Despite ongoing worries about how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, research shows that employers increasingly value something that only human workers can provide – soft skills. These include knowing how to communicate with...
For decades, schools have allowed children to advance to the next grade even when they’re not reading at grade level. But more and more states are adopting policies to hold students back if they fail standardized tests in reading....
Stories of self-doubt are common among engineering students. That was a key finding of a study conducted recently at Boise State University by a team of researchers. Students surveyed questioned their abilities. They were sure everyone...
Relying on wealthy, largely white donors for funding can lead nonprofits that run after-school programs for low-income children of color to feel pressured to skew their priorities. In part because of class and racial differences, these...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Intoxication Nation: Alcohol in American History” What prompted the idea for the course? I...
Title of course Amtrak Tourism: Trains, Cities and Sustainability What prompted the idea for the course? As a geographer, I wanted to offer a summer study abroad program on sustainability. However, it wouldn’t make sense to design...
Should all U.S. public school students be able to eat breakfast and lunch at no cost, regardless of their family’s income? The federal government temporarily made that possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, some states...
Colorado lawmakers averted the potential for serious funding cuts for schools after passing a set of modest property tax cuts during the special legislative session in August. But the relief for school districts could be short-lived. A...
The national backlash against trans and nonbinary young people may have led fewer nonbinary students to disclose their gender identity in their applications to college for this fall. That is according to my analysis of how students...
Eva Pietri was at work when she got a notification from Pathways Learning Academy in Boulder. The infant care program where her 6-month-old son had been enrolled for a little more than a week would be shut down for two weeks. “We...
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]. Can a school ban a child from praying, or do schools have to provide accommodations...
What happens when a student starts to show symptoms of a cold, flu or even COVID? Do they risk infecting others at school? And how important is attending class in person, anyway, when online learning is available, and when many families...
Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s History. While details of the case are still...
Most school shootings don’t just happen out of nowhere – there are typically warning signs. A year before a 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly opening fire in his high school math class in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 4,...
Black African immigration to the U.S. has exploded over the past few decades. Today, there are about 2 million Black African immigrants – up from 184,000 in 1990. Black African immigrants now make up 42% of the country’s foreign-born...
When the process goes well, it typically takes 15 to 30 minutes for a student to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. But, for Amy Carrillo-Rodriguez, it took four months. Carrillo-Rodriguez is a U.S. citizen but...
New student test data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education gives educators, school and district leaders and state officials a deeper look into where students are rebounding in reading and math coming out of the...
A 6-year-old girl lost one of her white Adidas lace-up sneakers as she and her 21 classmates practiced fleeing for their lives after an imaginary intruder entered their school. The girl’s teacher told her to keep moving without...
This month, more than 4 million students across the nation will begin high school. Many will do well. But many will not. Consider that nearly two-thirds of students will experience the “ninth-grade shock,” which refers to a dramatic...
When the company OpenAI launched its new artificial intelligence program, ChatGPT, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could generate text that seemed like a human wrote it. How could teachers detect whether students were...
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Average price of home hit $500K Cranston Mayoral primary Republican debate set for Aug 26th at Cranston Central Library Cranston Democratic candidate forum set for Aug. 29th at 6pm at Cranston’s...
