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These teens can do incredible math in their heads but fail in a classroom
Nobel economists show how knowledge doesn’t easily transfer between applied and abstract math in studies of street sellers in India ...
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Surya Pulukuri
Imagine a classroom in which young students are excitedly discussing their future aspirations and a career in medicine feels like a tangible goal rather than a distant dream. Now, imagine that most of ...
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Neal Morton
SUPAI, Ariz. — Kambria Siyuja always felt like the smartest kid in Supai. This story also appeared in ICT Raised by educators in this tribal village at the base of the Grand Canyon, she started ...
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Jackie Mader
HOUSTON — When Jefferson Early Learning Center first opened on the corner of a busy intersection in the city’s west side in 2022, school officials started receiving calls from irritated residents. It ...
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Little school on the prairie: How keeping school land wild can combat climate change
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Affirmative action
Since taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has unleashed a flurry of orders and actions designed to reshape the federal government’s role in education. He has called the Education Department ...
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The building blocks of math that students need to excel — but aren’t always getting
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Tracking Trump: His actions on education
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Districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds
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STUDENT VOICE: Humanities are in trouble in the state of Florida. We need a shift in culture
Our results-driven culture is affecting societal attitudes toward the humanities. The tendency to prioritize course difficulty and postgraduation job results leads to a broader cultural trend in which ...
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Peyton Harris
I’ve always known my educational goals: enroll in college as a humanities major, explore the literature I love and eventually attend law school. I’m a junior in college now, closer to the end of that ...
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DOGE’s death blow to education studies
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