At some point during 2020, wealthy adults decided that children would make excellent shock absorbers for our fears. Read More

School choice programs have exploded across the country in recent years, giving hundreds of thousands of families the chance to find an... Read More

Ian Bogost’s recent essay, “The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed,” offers a seductive portrait of small, elite... Read More

They have responded to public skepticism with appeals to their own authority. It’s not working. Read More

Between 1962 and 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Wesleyan University four times to talk with students and teachers about the struggle... Read More

One in five U.S. K-12 teachers struggle financially, driving many to take a second job and increasing burnout and plans to leave the... Read More

More than three years after ChatGPT debuted, AI has become a part of everyday life — and professors and students are still figuring out how... Read More

American higher education is undergoing a period of genuinely historical transformation.  Read More

Voters this November may decide the fate of two citizen-led initiatives on parental authority and fairness in athletics Read More

Citizenship is America’s only lifelong unelected office. And, like any Constitutional office, that entails certain rights and... Read More

For generations, the path to a respected university followed a predictable, if stressful, script. But the 2025-2026 admissions cycle is... Read More

Astrid arrived at her community college to pursue a nursing degree with a high school diploma, a part-time job, and a plan.  Read More

About nine in 10 college students are confident that their degree is teaching them career-relevant skills that will help them secure... Read More

U.S. family policy isn’t designed to support strong families. In truth, there is hardly a U.S. family policy to speak of. Read More

In 2023, the U.S. dedicated nearly $1 trillion in combined state, local, and federal funding to K–12 education, more than any other... Read More

Playing video games for more than 10 hours a week could have a significant impact on young people’s diet, sleep and body weight,... Read More

The Buckley Institute’s research found that in undergraduate departments and the law and management schools, 2.3% of faculty are... Read More

Student use of AI is ubiquitous, disruptive, and irreversible. Now what? Read More

Nearly every week brings news of another assault on academic freedom by the Trump administration and... Read More

Documents reveal widespread uncertainty, even among administrators, over what professors could teach. Read More

One of the most influential critiques of academe today is the leftward lean of faculty. In the White House and in statehouses, conservative... Read More

An incident with Adobe AI software is raising question about whether the California Department of Education can effectively patrol a new... Read More

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever.  Read More

The book "Atomic Habits" has tips for how teens can make small changes to build better habits, and take bad habits out of their routines. Read More

Education Secretary Linda McMahon reminds teachers they aren't required to pay union dues in any state, citing the 2018 Supreme Court Janus... Read More

The U.S. Department of Education announced that 31 universities have agreed to sever ties with The PhD Project, a nonprofit organization... Read More

The Chicago Teachers Union spent years insisting it was financially transparent. The sudden release in January of previously hidden audits... Read More

A parent at a girls’ school recently described his daughter to me. A serious athlete, the girl had just come home from a tough loss. Read More