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Fifty-one years ago, cornered and panicked National Guardsmen sent to quell unrest at Kent State University opened fire without warning on a... Read More
In a startling new report, Bethany Christian Services, one of the largest adoption agencies in the country, announced that allowing white... Read More
As I listen to the growing opposition against anti-racism efforts in schools and the convenient obsession with spotlighting its wackiest... Read More
Cornell University offered the rock-climbing course for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other people of... Read More
The college is entirely justified -- obligated, even -- to champion the principles of individual freedom and human equality. These, after... Read More
After a year of missed schooling and inadequate online learning, after months of teachers unions delaying the return to classrooms, it is... Read More
Senators voted 29-11 to approve the bill (SB 1028), which would allow higher institutions, after receiving the go-ahead from the Department... Read More
There hasn't been a conservative appointed to the Harvard faculty for the last 10 years. Read More
Beauty is something that absorbs our attention and delivers us, if but momentarily, from the poverty and incompleteness of everyday... Read More
Essential Reading
Our point of departure is the Benjamin...
To gauge how unbridgeable the gulf is that...
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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Recent efforts to promote civics education suggest little was learned from the Obama-era dispute around the common core. Read More
My daughter's Advanced Placement text teaches Black history, Indigenous history, labor history and more very, very badly. Read More
Multiple Black academics have resigned, citing concerns about institutional racism, this academic year -- most recently at the University of... Read More
Opinion: Biden's broken promises on school reopenings underscore who he truly serves — teachers unions and liberal activists. Read More
As the new Administration enters its next hundred days, the child wars are likely to grow more intense and, in some quarters, more detached... Read More
If campus leaders thought fall 2020 enrollment declines were bad, spring's enrollment drops are even worse, especially for community colleges. Read More
Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74's daily newsletter. Special education... Read More
Teaching poems by living poets can help bring more contemporary perspectives to English class, especially if the student can see themselves... 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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