Science's Minority Talent Pool Is Growing—but Draining Away
The number of Ph.D. graduates from underrepresented groups grew by nine times since 1980. The number of assistant professors from those groups grew by just 2.6 times.
Have Public Universities Lost Their Focus?
The problem with higher education is that colleges are operating more like businesses and less like a social good.
The Push for Sanctuary Campuses Prompts More Questions Than Answers
It’s not clear how far colleges would or could go to stop the deportation of students.
How the GOP's Sweep in the States Will Shape America's Schools
Experts predict greater access to school vouchers, challenges to teacher-tenure laws, and continued fights over funding.
Teaching 1984 in 2016
Every year, one high-school educator converts his classroom into a totalitarian state to teach George Orwell’s book. This year, the lesson feels different.
Mariachi Music and Sanctuary Campuses: This Week in Education Writing
Seven days of stories about school
Keeping Schools Peaceful After the Election
A highly polarized year in politics has led to heightened conflict on campus.
Civics Lessons From the 2016 Election
Many teachers are using the election and its outcome to explain America's history and politics to students.
South Korea's Testing Fixation
On Thursday, the country came to a halt as its high-school seniors took the national college-entrance exam—a test that many students have been preparing for since kindergarten.
A 40-Year Friendship Forged by the Challenges of Busing
Imogene Drummer, who is black, and Mary Linehan, who is white, were both hired as transitional aides following the federal court’s order to desegregate Boston’s schools.
What It's Like to Help One of the World's Richest Universities Get Richer
John T. Miller, a former fundraiser at Princeton, explains how he helped triple the school’s endowment.
How Discrimination Shapes Parent-Teacher Communication
A new study suggests race and immigrant status are determining factors in whether or not an educator will reach out to a student’s family.
Learning in the Aftermath of a Divisive Election
Teachers comforted scared students and reassured others that they wouldn’t be ostracized for supporting the president-elect.
Why Kids Need Recess
And why it’s endangered
Is Political Science This Year's Election Casualty?
Lessons learned from the failures of predictive modeling
Post-Election Processing and Rape-Culture Reckoning: This Week in Education Reporting
Seven days of stories about school
Dissecting the Youth Vote
Americans under 30 years old leaned left in this election, but not to the extent that they have in the past.
The Powerful Women in America's Schools
Invisible, gender-defined rules govern who can become leaders in education.
Is Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed?
America’s classrooms are responsible for preparing students to be good citizens. This election indicates that they may be failing to do so.
The Fate of the Undocumented Teachers for America
The nearly 150 educators who secured legal employment through DACA wonder if Donald Trump will end their time in the classroom.