The CTE Crisis: Discover Solutions for Your School’s Biggest Challenges

| By Gale Staff | Career and Technical Education (CTE) is a proven pathway to success for students following high school. According to the Career and Technical Education Research Network, CTE has positive impacts on student academic achievement, high school completion, college readiness, and employability. While CTE students typically earn fewer bachelor’s degrees compared to … Read more

Product Update: Access My Library Mobile App

| By Gale Staff | Gale’s Access My Library (AML) mobile app will no longer be available starting in August. After a close review of usage data, we’ve decided to end service for AML on August 22, 2025, to eliminate redundancies in resource access points. All Gale resources are mobile responsive, meaning any user can … Read more

Make Stronger Connections Between Past and Present with AI-Leveled Content

| Cynda Wood | During my 15 years teaching high school social studies, I approached every new school year with the same goal: urging students to think critically about the world around them. Each class would cover different skills and concepts, but the mission was ultimately the same. We want every student to think critically … Read more

Jaws Celebrates Its Fiftieth Anniversary

| By J. Robert Parks  | Some movies are culturally significant because almost everyone sees them, and they function as touchstones. Casablanca is one of those, as is The Godfather. Even people who haven’t seen those movies quote them without realizing it. A few movies, however, go beyond that and actually change the culture. Jaws … Read more

The Second Continental Congress Convenes

| By Gale Staff | The American Revolution arguably receives the most attention when students are taught U.S. history, beginning with Paul Revere’s ride and the Declaration of Independence in elementary school to Thomas Paine and John Locke in high school and college. That’s likely to become especially true over the next several years, as … Read more

How to Align Supplemental Resources with District-Wide Goals

| By Gale Staff | As learners and curriculum standards change, textbooks alone aren’t enough to keep pace with today’s ever-evolving instructional demands. Educators need supplemental materials to engage students with diverse content, address learning gaps, and appeal to various learning styles. However, only 25% of teachers feel that districts are providing the supplemental resources … Read more

Schrödinger’s Cat: A “Purr-fect” Thought Experiment

| By K. Lee Lerner| Made popular by a million memes, the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment (also called the Schrödinger’s cat paradox), devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961). In 1935, was designed to illustrate the often bizarre implications of quantum mechanics (specifically, superposition and the concept of quantum measurement). Analogous to a radioactive atom … Read more

Empower Students in Digital Currency Banking

| By Gale Staff | Educators’ focus on teaching students about money once consisted of straightforward lessons about calculating interest rates, creating a savings account, and basic budgeting. Now, with the ever-increasing talk about digital currencies gaining traction across YouTube and TikTok, teaching financial literacy has shifted to include concepts like Bitcoin and blockchain. While … Read more