1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (629+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of laws Thursday aimed at protecting children from the risks of technology, including social media and AI chatbots. The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (855+ words) Algebra 1 is considered the gateway to advanced math, leading to heated debates about course timing: Unprepared students shouldn’t take it too soon and risk failing, but higher-achieving students will miss out on high-level math courses if they delay. New research…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1029+ words) On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Sari Beth Rosenberg was gearing up for her first day of student-teaching in New York City when the news broke that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. Rosenberg never made it into a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1257+ words) It’s being called a landmark settlement. Billions of dollars will flow to states. And the social media giant Meta will make dramatic changes to its Instagram and Facebook platforms as a result. Meta on Wednesday agreed to pay as much…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (758+ words) When immigrant students arrive in U.S. high schools with limited English proficiency, schools face a dual challenge: help them develop their language and academic content skills and do it in a short amount of time. Schools across the country have faced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) As they did with reading, states have begun to roll out a wave of policies to overhaul math education in recent years, making changes like new teacher education requirements and mandated early screenings and interventions in math. Now those changes…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (716+ words) Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1663+ words) For 20 high school football seasons, Mac Hardy’s phone rang every Friday afternoon before a home game. It was his boss, the chief of police in Hoover, Ala., asking the same question. “Are you ready for tonight?” Hardy was the school…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (708+ words) When children in rural Pennsylvania board a specially outfitted school bus next spring, they won’t sit with their backpacks in their laps, headed to class. Instead, they’ll enter a sensory-friendly space designed to help the littlest learners in Monroe County…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (943+ words) Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much…...