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STEM kits, coding toys, student tech, calculators and e-readers. What schools and families are adopting, read from published data and policy.
Education and Learning Buyer’s Brief
Magnet ingestion recalls jumped from 3 to 20 in the first eight and a half months of 2026, and button battery notices rose faster. What the CPSC record says about buying building sets and STEM kits.
Education and Learning Trend Report
Phonics-first instruction is now the norm in most states, and decodable readers have moved onto home bookshelves. What the national reading data says about…
Education and Learning Market Shift
Phone rules now cover most of the country, and the storage hardware has become a line in school budgets. What the national study found…
Education and Learning Explainer
Pennsylvania joined 18 other states requiring cursive instruction in February 2026, and California has mandated cursive or joined italics in grades 1 to 6…
Education and Learning Price Trail
Stationery prices rose 2.9% in the 12 months to August 2026, slower than overall inflation, and the index falls every August. Here is what…
Education and Learning Market Shift
Standardized testing volume is growing again, on a digital adaptive SAT and a redesigned ACT with fewer questions. Prep books printed for the old…
Education and Learning Market Shift
LEGO Education retired SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential, launched AI-focused coding kits and is ending its FIRST partnership. Here is what changes for robotics…
Education and Learning Trend Report
E Ink writing tablets now come in color, compact and $399 entry versions, with promotions aimed at students. Here is what changed, what it…
Education and Learning Price Trail
Raspberry Pi raised board prices three times between December 2025 and April 2026, pinning each round on memory costs. The 1GB boards and Pico…
Education and Learning Buyer’s Brief
The SAT, every calculator-permitted AP exam and the online ACT now put a Desmos graphing calculator on screen. Here is what the 2026 rules…
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