A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

The Current State Of Gen Z (2024)

“79% of Gen Z feel optimistic about their futures, but only 51% feel prepared for them. 68% plan to go to college, yet only 22% feel very prepared to succeed in college.”

Gen Z Perspectives On School

“57% of students report that the best teacher they ever had was energetic and excited about what they were teaching. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Gen Zers also say this teacher cared about them as a person — a factor that is more important than several substantive teaching qualities, such as making the content easy to […]

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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