May 15 marks one year since Governor Kathy Hochul enacted a “bell-to-bell” ban on personal phones in public schools, impacting almost a million children in K-12 public and charter schools across the state. Teachers who spoke to The Post all say the ban has had an overwhelmingly postive impact on their schools. “I think that … Read more
Big Tech is in the hot seat, with Mark Zuckerberg forced to testify last week about the dangers of Instagram in a landmark lawsuit brought by a young California woman, known only as KGM, who says growing up on social media ruined her childhood. KGM’s story is terrible: Claims of sextortion, self-harm and suicidal ideation. Outside the … Read more
This outfit made people talk. In a world where young corporate employees are being called out for not wearing appropriate outfits to the office, teachers are unfortunately also getting caught in the wrath for wearing some questionable fits. Case in point: a school teacher, named Denise, posted a TikTok video of her outfit of the … Read more
There’s a new phrase echoing through school hallways — and it’s driving teachers up a wall. “Six-seven! Six-seven!” is not a math problem. It’s the latest Gen Alpha obsession — and educators across the US (and some in Australia) say it’s gotten so out of hand, they’ve had to ban it from classrooms altogether. The … Read more
Peanut butter jelly time. An elementary school teacher smartly used food to teach her students a lesson. Kayleigh Sloan teaches a creative writing class to first and second-graders. To teach a valuable lesson about where the youngsters went wrong with their assignment to write about how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, she decided … Read more
No aura points for her. The slang-loving students of Florida science teacher Angela Santalo were left speechless after the exasperated educator banned a long list of Gen Z and Gen Alpha lingo from her classroom, including “pookie,” “aura,” “bro” and “womp womp.” “What prompted me to create the list of banned words was the constant … Read more