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When Teacher Stress Becomes a Public Health Emergency

A teacher steps into her classroom to find a crumpled note on her desk: “You should quit.”Not from a student—this time, from a parent. She’s not alone. According to a national study of over 9,000 teachers, 43% say they plan to quit and one in four intends to transfer schools. The reasons? Stress. Anxiety. And […]

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Mental health

How Children’s Books Can Calm Anxiety and Build Resilience

Here’s something most parents don’t realize: bedtime stories might be shaping how kids handle fear and stress. A new Behavior Therapy study from Temple University and Weill Cornell researchers analyzed nearly 200 children’s books about anxiety and discovered something remarkable—and a little concerning. While storybooks are often our first emotional teachers, most don’t actually show […]

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Academics

How Undergraduate Research at Minority-Serving Institutions Transforms Futures

A quiet campus lab can change a life. Picture a senior at a minority-serving university—first in her family to attend college—holding a pipette for the first time. Twelve months later, she’s applying to a biomedical PhD program. That’s not a coincidence. It’s the power of undergraduate research experiences (UREs). A new multi-institutional study in Frontiers […]

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Mental health

When a Crisis Walks Into Class

The bell rings, and Ms. Alvarez glances up to see a fifth-grader sobbing quietly at her desk. It’s the third meltdown this week. The counselor is off-campus, the nurse is double-booked, and the principal just emailed about standardized testing prep. Everyone cares. Everyone’s exhausted. And no one’s sure who’s supposed to step in. This is […]

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Policy

Next Week in Educational News, November 11, 2025

President Trump’s March executive order to dismantle the Department of Education—part of the Project 2025 agenda—has led to sweeping cuts that gutted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, laying off over two-thirds of its remaining staff and effectively halting enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which serves 7.5 million U.S. […]

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Bullying

Parents, Culture, and Cyberbullying Clues

Five hours. That’s how long most adolescents in a new study were online each day. And here’s the twist: parents who knew more about what their kids did online were also more likely to know when their kids were seeing or experiencing cyberbullying. In other words, awareness isn’t nosiness, it’s protection. This study surveyed 407 […]

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Neurodevelopmental

Can School Gardens Survive Without Support?

A few years ago, school gardens were everywhere. From raised beds outside elementary schools to rooftop plots in city high schools, the movement to grow fruits and vegetables with kids looked unstoppable. Teachers used gardens to teach science, math, and mindfulness. Parents snapped photos of kids proudly holding up their first tomato. Cafeterias served salad […]

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