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They’re all crunching real data. And no one is accusing anyone else of chicanery or bad math. So what’s going on? @hechingerreport @jillbarshay

Teaching how the system works, favoring respectful exchange of views and focusing on the history of voting rights can build critical thinking without pushing students toward a party or candidate. @edsurge

While some dismiss short breaks during a lesson as a waste of limited instructional time, or worry that they create distraction when students are already unfocused, research suggests otherwise. @edutopia

New research suggests that countries with higher precarious manhood beliefs fare worse in terms of their economies, health, and well-being. @greatergoodsc

The population of children under age 18 began to fall nationwide after 2010, according to U.S. Census data, dropping by roughly 2.1 million kids through 2025.

What exactly is the relationship between PBL and design thinking? And when and how should we use each approach? @spencerideas

Preparing to read is itself a skill. And like any skill, it takes practice before it becomes automatic. @edutopia

Before kids can learn to love literature’s transportive qualities, or how it connects them to other perspectives, they have to see themselves as readers in the first place. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

In addition to helping to staff an industry that chronically lacks workers, Early Childhood Service Corps also offers personal fulfillment and community connection for its members in the years after retirement. @hechingerreport

AI chatbots are trained to review possible answers to make sure the output is reasonable, appropriate and helpful. As a result, originality gets stripped away.

When most middle schoolers are learning the classics, Porter’s students dive deep into the world of jazz, even going so far as to play avant-garde compositions.

Four key features that, when combined together, help hold people on the gambling devices. Around the early 2010s, the same features began to appear on phone and tablet apps.

More teachers are moving away from homework. But the research on homework is complicated.

Illustration by Sylvia Duckworth

Here’s a look at how school funding fared nationwide. @educationweek edweek.org/policy-politics/h…

Educators can use these simple strategies to stay offline. @ASCD

Google is rolling out changes that it says will push students to do their own work and have Gemini serve as the sort of personalized tutor that many AI boosters hope the technology can be. @Chalkbeat

Here are instructional approaches that can grow elementary students’ love of reading alongside their proficiency. @edutopia

Here’s what educators can expect now that divided government has returned to Washington. @educationweek edweek.org/policy-politics/d…

Literacy improvement depends on leaders translating what they know about effective literacy instruction into the systems, structures, and practices that make such instruction possible in classrooms. @wested