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Bronx high school teacher Alhassan Susso's $25,000 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence recognized his ability to inspire students through creativity, passion, and commitment.
Intriguing new research from Norway's top university reveals a remarkable link between education and longevity - with each additional year of schooling slashing mortality risk by 2%.
Nearly 1 million students and their families rely on New York City's schools to address hunger, a citywide crisis Mayor Zohran Mamdani must confront as he enters City Hall.
Floridians in St. John's County rallied behind a property tax hike, eager to invest in their teachers and students. The resounding vote signals a community committed to educational excellence.
Unearthing Egypt's Past: Archaeologists Uncover Workshops and Burial Sites in the Nile Delta's Beheira Governorate, Shedding Light on Early Ptolemaic Industry.
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Every day of the year has its own celebration. Next week, the world celebrates World Logic Day, a UNESCO-approved date to promote the study of deductive reasoning.
At 80 years young, a retired teacher defied the odds, overcoming illness and injury to become the oldest female hiker to conquer the trails. Her inspiring journey will leave you in awe.
*A record-breaking crowd of over 1,000 students and nearly 5,000 guests flooded the venue for this year's highly anticipated event.*
The phone rang, and Mona Dangi paused before answering. She had already checked the result sheet more than once, her eyes returning to the same line each time, reading her name again to be certain it was real. When she finally spoke to her mother, ...
Boredom, a universal experience, actually serves a vital purpose - driving us to seek new challenges. As a professor studying communication, I've noticed many parents try to shield their kids from this essential emotion.
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Nourishing young minds and the planet, Seoul's Climate-Friendly Meal Service delivers eco-friendly school meals that teach students the vital connection between food and climate.
Connecting young writers across Asia, PEN International's Tomorrow Club fosters mentorship and solidarity within the literary community.
Contrary to popular belief, early success does not guarantee future greatness, as revealed by groundbreaking research on elite performers worldwide.
Discover the hopeful pathways revealed in this year's must-read books for educators, exploring nature, neurodiversity, and the transformative power of language, voice, and connection.
Building the First Aircraft at Wright Brothers' Site Since 1903 One hundred twenty-two years ago, in 1902, the Wright Brothers made history by performing the first controlled, sustained, powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Last Wednesda...
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Ask Kids This Basic Question to Instantly Make Them More Cooperative Raising kids can be a frustrating experience, no matter how rewarding it may also be. Sometimes, it can feel like half of parenting is repeating yourself over and over again, as...
Kindergarteners in 1949 Captured Dads Through Drawings In 1949, Doris Morcom, a kindergarten teacher in West Hartford, Connecticut, asked her young students to draw portraits of their fathers entirely from memory. The results, captured by Life Ma...
'It just feels good when you solve the hard problems' At crunch time at the end of fall semester, Easton Singer '26 had many things piled on his plate: an orchestra performance, final exams and projects, a senior thesis, and applications for grad...
Millennials Reflect on Their Biggest Regrets As the oldest millennials approach 40, they are taking stock of the decisions and experiences that have shaped their lives so far. In a revealing Reddit thread, these self-reflective millennials shared...
Social networks fuel youth mobilization on Argentina's streets Protests against government cuts, which began in 2024, are now reflecting other concerns for Generation Z. Students protest with a banner saying 'Science and public university are peo...
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George Orwell's Six Rules for Writing In 1946, renowned author George Orwell shared a set of six writing rules that he stood by to help others write clearly and concisely. Orwell, best known for his novels "1984" and "Animal Farm," believed that ...
23 Years After 3rd Grader Attends Teacher's Wedding, She Witnesses Him Marry the Love of His Life More than 20 years ago, in 2003, Katie O'Connor planned a wedding while working as a 3rd grade teacher at Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves,...
Congress Passes Bill to Allow Whole Milk and Non-Dairy Milk in School Meals On December 15, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow public schools to serve both whole milk and non-dairy milks to students. The Senate had a...
The Joy and Misery of University Life in 72 Memes College is a unique period in many people's lives - a time of both exhilarating freedom and daunting challenges. From the stress of academic pressure to the camaraderie of shared struggles, the co...
Menstrual taboos are deeply rooted across cultures, often used to physically and socially separate women from men. Even today, some believe menstruation makes women unfit for positions of power. The problem is that many men lack proper education on t...
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Ethan Slater, a seventh grader from New Jersey, recently went viral for an incredible feat. Ethan, who has Down syndrome, took on the popular "Whitney Houston challenge" - where fans listen to her 1992 hit "I Will Always Love You" and try to hit a pe...
Stop Saying "We Can't Afford That" to Your Kids Talking with kids about money can be tricky. Parents want to help their young children understand how money works while also making it clear that they can't buy that toy right now. Saying "We can't ...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has suddenly reversed its 2022 National Language Policy that mandated the use of Indigenous languages as the medium of instruction for the first six years of schooling. The government has now re-introduced English as...
When Ayush Jain saw his name in the UPSC Civil Services 2024 final list, he was flooded with happiness and relief. After four years of relentless effort, near-misses, and tough self-reflection, he had finally cracked one of India's toughest exams, se...
When Jackson Farmer was in kindergarten at Red Cross Elementary School in Glasgow, Kentucky, one of his teachers, Scott Johnson, noticed that he would often come to school wearing a rubber hand. Farmer was born without a right hand, and the rubber de...
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A new study finds that most U.S. public schools already have policies regulating the use of smartphones in class. The research, conducted by Hao Yu, associate professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health C...
On most mornings in Indore's Sandipani Naveen Malav Kanya School, the assembly ground feels like a small town square. A group of girls steps forward to lead the prayer, read the news, and invite classmates to share what they've learned. In a nearby c...
At the main entrance of the University of Minho's Gualtar campus in Braga, Portugal, rises an imposing bronze sculpture of Prometheus, created in 1992 by the acclaimed Portuguese artist José Rodrigues. Commissioned with the support of the Calouste Gu...
A College Student's Lesson in Empathy Even when there are no assigned seats, we often feel a sense of ownership over the spaces we occupy regularly. So when someone else encroaches on "our" territory, it can be frustrating. That's exactly what h...
What's Working, Not on Front Lines of AI in Classroom As AI becomes more accessible to students, educators and school leaders are working to integrate the technologies effectively rather than fight against them. Harvard's Graduate School of Educa...
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School Reopening Linked to Better Mental Health During COVID Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a noticeable decline in mental health diagnoses among children. These improvements covered conditions such as anxiety...
Ancient Egyptian Pleasure Boat Discovered off Alexandria Coast Archaeologists have made an exciting discovery off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt - an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian S...
Even though the United Kingdom isn't in the European Union, English is the lingua franca throughout the region because it's the standard language for international commerce. A lingua franca is a common language that two people who don't speak the sam...
Solar Panels Boost Teacher Pay in Arkansas School District A rural school district in Batesville, Arkansas found an innovative way to increase teacher salaries - by installing solar panels. After the district installed solar panels at their schoo...
The NASA Science Activation program's PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern Arizona University (NAU), has officially launched three free out-of-school (OST) time units fo...