Parents in the Beaverton area were convinced that this shiny, new, state-of-the-art Oregon public school would offer a state-of-the-art... Read More
Earlier in my career as a math instructor, I thought I could predict which students would succeed in my College Algebra course and which... Read More
Florida's Board of Governors' decision to remove the Introduction to Sociology course from the state university core is being sold as a blow... Read More
In recent weeks, the Florida Board of Governors voted to remove introductory sociology from the state's general education core, setting off... Read More
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A recent poll shows AI's increasing role in how students decide on college majors, creating a rapidly developing situation for universities... Read More
Utsav Gupta examines the risks of AI use on the battlefield, arguing that "AI outputs may inform but must not replace human judgment." Read More
Harvard has yet to publish a report on its handling of antisemitism complaints required under a January 2025 legal settlement, according to... Read More
As graduation quickly approaches, many of my recent musings start with the sentence stem, "In another life." For example, in another life, I... Read More
Most community college students aspire to a bachelor’s degree, yet only a small fraction ever earn one. Many community college students... Read More
In February, the University of Nebraska at Omaha announced it would shutter its on-campus child care center, which has operated for nearly 40... Read More
A new and previously unreported estimate projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities,... 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
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Tennessee lawmakers voted to change a controversial law so school officials will now only have to report threats they deem “credible.” It... Read More
In this episode of The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism, Maggie Miller and Jeremy Portnoy discuss his latest report that reveals that... Read More
Gen Z workers want jobs and a sense of purpose. Teaching can offer both write Jane Swift and Arne Duncan. Read More
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American college graduates are facing the worst entry-level job market since the pandemic, with the underemployment rate reaching 42.5% –... Read More
Workforce Pell is no longer a policy idea. It's becoming a governing reality. Congress created the program, and the U.S. Department of... Read More
The corruption-plagued Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) agreed on Sunday to a tentative two-year deal to boost teacher pay by... Read More
The General Services Administration plan — which would apply to all federal funding recipients — would hurt student success initiatives,... Read More
The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file. Read More
About two-thirds of grades at Harvard College last school year were A’s. That doesn’t count A-minuses, which were another 18... Read More
In this first-person account, Tim Eisenlohr describes coming of age in East Berlin, where public life was shaped by fear and private dissent... Read More
Less than half of the Class of 2024 took out college loans averaging $30,000—a manageable amount that buys over $1 million in extra... Read More

As graduation quickly approaches, many of my recent musings start with the sentence stem, "In another life." For example, in another life, I would have studied English. Or classics, or philosophy — something that asked me to sit with ambiguity and think deeply.... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.