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Before the automobile, before the Statue of Liberty, before the vast majority of contemporary colleges existed, the rising cost of higher... Read More
Morgan R. Olsen was feeling excited in 2008, as he prepared for a major career move. He had accepted a top gig at Arizona State University,... Read More
A federal judge ruled this week that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' delay of a key student borrower protection rule was improper and... Read More
Every now and then, someone tries to start a new college. That's hard to do, and one thing that makes it more difficult than necessary is the... Read More
Basketball's best player has departed his rust-belt home state for the second time, decamping, once again, for sunnier, glitzier environs.... Read More
How well are schools preparing students to be effective citizens, voters, and members of their communities? This question seems more relevant... Read More
The Trump administration is all in on for-profit colleges—but even with the governmental trade winds at its back, the industry is still... Read More
As massive teacher strikes swept red states around the country earlier this year, many of those walking out of their classrooms in protest... Read More
As digital technologies and automation have advanced, fears about workers' futures have increased. But, the end result does not have to be... Read More
It was a searing summer day before the start of the school year, but Julianni and Giselle Wyche, 10-year-old twins, were in a classroom,... Read More
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt and Greg... Read More
Weaning humanity off the fuels that have powered our modern civilization has emerged as one of the most urgent issues of our time. As leaders... Read More
In 2015, ITT Technical Institute announced that it had received a certificate of excellence for reducing the rate at which its... Read More
Just as Harvard University is preparing to defend its use of race in admissions in a high-stakes lawsuit, a new poll shows that Americans are... Read More
There are 1,800 students at one of the best high schools in America, and thousands more vying to get in. The acceptance rate this spring at... Read More
For years, critics of the college rankings of U.S. News & World Report have said that they reward prestige and wealth. The... Read More
When I was a professor of American studies at Berklee College of Music, I taught courses on social problems. My students and I discussed... Read More
A federal court has in recent weeks unsealed a trove of documents revealing how Harvard decides whom to admit out of the 40,000 or so... Read More
On Tuesday, the Charles Koch Foundation announced that it would be making a significant change: The philanthropic behemoth would begin... Read More
This report analyzes new data on student debt and repayment, released by the U.S. Department of Education in October 2017. Previously... Read More
How can quality K-12 schools improve a state's economy?Many people—including elected officials—don't automatically make the... Read More
Now in its third decade, Western Governors University (WGU) has students in every U.S. state and has over 100,000 enrolled students—a... Read More
Florida is fertile ground for studying for-profit education, given the industry's outsized presence there and a weak state regulatory... Read More
Welcome to the Washington Monthly's annual College Guide and Rankings, where we rate schools based on what they are doing for the... Read More
Education's political landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year. To the consternation of most school-district officials,... Read More
One hundred billion dollars annually. Nearly $30,000 on average for those earning a bachelor's degree. That's how much the federal government... Read More
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RealClearEducation Tuesday
One perceived upside of the Trump administration has been an increase in political and civic engagement, especially among liberals. This... Read More
Shouting. Costumed protesters. Audience members interjecting and interrupting. A heavy police presence. This was a Supreme Court confirmation... Read More
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has stoked public outrage more consistently than any other member of President Donald Trump's... Read More
What happens when a morally reprehensible administration puts forth morally just reforms? We are about to find out. A New York... Read More
hat is happening at American universities? Jonathan Haidt, moral psychologist and critically acclaimed author, provides answers in his latest... Read More
When former students ask me for a letter of recommendation for their college applications, many feel compelled to explain why they want to... Read More
So, Yale University quietly bestowed a Sterling Professorship, its highest academic position, on the sociologist and medical doctor... Read More
How can quality K-12 schools improve a state's economy?Many people—including elected officials—don't automatically make the... Read More
It's college rankings season, and if you look at the top of the listings from U.S. News & World Report to the Wall Street... Read More
s the school year begins, encouraging data emerges from a recent report by the Democracy Project, a joint effort of the George W. Bush... Read More
Rather than getting your kid into the best possible primary school, it might be worth sending him or her to a weaker school and making sure... Read More
Popular culture tells us that college "kids" are recent high school graduates, living on campus, taking art history, drinking too much on... Read More
Education's political landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year. To the consternation of most school-district officials, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos used the bully pulpit to promote charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits for private-school scholarships. To the distress of teachers unions, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Illinois law requiring government workers who el Read More
Today's Topics
- READ: REALCLEARED TODAY
- EDUCATION NEWS
- Inside the Spending Deal That Will Fund the Ed Dept
- Senators Demand Answers After Student Loan Watchdog's Resignation
- DeVos on First-Ever Gaterhing of G20 Education Ministers
- Teachers Are Winning Public Support for Pay Raises, Survey Finds
- Colleges Are Changing to Reach the Next Generation
- Most Americans Say Higher Ed Is Heading in Wrong Direction
- Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration 'Turned Its Back' On Borrowers
- Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education
- 'Silent Sam Is Down': Crowd Topples Confederate Statue at UNC
- Omarosa: DeVos Said Black Students Lack ‘Capacity to Understand'
- The Myth of ‘School Choice' in NC
- Wisconsin Governor's Race Might Be Decided by Education
- Parkland Report Must Be Released to Public, Judge Rules
- Historians Quit UVA Think Tank After School's Hiring Of Ex-Trump Aide
- EDUCATION'S BIG QUESTIONS
- The Case for a College Honor Code
- How to Make Elite Colleges Less Elitist
- The Lasting Value of a Classical Liberal Arts Education
- How the Liberal Arts Can Prepare You for a Career in Medicine
- Why Study the Classics?
- The Problem With 'Privilege'
- Can Literature Make Us Moral?
- Americans Are Divided on Whether College Degrees Are Worth It
- Dear Students, Don't Be a Commodity
- PODCASTS
- Four Reasons Teachers Are Striking
- What's Happened to the University?
- Empowering the Young to End Chicago's Gun Violence
- Check State Plans Podcast Series
- Education Gadfly Show: Do ESSA Plans Deserve Our Thanks?
- New Skills Marketplace: Workforce Development
- Nevertheless: Building the Workplace We Want
- New Skills Marketplace: Corporate Education
- Education Gadfly Show: Much Ado About DeVos
- New Skills Marketplace: Charter Schools and CTE
- Education Gadfly Show: The Thing About School Closures
- Cult of Pedagogy: Episode 79
- HIGHER ED
- WeWork Acquires Flatiron School
- Why Does College Cost So Much?
- College of the Ozarks Won't Play Opponents Who Kneel During National Anthem
- Harvard Law School Marks Ties to Slavery in New Plaque
- Purdue University Introduces 3-Year Degree Program
- UNC Says No to Speech by White Nationalist Richard Spencer
- Building a 21st Century Workforce
- 40 Percent of 2-Year College Grads Earn a Bachelor's Degree
- Study Finds Oklahoma Leads US With Higher Education Cuts
- Picking Up the Pieces in Illinois
- DeVos Presses Pause on Gainful Employment Regulations
