The Media’s Week-Long Attention Span for a Mass Shooting
There’s a common refrain that the dense news environment pushes out coverage of mass shootings, but the cycle has been remarkably consistent over the past two decades.
Education
Michelle Obama’s College Experience Is All Too Familiar for Minority Students
“Princeton was extremely white and very male. There was no avoiding the facts.”
College Is Different for the School-Shooting Generation
At this point in history, college-aged Americans—who, for the most part, were born in the late ‘90s—don’t remember a time when school gun violence wasn’t a widely feared threat.
‘We Don’t Want to Live a Long Life in Fear’
A mass shooting just two days after the midterm elections has motivated the young gun-reform activists of March for Our Lives to continue their mission.
The Backlash Against Screen Time at School
Combining education and technology is great—until it's not.
A Mass Shooting in One of the ‘Safest Cities in America’
At least 13 were killed at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, that was frequented by college students.
The Questionable Year of the Teacher Politician
While claims that a record number of educators ran for office in 2018 may have been overstated, Tuesday night showed the political momentum at their back.
A Lesson From Montanans’ Vote to Tax Themselves to Fund Higher Education
At a time when Republican trust in college overall is low, voters tend to keep supporting their local schools.
America Is Divided by Education
The gulf between the party identification of white voters with college degrees and those without is growing rapidly. Trump is widening it.
The Candidates Embracing Their Black-College Roots
Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are part of a wave of black politicians who are playing up their HBCU bona fides, and in turn raising the profile of the beleaguered institutions.