Farmer Alfalfa heads to town with an old truck full of corn. The truck is on the verge of collapse. But after selling his corn to Grocer Cat, Farmer Alfalfa uses the money to buy a new truck. On another day, Alfalfa…

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Reason·higher-ed

Congress Gave Away Its Authority To Declare War and Enabled Trump's Iran War

President Donald Trump and his administration have long claimed that he wants to chart a more restrained path for America's foreign policy. Before the 2024 presidential election, running mate J.D. Vance dubbed Trump the…

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eSchool News·edtech

When AI means something different in every classroom

Key points: If AI is introduced without structure, it can easily become a shortcut When AI does the work, who does the learning? From innovation to impact: How districts can build a sustainable AI framework For more…

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Votebeat·higher-ed

The Supreme Court’s voting rights decision could reshape local government across Texas

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Guillermo Ramos remembers seeing few elected leaders who…

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Getting Smart·research

What If the Rules About How Teachers Work Together Were Also Just Made Up?

By: Courtney Ochi In a recent piece by Rebecca Midles , George Philhower of Indiana’s Microschool Collaborative offered a provocation worth sitting with: “Nearly all the rules we play by in education today were made up…

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Ed Next·higher-ed

New Caps on Federal Student Lending Could Impact Schools of Education

Politicians of both parties have decided to do something about the $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loan debt. Democrats and the Biden administration saw mass forgiveness as the solution. By contrast, Republicans…

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Higher Ed Dive·higher-ed

Bard College president to retire following probe into his ties to Epstein

Leon Botstein, who has helmed the liberal arts institution for 51 years, will step down at the end of the academic year.

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K-12 Dive Technology·policy

Schools spend $4B on physical safety measures. Here’s what research says they should do instead.

Dive Brief: Strategies that help students feel connected and supported can enhance school safety , according to a recent blog post by the Learning Policy Institute. Research shows that investing in evidence-based…

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Reason·policy

Brickbat: Flag Football

A new bill in Minnesota, proposed by eight Democratic lawmakers, would cut state funding by 10 percent to any city or county that flies the old state flag instead of the new one adopted in 2024. The idea comes from…

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Inside Higher Ed·higher-ed

Part 2: Is Higher Education Having a Psychotic Breakdown?

Part 2: Is Higher Education Having a Psychotic Breakdown? kjohnsonbowles… Tue, 05/05/2026 - 03:00 AM Part two exposing the tension between higher education as a business and as a service and how this conflict has…

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AASA Schools of Thought

A Love Letter to My Principals: Trust, Alignment, and the Leadership That Moves Schools Forward

A superintendent's love letter to principals, and the practices that build the trust, alignment, and partnership districts need.

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The College Fix·higher-ed

Democratic UMich regents refuse comment on nominee who posted antisemitic slurs

Democratic University of Michigan Board of Regents are refusing to comment on their party’s own nomination of Amir Makled to the board amid growing scrutiny surrounding his past social media posts deemed antisemetic.…

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James G. Martin Center·higher-ed

50-State Comparison: Syllabus Transparency

In an era of the internet, AI, and constant information overload, most public colleges and universities in the United States still don’t consistently make syllabi and course information publicly available. Syllabus…

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The College Fix·higher-ed

‘Drinko de Mayo’ UMinn frat party gets hit with bias report

OPINION: Sign reportedly ‘perpetuate[s] anti-Mexican hate’ Someone reported a University of Minnesota fraternity to the campus Bias Response and Referral Network for a sign that said “Drinko de Mayo,” referencing the…

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The College Fix·higher-ed

U. New Mexico to offer ‘Bad Bunny’ class exploring ‘decoloniality’ and fashion

Students ‘feel seen when we treat their cultural icons with the same rigor we apply to studying phenomena in traditional disciplines,’ professor says The University of New Mexico has introduced a new fall course about…

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NASBE·higher-ed

New Issue of NASBE Standard Reimagines the Roles of Teachers and Leaders

Alexandria, VA— Amid national discussions of ways to recruit and keep teachers and leaders in a demanding profession, the May edition of NASBE’s State Education Standard highlights the many ways states are restructuring…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple

Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from Earth. A normally “lonely” hot Jupiter is sharing space with a mini-Neptune, in a rare and unlikely pairing that’s had…

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MIT News·higher-ed

The tech revolution that wasn’t

In 1960, engineers at India’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) built what they called an “Automatic Calculator,” the country’s first working computer. It had the same type of ferrite-core memory as IBM’s…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Biologist Joey Davis explores how cells build complex structures

Ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, are made from dozens of proteins and RNA molecules. Putting all of those pieces together is a complex puzzle — one that MIT Associate Professor Joey Davis PhD ’10…

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Reason·policy

The Partisan Asymmetry In Callais

In most political disputes, there will usually be an argument that helps the left and an argument that helps the right. A common rhetorical tactic is to insist that one side or other is in fact being neutral , while the…

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