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Digital badges are pitched as a cheaper, faster alternative to a master's degree. The strongest independent study on the market found most teachers who start one never finish, and finishing didn't move student test scores.
A record share of students are missing enough school to fall behind academically — here is what the data shows and what a family can do before it becomes a pattern.
The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 set the route from federal grant to patent to licensed startup — and federal records track the paperwork far better than the outcomes.
Requirements to become a substitute teacher range from a bachelor's degree in California to no degree at all in New York, and several states have loosened the rules since 2022 amid staffing shortages.
NAEP Long-Term Trend results released June 10, 2026 show nine-year-olds gaining in math and reading while thirteen-year-olds' scores stay flat since 2023.
Around nine in ten drug candidates entering human trials fail there. Why animal results so rarely translate, and how to read them.
How to build a school morning routine that survives the year: night-before checklists, honest timing, sleep math, and rules for kids and teens.
Morning announcements are school culture's daily ritual. What makes announcement blocks work, what kills them and how to fix yours.
About one in four US students was chronically absent in 2023-24, nearly double pre-pandemic levels, per federal data analyses. What it means for families and what recovery looks like.
Federal law never says a classroom app can have student data by default. A narrow exception does the work, and a wave of new state laws is now building stricter rules on top of it.
Federal law caps how many hours 14- and 15-year-olds can work and keeps everyone under 18 out of hazardous jobs, but states can set tighter limits, and more young people are working this summer than a year ago.
The technology teaches cells to build a single viral protein, then lets the immune system do the rest.
A screen-time-focused inquiry into the E-Rate program has district technology officers watching whether their broadband discounts survive the process.
NACAC data shows institutions split on test-optional policy. What enrollment leaders should study before deciding whether to make it permanent.
A DHS final rule published July 17, 2026 ends duration of status for F-1 students, replacing it with fixed admission periods and formal extension filings.
A five-step checklist for checking health claims: find the study, match the design, check size, funding, and independent corroboration.
Direct air capture fights dilution and thermodynamics: why pulling a ton of CO2 from air still costs hundreds of dollars, and what could change that.
More than 40 states run public preschool, serving about a third of four-year-olds. How universal pre-K is scaling and what parents should check.
Most district edtech pilots never convert to contracts, per Pilot-to-Purchase research; unclear success criteria and procurement timing explain why — and
A July 16, 2026 study reports helium escape from LHS 1140 b — the first atmosphere detected on a rocky planet in a habitable zone, 48 light-years away.
Guide for adult learners returning to college after 30: transfer credit rules, FAFSA eligibility, employer benefits, SAP appeals and realistic scheduling.
About 4,000 Argo floats and satellites track ocean heat content, the climate system's main energy reservoir. Why the record matters and how solid it is.
The last ESSER relief dollars hit a March 2026 deadline. How districts spent $190 billion in school aid — and what families should watch in local budgets.
All 50 states introduced AI bills in 2025, yet only one AI-education law was enacted by April. How AI disclosure rules for classrooms are really being
How guest-edited special issues work, why paper mills hijacked them, and the verification steps authors should take before submitting.
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