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In 2024, Rob Burnside was principal at Lakota East High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. As far as principals go, he was beloved by students and teachers...
Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8 public school had a major behavior problem on its hands. With just 360 students enrolled, the school saw more than 130...
NFL players are an incredibly diverse bunch. Today, there are Samoan players and Australian players, as well as players from Guinea and Nigeria and...
Recently, Upworthy asked our Facebook followers the following question: What’s a first day of school moment you still remember perfectly? As the...
I will admit that I hardly ever watch the news on television, especially not for the weather. It’s just so much easier to pick up my phone and check...
It’s no secret that teachers often don’t get all the supplies they need to run their classrooms. An overwhelming majority dip into their own...
Who doesn’t love a good brain teaser? A teacher and content creator in India named Raviraj Master likes to challenge his students with all kinds of...
There was nothing out of the ordinary about the Braziers. The husband and wife, Frank and Elizabeth, were visiting family in Wolcott, Indiana, in...
The idea was simple: What if performance-enhancing drugs were allowed at the Olympics? From 2023 to 2025, a group of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and...
Literacy is a superpower and a fundamental human right. But overall, reading is on the decline worldwide and, perhaps most egregiously, in America....
Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks recently wrote an impassioned plea: “You need to be bored,” he said. Others have called boredom the most...
The loss of a child is one of the most devastating things a person can go through. When it happens, much of the sympathy and support goes to the...
Flying is frustrating, especially lately. Flight delays are surging, costs are going through the roof, and airlines are squeezing customers to...
Most married couples are aware of the alarming statistics: About 40-50% of first marriages are destined to end in divorce. On the bright side,...
The dishwasher was designed to make all of our lives easier, but the reality is that it sometimes does the exact opposite. Dishes come out dirty or...
There are simple things we know to be true about happiness: Going for a walk in the sunshine just feels good. So does a hug, or hearing your favorite...
Everyone remembers their favorite teachers. What we often can’t remember are the exact moments that left such a fond impression on us. And while...
For whatever reason, we love a good survival story. Whether it’s a Hollywood film about Tom Hanks stranded on a desert island or a reality TV show...
Good teachers don’t just teach. They make their students feel safe, supported, and comfortable in the classroom. Sometimes, maybe a little too...
The latest and greatest, state-of-the-art iPhone features a battery that can support over 30 hours of video playback. That’s cool. But engineers in...
They say New York City is the City of Dreams. Young people all over the world flock to the city when they’re ready to start chasing after their...
Most people have a love-hate relationship with social media these days, but it has provided at least one public service. All those rumors and old...
Humans have only explored a small percentage of the ocean floor. While all of it has been mapped by satellite data, less than 30% has been revealed in...
There’s a viral trick where, if you ask people to “pretend” to answer a phone, the way they hold their hand will tell you which generation they...
It’s not easy to get a classroom full of wiggly, goofball five- and six-year-olds to sit through an entire day of instruction in kindergarten....
It’s been happening quietly for decades: Fewer and fewer kids are walking or biking to school. The number is at about 11% today, down from about...
It turns out “the voice of a generation” isn’t just a metaphor. Different generations have different ways of speaking, and nowhere is it more...
Did you know you’re allowed to warm up your shower before you get in it? What about that a double scoop of ice cream doesn’t have to be the same...
It’s no secret that teachers today are quitting in droves. A staggering 70% of young teachers even consider leaving the profession in their first...
Today’s teachers have more than their fair share of complaints about Gen Z and Gen Alpha students. Educators say many of them are rude, behind on...
The struggle between renters and landlords is a tale as old as time. One wants an affordable, clean, safe, and stable place to live. The other wants...
Every generation brings new fashion choices to the table, some of which can be a headache for schools. Over the years, many schools have decided to...
Some languages are harder to learn than others. Many who’ve tried will say that Eastern languages like Chinese Mandarin and Japanese are extremely...
In America, “back to school” means one thing for parents: lots of shopping. Infamous, multi-page school supply lists have frazzled moms and dads...
A successful, professional woman recently took to LinkedIn looking for advice on a scenario almost everyone can relate to: the dread and awkwardness...
Minimalism is on the rise, not just in design and architecture, but in the way people live their lives. Having fewer things, sporting simpler styles,...
When Autumn de Forest was five years old, she picked up a paintbrush for the first time. It wasn’t long before she was ready to show the world what...
Teaching is a career that can start young. New graduates are often tasked with leading a classroom in their very first year out of school. For high...
Kaelynn Partlow had her time in the spotlight as one of the subjects on season one of Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum, a reality dating show that...
A viral video has been making the rounds lately that shows a giant (and extremely bizarre) ship opening up at its middle and dropping a metric...
No one wants to grow up to be like their parents. That’s why Millennials and Gen Xers took a hard turn away from the values and lifestyles of the...
Lifeguarding is a popular summer job for teenagers but not everyone is cut out for it. It can be mentally grueling work, involving long days of...
The ancient and beautiful Klamath River runs along the border of southern Oregon and Northern California. For millions of years, it was a fertile...
There are a lot of personality tests out there, and we humans are endlessly fascinated by them. There are the ones popular in pop-psychology like...
Most parents would agree that we want to encourage our kids to be themselves. But most parents also know the excruciating pain of their child coming...
What’s in a name? It turns out, a lot. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we make assumptions about people based on their name. Some research...
It’s always hard to talk about death. Even thinking about it makes many of us uncomfortable at best, filled with dread and terror at worst. When we...
Josh Staub has had quite a career. The renowned Disney animator and visual effects artist has worked on some of the biggest hits of the modern era,...
Deena Lang was nervous. The popular social media creator is gearing up to turn 46 and, more importantly, to tackle a major career pivot in her life....
Modern humans spend a lot of time sitting—more time than ever before. Too much time, if you ask medical experts, who say it’s not great for our...
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