Stories

Randi Weingarten’s “Why Fascists Fear Teachers” is a blistering defense of public education—and a battle cry for democracy itself.

We live in an age when truth has been replaced by performance. Modern schooling trains students to perform comprehension rather than seek understanding. Reclaiming clarity may be our last act of intellectual freedom.

Oklahoma’s schools reveal how a second Trump term could reshape public education—more Christian, more patriotic, and far less “woke.”

New national data reveal a sharp rise in functional illiteracy among U.S. young adults — even as more are earning high school diplomas. Experts warn of a widening disconnect between graduation rates, real literacy skills, and what it means to be “educated” in the digital age.

AI deepfakes shared by political leaders blur truth for students. Here’s how educators can reclaim the narrative and teach digital integrity in a fractured media age.

AI in education doesn’t have to mean robots replacing teachers. Used right, it can liberate them—from grading, busywork, and bureaucracy—so they can focus on what only humans can do: connect, inspire, and teach.

America’s tutoring crisis has a solution. The question is whether we’ll build it for everyone or just the wealthy.

When LGBTQ books and diverse stories are under attack, silence is not an option. A Georgia School Librarian of the Year speaks out against book bans, defending students’ right to read, learn, and see themselves reflected in literature.

From Toni Morrison to Frantz Fanon, banned books have long revealed more about power than about prose. Book banning isn’t new—it’s a centuries-old tool of control used to silence marginalized voices and maintain systems of oppression.