Danville, Ill., is my hometown. Fewer than one in eight students there can read proficiently. Even fewer can do math at grade level. Read More
A few weeks ago, I was reading about space with my daughter. Like many kids, she’s at that age where curiosity comes easily - where the... Read More
A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education. Read More
Anyone who still believes in white, male privilege should take a look at England’s school system. Read More
At least six states are considering legislative proposals that protect the First Amendment rights of student journalists. Over the past year,... Read More
A report from the undoing of a field. Read More
Four years after the Twitter Files, the Missouri v. Biden case ends in a consent decree barring government from threatening protected speech... Read More
Too many first generation and low-income students are not seen in full by the selection committees for prestigious awards and miss the chance... Read More
A close look at the allegations in the second complaint provides further evidence that Harvard should not be forced to relitigate old issues... Read More
San José State joins Harvard as the only other university to sue after being targeted. Read More
The University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday named as its next dean of public health the head of a Harvard University center that was... Read More
Clean, precise prose is now a liability, and non-native English speakers and autistic writers are often paying the price. Read More
Many believe that artificial intelligence lowers the academic bar for K–12 students by outsourcing thinking to machines. But evidence... Read More
Average grades continue to rise in the United States, raising the question of how grade inflation impacts students Read More
Reversing the decline of trust in America’s universities will be impossible without thoroughly assessing the politicization of the... Read More
Many young men today have lower earnings and career prospects compared to earlier cohorts. They have fewer friends, socialize less, and are... Read More
About nine in 10 college students are confident that their degree is teaching them career-relevant skills that will help them secure... Read More
U.S. family policy isn’t designed to support strong families. In truth, there is hardly a U.S. family policy to speak of. Read More
The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may... Read More
Americans are increasingly willing to view speech as a “product,” subject to regulation in the same way physical substances like alcohol... Read More
New CDI white paper on how generative AI can support—and complicate—dialogue skills in higher education. Explore the evidence and... Read More
Slowly, hesitantly, I’ve let the thought creep into my consciousness: what if AI is better than me at my job? Read More
No screens in the bedroom. Ever. Read More
For the better part of a decade, a familiar narrative has taken hold: Young men are adrift—detached from work, disconnected from... Read More
Former Harvard University President Claudine Gay is set to teach multiple courses at the Ivy League school in the upcoming academic year,... Read More
Parents have yet another choice to make in raising their children: whether to keep their children back a year from entering kindergarten. Read More
Earth Day, born in 1970 from public outrage over pollution, marked a turning point in U.S. environmental policy. Read More
A call to cancel first-year writing Read More

Earth Day, born in 1970 from public outrage over pollution, marked a turning point in U.S. environmental policy.... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.