by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking isn’t a skill, nor is it content knowledge or even evidence of understanding. While it involves and requires these ideas, critical thinking is…
Read more Critical Thinking Questions Stems For Any Content AreaCNN — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies focus on improving opportunities for groups of…
Read more Affirmative Action Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho…
Read more Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas and former 2016 presidential candidate. Birth date: December 22, 1970 Birth place: Calgary,…
Read more Ted Cruz Fast Facts | CNN PoliticsCNN — Here is a look at women in business, education, government and sports who have broken through the glass ceiling and become the first in their respective…
Read more Breakthrough Women Fast Facts: Business, Education, US Government and Sports | CNNTokyo, Japan CNN — Japan’s government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan following the assassination of former Japanese…
Read more Why is Japan seeking the dissolution of the controversial Unification Church? | CNNCNN — A long-simmering feud between the College Board, the non-profit that administers Advanced Placement courses, and Florida’s Department of Education became public this week, as officials argued…
Read more Florida’s feud with the College Board’s AP Psychology course explained | CNNCNN — Federal district Judge Steve Jones of the Northern District of Georgia will hear requests from three of the 19 defendants hoping to move their Georgia election…
Read more Who is Steve Jones, the judge who’ll decide whether to move Fulton County defendants’ cases to federal court? | CNN PoliticsCNN — Arizona’s top education official launched a hotline this week for state residents to report K-12 class curriculum and lessons that they deem “inappropriate,” the Arizona Department…
Read more Arizona launches hotline for public to report ‘inappropriate’ school lessons | CNN PoliticsCNN — Tracie Yorke grew concerned about the quality of education her son was receiving after his school moved to remote learning during the pandemic in 2020. Yorke,…
Read more ‘A form of resistance’: More Black families are choosing to homeschool their children | CNNCNN — The students responsible for a racist video – which surfaced on social media earlier this month showing one girl spray painting another girl’s face black while…
Read more High school students responsible for racist video no longer enrolled at school | CNNCNN — At least two Philadelphia high school students are facing disciplinary action after a racist video recorded outside of school surfaced on social media showing one girl…
Read more Philadelphia high school students disciplined after video shows one using black spray paint on another’s face while saying racist comments | CNNCNN — Facing accusations of whitewashing history after his administration blocked a new Black studies course for high-achieving high schoolers, Gov. Ron DeSantis has countered that Florida students…
Read more DeSantis says Florida requires African American history. Advocates say the state is failing that mandate | CNN PoliticsCNN — Republican presidential hopefuls have begun casting themselves as impassioned defenders of “parental rights,” turning schoolbooks and curricula, doctors’ offices, and sports leagues into a new political…
Read more Republicans elevate ‘parental rights’ as top issue while looking to outflank each other heading into 2024 | CNN PoliticsAlhambra CNN — The City of Alhambra honored the man who has been hailed a hero for disarming the Monterey Park shooting suspect at a second dance studio…
Read more Brandon Tsay, the hero who disarmed the Monterey Park shooting suspect, honored with medal of courage | CNNCNN — For years, dancers in high heels and glitzy dresses have hurried into Phillip Sam’s beauty supply store in Monterey Park ahead of big events, searching the…
Read more After tragedy struck Monterey Park’s vibrant dance community, residents insist they will return to their beloved ballroom | CNNCNN — ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams – though not with particularly high marks. The powerful new AI chatbot tool recently passed law exams…
Read more ChatGPT passes exams from law and business schools | CNN BusinessA version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Read more A new partisan era of American education | CNN PoliticsCNN — Investigators in Monterey Park, California, are still searching for the motive of a gunman who killed 10 people and injured 10 others during a shooting inside…
Read more Police are investigating motive after Monterey Park massacre leaves 10 dead and a city reeling during Lunar New Year celebrations | CNNCNN — Authorities are scrambling to find whoever killed 10 people Saturday night in Monterey Park, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Officers responded to a…
Read more 10 people were killed at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, and the assailant is still at large | CNN
