Key points: Imagine students who understand how government works and who see themselves as vital contributors to their communities. That’s what happens when students are given opportunities to…
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Read more Rethinking icebreakers in professional learningThe German economy may be showing signs of a life after more than half a decade of stagnation. Europe’s largest economy has suffered a series of recent blows,…
Read more German Economy Shows Signs of RevivalIf you’ve ever dreamed of building a beautiful holiday cookie box but need it to be egg-free and allergy-friendly, you’re in the right place! After more than 12…
Read more Your Ultimate Holiday Egg-Free Cookie Box Guide: Safe, Delicious & Perfect for GiftingFor years, a mining project in Africa held the promise of helping free the West from its dependence on China for rare earths. Some weeks back, it fell…
Read more The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China’s HandsJOHANNESBURG—In 1886, prospectors struck gold here on a stretch of farmland more than a mile above sea level. The Rand Club was founded a year later by mining…
Read more Storied South African Club Embodies Decline of Former Gold CapitalThe Trump administration’s renewed focus on securing critical minerals highlights an urgent truth, reinforced in “China Aims to Keep U.S. Military From Obtaining Its Rare Earths” (U.S. News,…
Read more Opinion | End U.S. Energy DependenceWSJ ProNov. 18, 2025 7:14 am ET The European Commission plans to restrict exports of aluminum scrap amid concerns that rising outflows of the resource could leave Europe…
Read more EU Plans to Curb Aluminum Scrap Exports Next YearEurope is trying to get itself on the global rare-earths map, and a new facility on Russia’s border is its opening bid. The city of Narva in Estonia,…
Read more A New Rare-Earths Plant in Europe Shows How Tough Breaking China’s Grip Will BeESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But…
Read more Alaska’s New Mining Rush Chases Something More Coveted Than Goldcontributed by Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor of Technology, Notre Dame of Maryland University Digital Exit Slips: 21 Formative Assessment Tools for Grades 8-12 You have a classroom full of students…
Read more 18 Of The Best Formative Assessment Tools For Digital Exit TicketsBEIJING—China has demonstrated it can weaponize its control over global supply chains by constricting the flow of critical rare-earth minerals. President Trump went to the negotiating table when…
Read more How China’s Chokehold on Drugs, Chips and More Threatens the U.S.Key points: I know what it feels like to stand in front of a classroom that does not have enough. Not enough computers. Not enough up-to-date software and…
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Read more They love me, they love me not: Smart strategies to help students find the perfect collegeA cascade of billion-dollar deals is reshaping the once-dormant Western critical-minerals industry, which the U.S. and its allies hope will act as a bulwark against aggressive trade practices by…
Read more America’s Hottest New Investment: Rare-Earth CompaniesThe underground wealth beneath the Arctic city of Kiruna fuels Sweden’s economy and is a central cog in one of Europe’s core defense industries. It has also, quite…
Read more It Sits on a Vast Haul of Mineral Wealth. Now This Arctic City Must Be Moved.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he plans to coordinate with allies to counter China’s weaponization of rare-earth minerals. It’s the right move, though he might find it…
Read more Opinion | Allies United Against China on Rare Earths