Researchers: Books about Difficult, Adult Subjects Make Kids Better Readers A nonprofit group has identified more than 1,500 books that local schools in America have banned from their libraries and classrooms in 2022-2023. The free-speech activism gr...
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English Today's English students have a lot of exposure to the language outside of the classroom. By using the internet, social media, and other digital technologies, they can watch videos, hear music, and play v...
Are Student-athletes Considered College Employees? The Dartmouth College men's basketball team voted to join a labor organization, called a union, this week. The move means that the student-athletes on the team could have the right to negotiate a wor...
US Educators Increasingly Urge Total Phone Bans in Schools American educators and lawmakers are calling for complete bans on smartphone use by students in schools. Most U.S. schools already have rules restricting phone use in class. But administrator...
Professors Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College College professors and their students often say they should be permitted to pursue knowledge without too many restrictions from the government. One organization that supports the idea of ac...
Schools Want More Therapy for Students, Not All Parents Agree Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mother about seeing a therapist. They were moving to New York City. Derry had to live with family members in another state whil...
How International Students Should Think about Writing, AI Students must learn academic writing and research methods when moving from high school to college. That is why universities require a first-year writing class. As experienced students move on...
Cooking School Provides Hope for Future When Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her life. Just a few years earlier, a goal like that did not seem w...
Handwriting Returns in California Schools Starting this year, six- to twelve-year-olds in California will be required to learn cursive handwriting. The return to handwriting comes after many years in which typing on computer keyboards was taught and...
What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT Several top U.S. universities say they will require standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT from applicants again. Some of them went test-optional during the pandemic. The schools include D...
US Schools Change Health Guidelines for Keeping Students Home Unclear guidelines for when to keep a child at home if they are sick might play a part in the nationwide problem of students missing too much school. Some activists, school officials and t...
Dartmouth Will Again Require Standardized Tests Dartmouth College, the Ivy League university in New Hampshire, announced last week that it will again require standardized tests from applicants. American students who wish to attend Dartmouth starting...
US Schools Use Surveillance to Catch Students Vaping Schools around the United States are installing sensors and cameras to identify possible use of vaping devices. Some administrators are also ordering serious punishments for use of the devices on s...
Student Academy Awards Provide Momentum for Young Filmmakers While most people know about the Academy Awards in Hollywood the awards known as the Oscars few know about the Student Academy Awards. But to those who know about the industry, they are a b...
Why Is Canada Limiting Foreign Students? Canada recently announced a two-year limit on the number of foreign students given permission to study in the country. The move is partly to ease a growing housing shortage. Reuters news agency recently report...
