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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

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While New York City schools remain trapped in apathy and excuses, a big-city district in Texas is demonstrating how to turn failure around. Read More

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A president’s resignation has again cast a harsh light on the university’s trustees, but one outspoken board member says... Read More

Harvard’s guiding imperative is defending the restoration of $3 billion in federal grants, which apparently means appeasing those in the... Read More

Public school leaders told lawmakers how they're navigating finances, teacher quality and special education after last year’s state funding... Read More

Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies Read More

The autopsies blame leadership. The autopsies are wrong and conducting more of them won't save the next one. Read More

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For a long time, people have been heralding the “crisis in the humanities”: low student enrollment, perceived professional irrelevance,... Read More