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Robert Maxwell had a formal, business relationship with McGraw‑Hill in 1989: the two companies formed a 50/50 joint venture combining school‑book operations and signed a 15‑year standstill agreement t...
The teaching profession is not legally stripped of its “professional” label across the board, but multiple recent policy moves and mounting workforce data show teachers are under growing pressure: rou...
Research and reporting show the status and attractiveness of teaching have fallen in recent years—with surveys and analyses describing near half‑century lows in perceived prestige, widespread shortage...
Teachers face a mix of state-level statutory changes (pay raises, discipline rules, contract and pension tweaks) and a major federal reorganization that is shifting Education Department functions to o...
The Trump administration pursued a suite of policies and plans that—according to reporting and policy analysis—reallocated or threatened to reconfigure how federal K‑12 and special education funds flo...
Donald Trump and his administration have asserted that federal education bureaucracy hinders teachers and signaled plans to reshape who counts as a “qualified” teacher — including proposing a federal ...
Current reporting and research show the teaching profession is under severe strain — low prestige, rising vacancies, and worsening well‑being — but available sources do not say teaching has ceased to ...
Average pay comparisons depend on how you define “professional athlete” and which data set you use: broad job-site averages put many athletes near or below typical teacher pay (e.g., Salary.com: ~$55,...
The number of gun incidents at U.S. schools in 2024 depends heavily on : some trackers count any gun discharge or discovery on school property (yielding figures in the hundreds), while others count on...
There is no definitive count in the provided reporting that states how many school shooters in 2025 were white males; Education Week tallied 18 school shootings in 2025 that resulted in injury or deat...
In 2025 a torrent of litigation targeted President Donald Trump’s second-term actions: trackers counted hundreds of suits challenging executive orders and agency moves, and the results were mixed — so...
The most consistently recommended homework practices are: set a regular routine and workspace, break tasks into manageable chunks and use evidence-based study strategies such as retrieval practice and...
Teens are already heavy users of AI chatbots: roughly two‑thirds report using them and about three‑in‑ten use them daily (Pew survey of 1,458 U.S. teens) . Attitudes are mixed: only 18% said using Cha...
Charlie Kirk himself is not described in the provided reporting as the target of criminal charges or ethics probes; instead, his September 2025 assassination set off a widespread wave of legal, admini...
State education departments have taken varied paths after major federal shifts in school‑meal funding for 2024–25: eight states—California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mex...
Educators’ testimonials and endorsements have visibly shifted public perception and electoral outcomes by framing candidates as either protective of public schools or hostile to educators’ priorities;...
The Trump administration proposed reshaping Title I by moving administration to other agencies, encouraging state block-grant options and consolidating or cutting related programs — while saying it wo...
Policy changes that most sources identify as likely to restore teaching’s professional standing include raising pay and benefits, creating clearer career structures and credentials, increasing sustain...
Available reporting shows the Trump administration proposed and pushed multiple actions that would reduce or reshape federal K‑12 spending: a 2025 “skinny” budget blueprint sought roughly $12 billion ...
Politicians routinely debate the role and conduct of teachers, alternating between defending the profession and accusing educators of being political, unprofessional, or beholden to particular ideolog...