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Reading wars

The federally funded National Reading Panel published Teaching Children to Read, a 450-page report that reviewed the ...
For the first time, Texas is vetting curricula for quality and paying districts extra to use approved materials. But HISD won ...
A new educational opportunity is emerging in Lee County as Nova Classical STEM Academy prepares to open its doors.
This is the second academic year Ohio school districts are required to teach the science of reading curriculum.
Opinion

Betting against books

A middle school in Washington, D.C., recently decided that eighth graders cannot be expected to crack open a novel and read from cover to cover.
There’s something for everyone in the 12 most-read career advice pieces Inside Higher Ed published in 2025, recapped in brief ...
It has not been a quiet year for higher education. Views essays that particularly struck a chord with readers in 2025 focused on topics including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), artificial ...
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It’s not easy to admit that you weren’t the greatest parent. Jane Fonda, 87, lamented her parenting in a recent NPR interview. She didn’t get into specifics, but she did tell “Fresh Air” host Tonya ...
A University of Oklahoma student who received a zero out of 25 on an assignment regarding gender norms says she was targeted for her Christian beliefs, citing a scathing response from the teacher's ...
Imagine that you show up to a coworker’s birthday dinner or a new book club hoping for the easy flow of connection you once had as a child, and, instead, you leave with polite small talk and a vague ...
Hear insights and innovations from a new report about public libraries at the forefront of adult learning in the United States.