College tuition has fallen significantly at many schools Posted February 10, 2025 The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right? Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they w…
Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that Posted February 3, 2025 Greece announced plans to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls…
Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges Posted January 24, 2025 Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought a…
Plastic waste pays school fees in impoverished Lagos community Posted January 17, 2025 For Nigeria’s poorest communities, finding the money for school fees can sometimes seem like an impossible task. But some parents are collecting plastic waste to pay for their chi…
Literacy materials dropped by many schools face new pressure from struggling readers’ parents Posted January 13, 2025 A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it’s not…
More states are ditching exams as high school graduation requirements Posted December 14, 2024 When Massachusetts voters decided to ditch the state's standardized tests as a high school graduation requirement on Election Day, they joined a trend that has st…
In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cellphone ban Posted December 6, 2024 It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms. But school administrators in one South Florida county working to pull students’ eyes away from the…
GoFundMe bets social media can unlock Gen Z giving. A Meta partnership and new tools will test that Posted November 17, 2024 New GoFundMe tools make it easier to circulate causes across online platforms in a push to cater to younger generations. The crowdfunding site hopes to meet digital natives in …
A Southern California school plants a ‘Moon Tree’ grown with seeds flown in space Posted November 7, 2024 To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world. The so-called "Moon …
UK college class uses AI instead of human teachers Posted September 27, 2024 A private college in the U.K. is about to start its first class taught using artificial intelligence instead of human teachers. David Game College in London is offering an alte…