IMO), an audience member raised their hand and in a semi-exasperated tone said, “But what am I supposed to teach?” It’s an excellent question. In a lot of ways, it’s the question. If you think about it, it has always been the question, though I also think we don’t always think about it enough. The core questions that govern what we…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Low and stagnant achievement and persistent racial and socioeconomic gaps in U.S. math performance have built momentum for curricular approaches similar to science of reading on the literacy front — but not all students are adequately provided an evidence-based, developmental progression toward improving their math proficiency, according to a report from Bellwether. Bellwether’s “Solving for X” report notes that the U.S. ranks lower than most peer countries on international assessments and finds consistent racial and socioeconomic gaps, and falling scores for…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: When rolling out a new math curriculum, the year before launch — or “Year 0” — is more important than the launch year itself, according to a new case study from the National Math Improvement Project that examines how both New York City Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia handled pre-implementation planning. New York’s NYC Solves Initiative has rolled out to several hundred due to high demand. Philadelphia, meanwhile, made a district-wide investment in high-quality instructional materials with…

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Jon Marcus, LA Times Needing to fill seats and facing demand for faster routes to jobs, more colleges are shortening their degree programs.

Many academics have opted out of traveling to the U.S. in light of immigration enforcement concerns. Matthew Hoen/NurPhoto/Getty Images More than 2,000 mathematicians have signed a petition calling on the International Mathematics Union to move its quadrennial conference—scheduled to take place in Philadelphia in July—outside the United States. The signatories cite a number of concerns, including the United States’ ongoing war on Iran and the risk that foreign scholars may be profiled and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they travel to the conference. The United States’ recent military actions are “affecting all of us as humans … but…

The Hidden Cost Of Inefficient Workflows In many organizations, productivity challenges are often attributed to employee performance, skill gaps, or lack of motivation. Similarly, when learning initiatives fail to deliver expected outcomes, the focus tends to shift toward training quality or content relevance. However, there is a less obvious but highly impactful factor that often goes unnoticed: workflow bottlenecks. These bottlenecks—delays, inefficiencies, and friction points within everyday processes—can significantly disrupt not only how work gets done but also how employees learn, adapt, and grow within the organization. In a digital-first environment where learning is expected to be continuous and embedded…