Funny Laugh through your tears with McSweeney's "Faculty Meeting Icebreakers" Jennifer Sandlin

teaching Fellow teachers, what would YOU rather do than write the syllabus for your classes? Jennifer Sandlin

zombies Some online courses are replacing faculty with dead teachers Thom Dunn

education If Bob Ross taught math David Pescovitz

Science Magical science demonstration of water not spilling from an upside down glass David Pescovitz

crime Elementary students assigned elf murder case David Pescovitz

video Middle school teacher resigns amid horrific abuse from students Andrea James

Funny Meet Unko Sensei, the poop teacher making kanji fun for Japanese kids Andrea James

teaching How to draw dotted lines on a chalkboard David Pescovitz

education Chicago has about 40% fewer African-American teachers than in 2001 Andrea James

Technology What if school was out, forever? Rose Eveleth

photography Photo of the raddest high school math teacher in 1970s SoCal David Pescovitz

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movies The first trailer for Buddy isn't, you know, for kids Séamus Bellamy

books The worst Caldecott winning book — Rumpelstiltskin Ellsworth Toohey

books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey

Technology AI-designed radio chips look like QR codes and beat human ones Ellsworth Toohey

war Iran has American theme bars because people are better than governments Jason Weisberger