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When students and school leaders see different schools: what education systems can learn
By Dr. Sreehari Ravindranath, Ms Apoorva Bhatnagar, Dr. Joseph Thomas Rijo and Mr Amit V. Kumar, Dream a Dream, India … More
Louisiana’s public colleges face $4B deferred maintenance backlog
An article from Dive Brief Louisiana’s public colleges face $4B deferred maintenance backlog The Louisiana Board of Regents plans to request over $700 million in state funding in fiscal 2028 for more ...
What Gets Counted Gets Counseled
A landmark survey of 600 school counselors reveals a widening gap between what students and families want and what school accountability systems actually measure. In this timely piece, senior policy a...
Scale is not a strategy: What 91 public systems tell us about resilience
An article from Scale is not a strategy: What 91 public systems tell us about resilience Published Oct. 26, 2026 By Dan Greenstein, Ph.D., Chief of Industry Transformation Getty Images Spons...
The Art of Storytelling to Engage Students
Have you ever connected your lesson with your students to a personal experience or a story you witnessed? If not, you should. Watch the engagement in the students’ eyes as they lean into the story you...
Career Change Aptitude Test: Which to Take, How to Read It
You want a test that tells you what to do instead A career change aptitude test cannot tell you what you should do next, and the honest ones never claim to. Almost all of them measure interest rather ...
Syracuse University plans review of administrative and executive staff
An article from Dive Brief Syracuse University plans review of administrative and executive staff Leaders want to ensure its administration is rightsized “for the university we’re building, not the un...
AI in Teaching: What the Science of Learning Already Tells Us
Few topics in higher education generate as much debate right now as the role artificial intelligence in all aspects of teaching and learning. Faculty listservs, teaching centers and national conferenc...
Cornell faculty excoriate university’s handling of Jane Doe case
An article from Dive Brief Cornell faculty excoriate university’s handling of Jane Doe case Amid the controversy, the Ivy League institution’s faculty senate is weighing a no-confidence vote against P...
What Will It Look Like If Investment in Learner Wallets Pays Off?
What if a 12-year-old's sketching habit, a 19-year-old's gap year travels, and a 45-year-old's volunteer coordination all counted as verifiable learning? In a new piece for Getting Smart, Mason Pashia...
Anna Maria College cancels campus bankruptcy auction over lack of bids
An article from Dive Brief Anna Maria College cancels campus bankruptcy auction over lack of bids The shuttered Massachusetts institution received no bids to purchase its entire 260-acre estate that m...
We’re Teaching Kids to Read. Are We Teaching Them to Think?
When an 11-year-old gets a polished ChatGPT answer faster than his parent can form a thoughtful one, something important comes into focus: access to information was never going to be the hard part. In...
Document Business Processes Template: Fill It In While You Work
A document business processes template works when you fill it in during a live run of the job, not afterwards from memory. Open it the next time the work comes up, write each step as you finish it, an...
What happened to Finnish education?
By OECD Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher For much of the first two decades of this century, if … More
The School Choice Debate Looks Different From My Kitchen Table
This op-ed from Georgetown, Texas mother Courtney Parker Lopez offers what the school choice debate almost never surfaces: a ground-level, human account of why one family left public school, how they ...
When an 89.4 Becomes a Crisis: Rethinking Precision in College Grading
The Decimal Point Problem During one of my first semesters teaching introductory biology labs at the college level, a student approached me after class visibly frustrated about a final grade. The diff...
Failed Business Strategies: Why You Can't Tell Until You Set the Number
A business strategy rarely announces its failure. It keeps not working while you keep paying for it. Nine months in, revenue is flat, you are busier than you were, and you cannot tell whether the plan...
ACT Retesting Boosts Scores: Key Insights from Class of 2026
About 33% of students retaking the ACT saw an average score increase, highlighting the impact of retesting initiatives in schools nationwide.
The Evolving Role of Supplemental Essays in College Admissions
University leaders discuss how supplemental essays impact the admissions process and the balance between thorough evaluation and administrative efficiency.
Penn State Proposes Phasing Out 47 Undergraduate Programs Amid Enrollment Decline
Penn State plans to cut 47 undergraduate programs due to low enrollment, as part of a broader review aimed at aligning academic offerings with student demand.