The trial of 8 suspected right-wing extremists accused of planning a coup is beginning in the German city of Dresden. Their goal: A Nazi state. According to German federal prosecutors, the "Saxon ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

"I spent 4 hours baking a cake. It fell. My 80-year-old grandma told me a story I'll never forget," read the title of the post where the user described spending an entire afternoon carefully baking a ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls "wokeness" in the U.S.

The early decades of the UN focused on post-war reconstruction and economic expansion. Over time, that vision broadened to include social inclusion and environmental stewardship. The journey from ...

Pikes Peak Athletics Foundation provides free swim lessons to low-income families after owner Anna Heidinger's mother nearly drowned as a teenager. The Red Cross reports nearly 80% of children from ...

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...