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Yikes! You Call That a Pencil?

How a pencil made out of compressed particle boards became a schoolyard fad—and what that pencil line has to do with olestra.

Sep 24, 2021

Learning At 300 Baud

The story of the world’s first Electronic University, which came to life a lot earlier than you might expect given that moniker. Modems were involved.

May 23, 2019

Trapper Keeper Contraband

The Trapper Keeper is a beacon of nostalgia, but generic branding and school rules have pushed it off to the side. Good luck finding a new one.

Aug 28, 2018

Mystery Meat

A North Carolina school district invented a new sandwich in an attempt to convince kids that it wasn’t serving them meatloaf. It didn’t really work out.

Sep 13, 2017

a lowercase controversy

how Quinnipiac university, a school known for its polling, got embroiled in a debate over a single letter’s case.

Feb 27, 2017

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