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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...
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Elevation through Knowledge: Shirley Santana Herrera's Blueprint for Youth Empowerment At just 24 years old, Shirley Santana Herrera has already made a remarkable impact. Growing up in La Romana, Dominican Republic, she faced firsthand the barrie...
Bridging Urban-Rural Divides Thomas Schnaubelt, once a rural tree farm kid, noticed a disconnect at Stanford University between students of urban and rural backgrounds. He turned this realization into action by leading efforts to bridge this gap,...
Space weather is an important part of the Sun's interaction with the space around it. Scientists called heliophysicists study these phenomena to help us better understand how and why it happens, and the effects it can have on the rest of our solar sy...
There's Mostly No Benefit from Grouping English Learners Together Two recent studies have found that, in most cases, there are no benefits and some disadvantages to grouping English learners together in schools. For years, K-12 schools have grou...
Macaulay Culkin Legally Changed His Name: "Suits Him Perfectly" Six years after legally changing his name in 2019, Macaulay Culkin finally cleared up the ongoing confusion about his real name. The 45-year-old Home Alone alum addressed the questio...
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Thanksgiving is a time for classic TV shows, and one that stands out is The Brady Bunch. Christopher Knight and Barry Williams, who played Peter and Greg Brady, recently spoke about how the show's Thanksgiving episode helped shape the beloved family ...
"Hamilton" Teen Edition Will Soon Grace High School Stages Theatre kids, get ready - you're about to have the chance to perform in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical "Hamilton" at your own high school. Concord Theatricals has acquired wo...
Generation Jones and Gen X Reminisce About Typing Classes Generation Jones (those born from 1954 to 1964) and Gen X (those born 1965 to 1980) shared a similar childhood rite of passage at school: taking typing classes. Back then, they were learni...
Millie Bobby Brown's Baby Hilariously Interrupts Mom During Interview The Stranger Things kids are all grown up. The show premiered nearly a decade ago in July 2016, when Mike and his friends attended Hawkins Middle School and his sister, Nancy, ...
Bring Back the Mayoral Transition Tent More than a decade ago, New York City prepared for a new mayor who'd energized the electorate with big promises. Earlier this month, Zohran Mamdani woke up after election night with the same big challenge Bi...
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Controversial NEH Grants Raise Concerns The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has come under scrutiny for its recent grant allocations, with nearly 10% of its $207 million annual budget going to support just two awards. One of the gran...
Built between 1972 and 1984, the Fudai floodgate was erected thanks to the insistence of longtime mayor Kotoku Wamura. Wamura was a witness to the 1933 Sanriku tsunami that claimed 137 of Fudai's inhabitants, and he was aware that an even deadlier ts...
What if Every Teen Graduated with $1K and an Investment Portfolio? In Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia, every high school senior has an investment portfolio. This is a stark contrast to the state of financial literacy in the Unite...
Honoring Veterans at Stanford and Palo Alto On Veterans Day, the Stanford and Palo Alto communities gathered to honor the sacrifices of those who protect and defend the nation. The event was hosted by Stanford and the City of Palo Alto at the Tra...
Students typically use two strategies when studying: one involves skimming material and memorizing facts just long enough to pass a test, while the other involves more critical thinking, like testing yourself on what you've learned or making connecti...
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Gerrit Dou's Rare Masterpiece Leads Christie's Old Masters Sale Leading Christie's Old Masters Evening Sale on December 2 in London is Gerrit Dou's first depiction of a musician, The Flute Player (ca. 1636). The work, one of the few produced by...
Since 1975, Stanford's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has supported the university's educational mission by providing practical, evidence-based resources for faculty, instructors, and students. From the very beginning, the center played an i...
Priceless Compassion Over Jade Loss In an expensive accident in Suzhou, China, a young store clerk accidentally dropped a box of jade bracelets while hastily moving a table. The act shattered thirty of the store's fifty jade bangles, all of which...
At CART High near Fresno, the traditional high school experience is nowhere to be found. Instead of bells, fights, and chaotic hallways, students carry laptops through bright, spacious corridors on their way to classes in biotechnology, forensics, an...
A 9-year-old Girl Stood Before the School Board and Eviscerated Standardized Tests On March 17, 2015, 9-year-old Sydney Smoot bravely stood up at her local school board meeting in Hernando County, Florida to share her concerns about the Florida S...