Emily Dickinson has lost her most beloved friend. Penned in alternating lengths, angles, and fervor, the em-dash was once a cure-all for the emphatic writer. It offered a moment of respite, prompting reflection on the text. Or — it represented ...
In 2025, facing a crumbling school system marked by significant financial strain and a declining student population, Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, passed legislation for what had previously been unthinkable: consolidating the 119 town-...
In early 2026, both Florida’s and Texas’s Supreme Courts opted to drop their requirement that the states’ lawyers graduate from American Bar Association (ABA)–accredited law schools. This opened the door to alternative accreditors, who often ...
Marked ballot. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Although the country as a whole has been devastated by the current economic recession, some places have fared worse than others. And among the states that have struggled the most in the last few y...
Marked ballot. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Although the country as a whole has been devastated by the current economic recession, some places have fared worse than others. And among the states that have struggled the most in the last few y...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case dealing with affirma...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case dealing with affirma...
The topics for the first presidential debate have been announced and education is not on the agenda. The economy dominates half of the planned topics, which is unsurprising. But the recently ended teachers strike in Chicago has put education back on ...
The topics for the first presidential debate have been announced and education is not on the agenda. The economy dominates half of the planned topics, which is unsurprising. But the recently ended teachers strike in Chicago has put education back on ...
The message from GED-prep organizations, states, and even the GED Testing Service is the same: take the test now. For those preparing for the GED, there are just a couple of years left before 2014, when a major redesign, including a shift to exclusiv...
The message from GED-prep organizations, states, and even the GED Testing Service is the same: take the test now. For those preparing for the GED, there are just a couple of years left before 2014, when a major redesign, including a shift to exclusiv...