A Colorado ballot measure that seeks to constitutionally protect parents’ right to send their child to any school, including a private school, also aims to create the right for parents to direct their child’s education — raising...
Teachers report thinking that if girls do better in math than boys, it is probably because of their innate ability and effort. But they also report that when boys do well in math, it is more likely due to parental support and society’s...
Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use their names, images and likenesses, athletes have tested the limits of their increasing power. One of the latest examples is Matthew Sluka, the starting...
In November, Colorado voters will decide whether the state’s constitution should be amended to specify a right to school choice. But school choice is already guaranteed by state statute and federal courts. So why is this initiative...
This story was copublished with Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Three new specialized Colorado schools began working with school districts this fall to serve students with some of the highest needs...
On July 25, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to the American Federation of Teachers – the first labor union she addressed after announcing her candidacy for president. Even though she was speaking to a roomful of teachers,...
Of the four Colorado State Board of Election seats up for election Nov. 5, one race in particular holds high stakes for the future of charter schools and the ease with which they can open and expand. The outcome of the election in...
To American voters, the process of electing a president and other officials may be difficult to explain and understand. For America’s math teachers, the system represents a gold mine for real-life lessons on ratios, statistics and...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. There’s a huge debate about homework and whether it helps kids learn during...
If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of...
Nearly a year before he was charged with shooting and killing 10 shoppers, and wounding three more, at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, a then-17-year-old student reportedly told his classmates at Susquehanna Valley High School...
Over 100 mass shootings have taken place in the U.S. since the rampage in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Not a single week in 2022 has passed without at least four mass shootings. With gun violence, war and other tragedies in the...
In their newly released book, “The Post-Pandemic Liberal Arts College,” Steven Volk, emeritus professor of history at Oberlin College, and Beth D. Benedix, professor of world literature, religious studies and community engagement...
When Michelle, a white stay-at-home mom, decided to homeschool her 8-year-old daughter, Emily, the decision was driven by what she saw as the lack of individualized attention at school. “We wound up feeling frustrated that the school...
In the year that has passed since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, college campuses have been embroiled in debates about the resulting conflict. A major focus of these debates has been the surge in reports of antisemitic harassment...
Colorado voters will decide in November whether to add another layer of protection to school choice by enshrining a right to school choice in the state constitution — a step opponents worry could open up a gateway to a statewide...
“Professor, my final grade in your class is a C. Is there anything I can do to get a B-minus?” In my job as a college professor, I typically got one or two such requests from male students at the end of each semester. However,...
At a private college in the Northeast, a first-year student said it was the highlight of her day whenever she would lie on the floor of her adviser’s office and cuddle with a therapy dog, a Leonberger named Stella. At a large public...
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea College students who are training to become teachers are 36% more likely to mistakenly believe that a Black child is angry when that child isn’t making...
Harsh and racially disparate discipline practices are widespread in America’s schools. Not so long ago in Texas, for instance, 75 percent of black students had been suspended at some point in high school. For black males in Texas,...
From California to Wisconsin, efforts to stop charter school growth are gaining momentum. In the April 2019 mayoral election in Chicago, both candidates say they want to halt charter school expansion. Financial issues lie at the core...