For 25-year-old Lexa Gates, Gov Ball 2026 was a homecoming. The Astoria, Queens, native had just returned to New York after spending a month in L.A., and was making her stage debut at the music ...

A homeschooling center in Manhattan is part of the company’s nationwide expansion. Internal documents reveal its strategy: “Opening date > safety.” In the fall of 2025, top executives from Alpha ...

Recent developments in generative artificial intelligence have educators from elementary to university seemingly fighting an uphill battle as they struggle to manage students’ dependence on the ...

Chatty, bright-eyed children surrounded US Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon as she walked with them through an airy building in Texas. Part of a 50-state tour, this stop last year was ...

Generation Alpha is the largest generation ever. Totaling two billion children, it encompasses anybody currently aged 0–15 years old—those born between 2010 and 2025. This is the first fully digitally ...

One day last fall, Kristine Barrios’ 9-year-old daughter got stuck on a lesson in IXL, the personalized learning software that served as her math teacher. She had to multiply three three-digit numbers ...

It might feel wild, but Gen Alpha influencers are already on the rise. In some cases, these influencers haven’t even hit double digits. Kids as young as 7 — the age twins Koti and Haven Garza were in ...

At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall. Alpha School, ...

There’s a sneaky contributor to the growing anxiety of the emerging generation—and it’s not just screen time. If smartphones and social media are to blame for Gen Z’s 139% increase in anxiety, then ...

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