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For years, many educators – including the two of us – viewed the rapid expansion of technology in schools as largely positive. Schools... Read More
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The latest education headline from The New York Times is that “U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’.” American... Read More
The latest big news in work-based learning is that Dartmouth College has raised a $30M endowment to support internships. Dartmouth students... Read More
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Can AI help students learn the skills of constructive dialogue? New evidence suggests yes, but the details matter more than you might expect. Read More
The so-called big, beautiful bill passed by Congress last summer has brought, and will continue to bring, changes to paying for education.... Read More
A growing number of churches have launched colleges in recent years, focused mostly on religious training and the business of churches and... Read More
Several Illinois Christian colleges have closed, merged, moved or halted new admissions in recent years, amid an increasingly challenging... Read More
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Within the past month, Stanford and Princeton ended honor codes that had governed student conduct for more than a century. Both universities... Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard—which effectively banned racial preferences in higher... Read More
This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them. Read More
INTRODUCTION It feels surreal to be a public education advocate from Mississippi these days. After decades of derision, my home state has... Read More
This piece was featured in The Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed , among other sources. Read More
Average grades continue to rise in the United States, raising the question of how grade inflation impacts students Read More
Ranked 48th in the country on NAEP, Oklahoma is trying to improve academics by beefing up teacher preparation, expanding classroom time. Read More
Four educators talk about what it takes to make the transition. Read More
On a late February afternoon, a dozen or so Sacramento State students, all current or former foster youth, filed into the office of the... Read More
The recent leadership transition at Michigan State University has reignited familiar debates about presidential tenure, board governance,... Read More
The Guardian's ranking of the 100 best novels claims to celebrate diversity, but it overlooks many of the greatest works of world literature. Read More
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Correspondence between Stanford administrators and Title IX staff revealed that the NSO program was canceled with limited input from... Read More
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point can no longer enforce its policy requiring civilian faculty to receive approval to engage in certain... Read More
I've been teaching the Declaration of Independence for more than 25 years, which is 10 percent of the life of our nation, and just under half... Read More
Educators and psychologists have long recognized the benefits of art creation as part of a child's education. But simply spending time among... Read More
Ranked 48th in the country on NAEP, Oklahoma is trying to improve academics by beefing up teacher preparation, expanding classroom time.... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.