Our math and reading scores have been declining for a decade. The “Southern Surge” should be a wake-up call. Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a ...

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Maryam has worked as an online interpreter since the Taliban banned women from most jobs in Afghanistan. But her livelihood is under threat after the hard-line Islamist group last week shut down ...

What is a college application? At its core, a college application is an attempt to convince a stranger (or group of strangers) that the applicant is a desirable classmate, roommate, campus-mate and ...

It could soon be harder for students to access the internet on school buses and for the public to borrow mobile internet hotspots from libraries. In a Sept. 23 letter, a coalition of school and ...

For the first time since reassuming control of its country in 2021, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime this week shut down huge swaths of internet access across multiple northern provinces, which ...

On September 15, 2025, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the shutdown of fiber-optic internet across Afghanistan. The ban was implemented the next day in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh ...

Helix Director of Educational Services Elena Smith, who graduated from the school, said there have been more concerns for students online who are using their personal devices. Helix Charter High ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 350,000 public school students in New York City will receive new internet-enabled devices — for free — this school year to help provide access and programming to ...

PHOENIX — Fifth and sixth graders in Arizona now have the opportunity to add $529 for their college fund through this year’s AZ529 essay writing contest. This year’s contest, which kicked off Monday, ...

Submissions for an elementary essay-writing contest from the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office will open on Monday, Aug. 25. Fifth and sixth graders from across Arizona can submit an essay answering ...