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Across the country, schools are expanding career and technical education. “The goal ultimately is that students are aski...
09/09/2026

Across the country, schools are expanding career and technical education. “The goal ultimately is that students are asking far less often, ‘Why do I have to learn this?'”

View the full episode transcript. At the end of the first semester at ARISE High School in Oakland, several teachers have bandages on their fingertips as part of their jobs. It’s not because of a sudden rise in paper cuts. It’s because students have started practicing finger pricks as part of a ...

According to research on over one thousand adolescents by Ellen Galinsky, author and president of Families and Work Inst...
09/08/2026

According to research on over one thousand adolescents by Ellen Galinsky, author and president of Families and Work Institute, there are key messages that teens want to get through to adults.

Research-backed insights from renowned experts to everyday questions about raising teenagers.

Some intensive CTE programs have been found to engage students, particularly boys, and prepare them for jobs. Yet, expan...
09/08/2026

Some intensive CTE programs have been found to engage students, particularly boys, and prepare them for jobs. Yet, expanding career education may prove challenging.

Established CTE programs have delivered promising results. New research shows why adding career programs elsewhere may not produce the same payoff.

Today, when many education advocates want to expand learning time to help kids recover academically from the pandemic, t...
09/08/2026

Today, when many education advocates want to expand learning time to help kids recover academically from the pandemic, the four-day week would seem to be a move in the wrong direction.

Families with students who attend school four days a week instead of five overwhelmingly prefer it. How a shortened school week affects academics is mixed.

A new study finds parents often assume everything is fine when their child’s report card shows mostly A’s even when stan...
09/07/2026

A new study finds parents often assume everything is fine when their child’s report card shows mostly A’s even when standardized test scores slide. That assumption may underestimate the help and guidance their child needs.

A study of 2,000 parents finds that they’re more inclined to step in with extra help when grades, but not test scores, are slipping.

Are career pathways meant to steer students into specific career fields, or help them figure out what they don’t want to...
09/07/2026

Are career pathways meant to steer students into specific career fields, or help them figure out what they don’t want to do?

A report tracks 6,000 career pathways students after high school graduation. Some of the results offer clues about what students really learn.

The numbers provide welcome news and some clear insights to college leaders worried about reports showing many Americans...
09/07/2026

The numbers provide welcome news and some clear insights to college leaders worried about reports showing many Americans questioning the value of a college degree.

Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.

Across multiple dimensions, young workers rate their jobs as lower quality than older workers do, and report greater dif...
09/06/2026

Across multiple dimensions, young workers rate their jobs as lower quality than older workers do, and report greater difficulty with job stability and making ends meet.

A mysterious spike in misery among 18-22 year-old workers has experts searching for answers. Some blame the phone.

More than 40% of surveyed 6th- to 12th-grade teachers used AI detection tools during the last school year. That’s despit...
09/06/2026

More than 40% of surveyed 6th- to 12th-grade teachers used AI detection tools during the last school year. That’s despite numerous research studies showing that AI detection tools are far from reliable.

School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

There's mounting evidence that AI is often harming learning. But a new study suggests that students may learn more when ...
09/06/2026

There's mounting evidence that AI is often harming learning. But a new study suggests that students may learn more when AI makes them slow down.

A randomized experiment involved more than 6,000 Tennessee middle school students learning fractions.

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