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Universities are arguably the most important institution in modern democracy — no other institution has such power to determine the... Read More
The Trump administration is moving to strengthen protections for students who want to pray or worship in public schools and proposing changes... Read More
Many universities, organizations and “woke” corporations are increasingly committed to closing the gender gap in STEM and... Read More
Over the past 10 years, the Johns Hopkins University has phased out an increasingly controversial admissions practice: legacy... Read More
California schools may soon be required to teach about the causes and effects of climate change under a bill introduced on... Read More
Undergrad students in states that have legalized marijuana are smoking more and more of it — and binge drinking less, new research... Read More
“We came out and we were playing, and the airplane was outside and we thought it was rain,” recounted Park Avenue Elementary... Read More
In our San Carlos Apache Tribal community, along with most other Arizona tribal communities, children are among the lowest performing on... Read More
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A classroom should be a space beyond the...
Anyone can try to shut down opinions he...
A UC Santa Barbara police officer was arrested and placed on unpaid leave late last week after a social media post reportedly showed him... Read More
I have never dealt well with change. My usual response to change is to curl into a ball and cease to function until I finally get used to my... Read More
Harvard's graduate student union began its strike Tuesday at midnight after more than a year of contract negotiations with the... Read More
The last year has been a difficult time for the US's top universities. In March, a number of top schools including Stanford, Yale, and... Read More
Women's soccer coach Brendan Faherty left Yale Athletics amid allegations of impropriety with his former players at the University of New... Read More
This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional policy introduced in... Read More
The federal government is the single largest purchaser of postsecondary education services in the United States. The Department of Education,... Read More
Since 2015, when Harvard conducted a first iteration of the AAU survey, the prevalence of sexual assault at Harvard, and among the 21... Read More
School climate and student engagement have emerged as key elements in promoting academic success. Recognizing this, the drafters of the... Read More
Perceptions that a college education is very important have declined in the U.S. among all age groups since 2013, but the drop has been... Read More
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A Harvard law professor is suing The New York Times, accusing the paper of publishing "false and defamatory" information and employing... Read More
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Presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday that she would begin to eliminate student loan debt on the first day of her... Read More
Due to statewide teacher shortages, many of California's approximately 800,000 special education students are being taught by teachers who haven't completed teacher preparation programs or have received only partial training. There were more special education teachers with substandard credentials than in any other subject area in 2017-18, the most recent year for which data is available. Read More
