The purpose of going to school is to learn, but students may find certain topics difficult to understand if they don't have the necessary background knowledge. This is one of the conclusions of a ...

Adeyemi Stembridge, Ph.D., provides technical assistance for school improvement with a specific focus on equity. He works with districts around the country to identify root causes of achievement gaps ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. Amid a deepening literacy crisis, ...

Fire Ants. What do you know about them? Turn and talk to the person sitting next to you." My face flushed as I turned to the middle-aged stranger sitting beside me in the workshop. “Um..they sting? Or ...

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As statewide and local newsrooms have dealt with financial crunches over the past decade, layoffs have mounted an inadvertent attack on specialized beats. Health care reporting hasn’t been immune.