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3-2-1: On true wealth, the antidote to anxiety, and how to love someone as they change
I.
“Working on a problem reduces the fear of it.
It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.”
III.
“You are richer than 93 percent of people. Not in money, but in time.
Over 108 billion people have lived throughout history. 93 percent of them are dead.
You have what every king and queen, every pharaoh and ruler, every CEO and celebrity of the past would give all their wealth and power for:
Today.”
New Study: Female Teachers Much More Stressed, Burned Out Than Male Colleagues
Female teachers across the United States are significantly more likely to experience frequent job-related stress and burnout than male educators, according to new survey results.
The RAND study found a 22-point difference in stress levels and a 6-point difference in the degree of burnout — gender disparities that have held constant since at least 2021. Female teachers are also almost twice as likely as similarly educated women in other professions to report frequent stress.
These trends are worrying not just for teachers, but also for students, said Elizabeth Steiner, senior policy researcher at RAND and the lead author of the report.
What can be learned from Texas’ surge in uncertified teachers?
hough it’s expected that teacher turnover will decrease over the next few years, it’s estimated that there were at least 49,000 vacant teaching positions and 400,000 underqualified educators instructing in classrooms nationwide during the 2024-25 school year, according to a project led by researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of Pittsburgh.
Texas has one of the highest teacher underqualification rates in the country, according to the University of Missouri-University of Pittsburgh research project.
Between the 2019-20 and 2024-25 school years, the total number of uncertified teachers in Texas jumped from 12,900 to 42,100, the Texas Education Agency found. That means 12% of the state’s total teachers were uncertified by 2024-25 compared to 3.8% before the pandemic.
New P.E. policy: Why Trump revived the Presidential Fitness Test
P.E. teachers may have to adjust their lesson plans with President Donald Trump’s announcement this week that he’s reviving the Presidential Fitness Test.
The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition will now develop “strategies for the development and promotion of presidential challenges and school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education.”
The test consisted of a one-mile run, push-ups or pull-ups, sit-ups, a shuttle run and other activities, and recognized top performers with the Presidential Fitness Award. It was revamped during the Obama administration to emphasize children’s health and nutrition over athletic prowess.
Precalculus Is the Fastest-Growing AP Course. That’s Reshaping K-12 Math
When the College Board launched its Advanced Placement Precalculus course in 2022, it aimed to expand students’ access to advanced math courses and open more doors for students to earn college credit while in high school.
In just two years, that course has exceeded expectations. It’s now the fastest-growing AP course in the nation and has significantly boosted participation among Black and Latino students in AP STEM subjects overall.
“We were hopeful that this course would reach many students. I was not prepared for it to be as large a debut as it was last [school] year and was certainly not prepared for it to continue to grow so quickly in the second year,” said Trevor Packer, the head of the College Board’s AP program.