2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (826+ words) Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 | 2 a.m. With America’s children back in the classroom, parents, teachers and policymakers are engaged in an increasingly urgent debate over technology in our schools. Should cellphones be banned during the school day? How much screen time is too much?...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (213+ words) By De’jah M. Johnson Civic engagement is not just a buzzword; it is the backbone of a healthy democracy. Education helps students understand the world around them and the forces that shape it. The history rooted in their immediate environment…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1085+ words) In Partnership with 74 Mariana Dale, LAist | May 14, 2026 What Will Life Be Like After the Education Department? Look at What Came Before, Experts Say Opinion: What a Hallway Sprint Taught Me About Chronic Absenteeism Analysis: These Schools Are Beating the Odds…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (23+ words) Michael Strawbridge, assistant professor of political science, will study causes of Black political solidarity....

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (604+ words) America's classrooms have turned Martin Luther King Jr. into an icon. But what if almost everything you were taught was wrong? Your understanding of American history likely depends on what textbooks you were handed in school. Unfortunately for today’s students,…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1467+ words) History teachers across the U.S. are working to make the nation's founding documents relevant as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches. Teachers like Karalee Wong Nakatsuka and Matthew Vriesman encourage students to question who the Declaration was originally for…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (819+ words) We believe every Californian should have the opportunity to flourish. California has no reliable way to measure whether students are meeting state history and social studies standards. Even in the subjects that are measured, recent modest gains remain below pre-COVID…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (972+ words) Members of Lander University’s Living History Troupe bring the Declaration of Independence to life during a performance at Ninety Six National Historic Site. Back row, from left: Gavin Perrone, Dante Santangelo, Frank Rausch, Patrick Haynes, Miah Thomson and Samantha Warren....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1379+ words) Civics and financial literacy education across the state's public schools is inconsistent, relies too much on memorization, and does not adequately prepare students for the real world. That was the verdict the Arizona State Board of Education’s Student Advisory Panel…...