This spring, the American education system crash-landed on the kitchen table of the average American family. Conventional wisdom is that the... Read More
A recommendation for changes to two University of Michigan Board of Regents bylaws regarding procedures for dismissal, demotion or terminal... Read More
“U.S. schools were not prepared for an overnight shift to virtual learning,” USA Today reported recently, a fact that became... Read More
Much has been written about how the academic and social disruption from the coronavirus outbreak is all but certain to disproportionately... Read More
Connecticut's policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports violates the civil rights of athletes who have... Read More
Already overwhelmed by the Covid-19 challenge, public elementary and secondary schools have yet another problem to address: sexual... Read More
Statistics exposing the levels of anxiety amongst millennials and generation Z were widespread even before the world... Read More
National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a nonprofit public interest organization, filed a complaint with the Department of Education... Read More
How can the economy “reopen” if parents can't go back to work because they don't have childcare? That's the question childcare... Read More
Eventually, all roads back to college and school lead through testing -- then tracking and isolating students who have the virus or have been... Read More
The University of Minnesota says that they are cutting some ties with the Minneapolis Police Department, in the wake of the death of George... Read More
If, after a natural disaster decimated a city, I proposed to a governor or a school board that they replace a significant portion of a... Read More
Senior Anthropology professors Theodore C. Bestor, Gary Urton, and John L. Comaroff have weathered allegations of sexual harassment,... Read More
Undergraduate Student Government President Truman Fritz and Vice President Rose Ritch signed a letter to the U.S. Department of Education... Read More
St. Olaf College in Minnesota plans to host three virtual graduation ceremonies for different groups of minority students, while others... Read More
After receiving backlash for the nearly $9 million in funding it netted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Harvard... Read More
Liberty University recently came under fire for its decision to allow students to come back to live in their dorms on campus under strict... Read More
A RealClear Opinion Research survey of 2,122 registered voters shows that support for educational choice is strong, and that a... Read More
Significantly more Americans ages 13 to 22 say it's important to buy a home and make 'a lot of money' than to marry, have children, and... Read More
The United States can raise academic outcomes, lower youth unemployment, and strengthen its economy by following the leads of Germany,... Read More
The concern over rising tuition at public universities, and the free-college agenda that has emerged in response, is based largely on an... Read More
A new national poll of America's 18- to 29- year-olds by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School finds that former Vice... Read More
When the University of California announced it will stop using the SAT and ACT for admissions, it sent tremors through the world of higher... Read More
During a meeting with Black Michigan leaders, Donald Trump and Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, entertained the idea of founding a new... Read More
In recent years, colleges have faced intense public scrutiny around how they handle students' reports of sexual violence, leading the... Read More
Recently, Michael Barone heralded a bipartisan refutation of the New York Times's 1619 Project. As part of “an ongoing battle for... Read More
The coronavirus has sent a shockwave through higher education. FutureEd Policy Associate Brooke LePage explored the impact of the pandemic on... Read More
Looking at the American education system in particular, the post–Civil War era led to more widespread post-elementary schooling.... Read More
After $14 billion was set aside for higher education in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, Houston Community College and... Read More
Nowhere in the nation have lockdown decisions been more absurd than in Michigan under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive... Read More
On a recent weekend, Destiny, 17, spent an unusually sunny spring day canoeing near her temporary home in Western Washington. Technically... Read More
But these questions miss the point. All students arrive, every year, at different stages in their academic growth. Some are multiple years behind grade level; some are near grade level but have gaps in their learning, topics they have never mastered. And some are at or above grade level.Schools full of low-income children have struggled with this reality for years, because many of their students a Read More
