The Alt-Right Curriculum
Teachers are facilitating conversations with students about white nationalism.
Public Universities Get an Education in Private Industry
Can academic researchers remain impartial if they are beholden to corporate money?
The FAFSA's Midterm Grade
Changes intended to make filing for financial aid easier were accompanied by major structural hiccups.
Banning Toys and Financing Religion: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
The best recent writing about school
The Psychological Approach to Educating Kids
Increased focus on kids’ psychological health may seem like the education world's flavor of the day, but it's achieving results.
Will Personalized Learning Become the New Normal?
Rhode Island is rolling out a statewide initiative to integrate student-specific instruction into classrooms.
Germany Is Taking Away Kindergarteners' Toys to Curb Future Addiction
The program is based on the idea that habit-forming behaviors start in childhood.
The Closing of the Republican Mind on For-Profit Colleges
In working to loosen proprietary-college regulation, contemporary politicians break decades of GOP precedent.
When Nuns Tried to Kick-Start India's First Transgender School
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
‘The Collapse of the White Working Class’
A new study explains why economic distress has led to mortality-rate spike for white, middle-age Americans without a college degree.
How Will Historically Black Colleges Fare Under Trump?
HBCUs will still get federal funding, but not much else.
Sesame Street Diversifies and Basketball Gentrifies: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
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Why Banning Laura Kipnis Would Betray Wellesley's Academic Mission
Six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students “damage” or “injury.”
How a New Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect Special Education
Advocates for students with disabilities argue the decision could help millions of children.
Examining Poor School Performance in the U.S.
International students are critical of American education. Brookings explains why.
Boston Puts a Better Map in the Classroom
The old Mercator world map, riddled with inaccuracies, has been replaced with a less Eurocentric version.
Do After-School Programs Positively Change Children?
Proponents of President Trump’s budget say no. Their evidence may be faulty.
Measuring College (Un)affordability
As many as 95 percent of schools are out of reach for low-income students.
Do Private-School Vouchers Promote Segregation?
A new report from the Century Foundation evaluates the claim.
Do Healthy Lunches Improve Student Test Scores?
A new study identifies a link between food quality and achievement.