K-12 Education

Bloomington, Indiana – November 10, 2026 -- Solution Tree's "MTSS for Reading Improvement: A Leader's Tool Kit for Schoolwide Success" has sold more than 25,000 copies and earned lifetime bestseller status for the education publisher.

Title cleared 10,000 copies in three months during its first bestseller run

Authors Sarah Brown and Stephanie Stollar first reached bestseller status last year, selling more than 10,000 copies in just three months. Cumulative sales now exceed 25,000.

Book gives school and district leaders a step-by-step MTSS framework

The book is aimed at school and district leaders who want systemwide literacy improvement. It guides them through building a multitiered system of supports (MTSS) and designing reading supports. It also covers aligning assessment with instruction, leading collaborative teams, and building a culture where data drives decisions across the school.

Atlanta – – September 18, 2026 -- Roughly 350 high school student-athletes will gather at Atlanta's Loudermilk Conference Center on Sept. 26, 2026, for the inaugural AJT Academy Student-Athlete Leadership Conference presented by Truist, a program built around the AJ Terrell Jr. Foundation founded by Atlanta Falcons All-Pro cornerback AJ Terrell Jr.

Truist funds leadership program spanning three Atlanta-area high schools

Students from Westlake High School, Frederick Douglass High School and Benjamin E. Mays High School will attend the five-hour event, running 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 40 Courtland St NE. Katie Saez, Truist regional president for Georgia and Alabama, said the bank's partnership with the AJ Terrell Jr. Foundation aims to give young people tools that extend beyond athletics.

Kathmandu – September 15, 2026 -- Two weeks after a devastating flash flood in Nepal, an estimated 540 children remain separated from their parents or unaccompanied, while roughly 630 children in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts are still missing, according to a joint assessment by Nepal's National Child Rights Council and child protection experts including Save the Children.

Assessment finds 1,233 children currently living in emergency shelters

Of those, 102 are unaccompanied and 439 have been separated from their parents but are being cared for by relatives, the assessment shows. The figures underscore the scale of family tracing and reunification work now required in the flood-hit region.