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In the education wars of the past 20 years, one of the most contentious issues has been what to do when a school is rated as failing for four... Read More
Helen Hadani and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek write that the American Rescue Plan can be an opportunity to envision a system that helps all children... Read More
Reality is messy (especially so at the moment), and all the standardized testing in the world will not change that. Read More
Kieran Bhattacharya is a student at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. On October 25, 2018, he attended a panel discussion... Read More
Three senior academics in medicine, chemistry and physics share their experiences and thoughts on how to improve underrepresentation Read More
The aim of school integration in the South was Black and white students sitting side by side, learning and achieving together. That vision of... Read More
It's concerning but not surprising that students of color have opted into in-person learning at lower rates, the education secretary said. Read More
You can call it time-out, time away, observation mode or anything you like, but the way you send a student there matters. Far more than most... Read More
Essential Reading
Polls of the American people regularly show...
The world is imperfect, human beings are...
Student Journalism
An anonymous student is suing Northwestern University for unlawfully collecting students' biometric data through online test proctoring tools... Read More
Harvard Business School students, some of the only Harvard affiliates who experienced in-person classes last fall, praised the hybrid... Read More
After nearly seven years of employment at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Dena Simmons resigned from her post as the Assistant... Read More
More than 57,000 students applied for a spot in Harvard College's Class of 2025, marking a record high and forcing the Admissions Office to... Read More
More than 900 Harvard Law School affiliates signed a statement denouncing Sen. Ted Cruz — a Republican from Texas who graduated from... Read More
Research and Reports
Historically, public education spending in the United States has risen at a steady rate. In 2017-2018 alone, policymakers spent over $780... Read More
Researchers in Hungary say children who start using digital devices at a young age pay more attention to tiny details and less to the whole... Read More
The new classification system considers both relative net prices and repayment outcomes to identify (1) low-price, high-quality institutions,... Read More
FutureEd has produced a national school-opening trend line by aggregating weekly status reports on the 200 largest U.S. school... Read More
Teachers leave the profession because of stress. And COVID-19 exacerbated stress levels by forcing teachers to work more hours and navigate... Read More
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RealClearEducation Friday
Though the AFT presents itself as an advocate for the reopening of schools, the organization and its local affiliates have consistently tied... Read More
American Federation of Teachers President Weingarten spoke on coronavirus and school closures. Read More
In states where educational choice has become more popular and more school options are available to parents, student performance, education... Read More
Events surrounding the teaching and curriculum of the Dalton School in New York City have captured national attention over woke demands such... Read More
Students at Lake Superior State University have had the unique opportunity to pursue a degree in cannabis chemistry since 2019. Now, they can... Read More
For more than a century, the 3,400-acre stretch has been home to the University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, a research outpost on... Read More
An emerging branch of neuroscience asks a question long on the minds of researchers. Recent stimulus payments make the study more relevant. Read More
Many colleges across America are on thin ice, as enrollments drop, red ink accumulates, and people doubt that their programs offer much of... Read More
Tenure in the American university system is a lot of things, and they are not always easy to reconcile. It is a form of job protection, one... Read More
Disruptions to education during the pandemic are turning people away from a profession that was already struggling to attract new recruits. Read More
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