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1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities (From Open Culture) PLUS 200 Free Textbooks (WAIT, even more. See below) 5 usonian Monday Tuesday 24 572
Is the UK's social media ban for kids just reverse psychology? 0 usonian Monday Monday 1 270
FL GOP candidate ridiculed for pushing literacy - in front of podium with spelling error 3 cbabe Jun 16 Jun 16 5 696
ProPublica wants to hear about your experience... 0 littlemissmartypants Jun 13 Jun 13 1 346
'Boredom is better for children than AI will ever be' 3 sop Jun 6 Jun 6 11 634
The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 26, May 27, and May 28. 0 littlemissmartypants May 26 May 26 2 475
Digital Media Has Negative Impacts on Students' Cognitive Skills 0 Collimator May 26 May 26 0 471
Unfuck America Tour and JJ Watson: Something strange is happening at Turning Point... 3 AStern May 25 May 25 11 1347
Trump's college crackdown will backfire on Christian schools! 1 ihaveaquestion May 21 May 21 8 725
Harvard Canvas Site Goes Down After University Listed in Instructure Breach 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 7 May 7 6 824
Several States - and LA Public Schools - Are Setting Limits On Screen Time: NPR 📱 0 appalachiablue May 2 May 2 4 593
Back To Textbooks, Denmark Rolls Back Digital Learning 📚 6 appalachiablue Mar 2026 Apr 27 8 1343
colleges shutting down this year: Anna Marie College (80 years old, Catholic), Hampshire (60 yrs old, liberal private} 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 27 Apr 27 6 709
Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 16 Apr 16 1 753
When We Fight For Public Schools, We Fight For Democracy 🗽 0 appalachiablue Mar 2026 Mar 2026 7 833
Are America's Students Falling Behind? - PolyMatter 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2026 Feb 2026 5 1474
Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence--professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious an 10 LiberalArkie Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 2831
Black History Exhibit Disinvited By Texas State University 1 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1182
We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains How Screens Hurt Learning 0 no_hypocrisy Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1331
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost 8 no_hypocrisy Nov 2025 Dec 2025 3 2419
(Educ) Trump Administration Shares New Moves To Dismantle More of the US Dept. of Education: NPR 📚 0 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 1182
High GPAs And Test Optional Mask Poor Math Skills At College 1 MichMan Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1623
Do You Know Civics? Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? PBS 13 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 3093
University of Texas professors arrested at campus protest sue university, alleging retaliation 0 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1259
Alternative radio: Jesse Hagopian 0 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 1154
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles 0 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1322
When I was a teacher for 6th and 1st graders this was one of my lessons 2 BigmanPigman Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1898
It doesn't make sense that substitute teachers can be so easily fired. 1 no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1853
How to Use Paulo Freire's Ideas 0 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 2041
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself (NYT) 10 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 31 5197

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I really hope I can get my wife to go with me to see this film tomorrow: 0 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3104
Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics Workbooks (HELM) Free college level workbooks. CC-Licensed. 0 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1684
Oklahoma tests "woke" blue state teachers 3 struggle4progress Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 2108
Artificial Intelligence, Neural Transformation, and Your Own Unique Voice: an open letter to my students 2 The Great Open Dance Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1695
Schools start different days, MD and NJ. 1 elleng Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1564
Kids off to school!!! 0 elleng Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1468
1912 Eighth Grade Examination for Bullitt County, Kentucky Schools 3 LiberalArkie Aug 2025 Aug 2025 15 2833
Ohio requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride 4 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 2348
White House supporting PragerU after killing pbs 0 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1702
Redefining school gun violence: Acoustic sensors find frequent gunfire on school walking routes in Chicago 9 erronis Jan 2025 Aug 2025 4 4169
An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education 10 usonian Jul 2025 Aug 2025 9 3295
9 year old grand daughter asked today: 7 elleng Aug 2025 Aug 2025 37 3167
Virginia judge bars Youngkin's university board appointments rejected by Senate Democrats 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 1771
A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism 11 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 39 3579
Philadelphia found a way to keep kids learning in the summer, without federal dollars 2 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 17 1977
Mark Takano: Linda McMahon's answer on Holocaust denialism should scare us 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1963
Mississippi judge pauses the state's ban on DEI programs in schools and universities 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1678
Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1788
Black home schoolers push back against racist, unregulated curricula: 'They called slavery immigration' 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 2018
Federal court says Arkansas can enforce ban on critical race theory in classrooms 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1894
These 26 Rich Private Colleges Just Got A Tax Cut From Republicans 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 2277
Judge dismisses Columbia University faculty lawsuit over Trump funding cuts, demands 2 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 2676
Trump cannot proceed with gutting US Education Department, court rules 0 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 2057
After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 7 2333
Trump's education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 1937
In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor 3 Demovictory9 May 2025 May 2025 20 3400
Republican Plan to Tax Elite Colleges Could Hit in Unexpected Places 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 6 2418
Education Is a Right 1 niyad Mar 2025 May 2025 5 2209
Trump administration demands Harvard give it reports of antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias amid fresh $1 billion threat 1 Eugene Apr 2025 May 2025 1 2444
Newsweek: Gen Z Teacher Quits, Reveals Why She Thinks High School Students Are Doomed 10 Dennis Donovan May 2025 May 2025 13 5001

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Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 2331
Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Calif. colleges 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 2809
US government expands grounds for canceling international students' legal status 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 2054
Trump administration cuts $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict of priorities 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 2103
Trump administration to investigate New York's funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 2063
Why "Learn to Code" Failed - PolyMatter 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 2826
Trump signs executive actions on education, including efforts to rein in DEI 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 2829
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 appalachiablue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 2352
Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 3051
Standard Ebooks. 1 usonian Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 2540
A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice 0 usonian Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 2319
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 3276
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump threat to revoke CPS funding over DEI: 'We're gonna sue' 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 2482
NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI order 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 14 2357
USC enacts hiring freeze and makes cuts over Trump threats to funding 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 2670
How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math NPR 2 elleng Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 2797
The PhD Project: Colleges cut ties with a little-known nonprofit targeted by the Trump administration over DEI 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 2200
Trump expected to return education power to states with executive order 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 3268
As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more? 2 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 2659
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 2696
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