#WeStandWithMizzou activists join the movement.
Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News Leader
As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
Universities struggling with racist past?
Let Ideas Compete
Clemson students have been organizing over the past two years on issues of racism and inclusion. What if the Clemson Tigers decided to do what the Missouri Tigers did?
Numbered days of the print form of scholar’s book?
quattrostagioni
Sales of scholarly books are dropping, even as their prices are rising. Will academia give up its resistance to an open-access digital model?
What difference can a teaching assistant make?
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Can the race of a teaching assistant have an impact on student grades?
The Parana River in moonlight.
Gisela Giardino
A professor of literature who is also a poet tackles the issue of the inroads technology has made in the relationship between teacher and learner.
What constitutes liberal arts?
University of Central Arkansas
It is those who know how to think nimbly, creatively and responsibly that end up building extraordinary careers.
Who’s in charge of America’s schools?
Rutgers Nursing
Newark’s children are no better off even after Mark Zuckerberg pumped $100 million to improve public schools. What opportunities have been lost? What lessons have we learned?
How stuff gets sold to kids.
Zac Zellers
Unhealthy foods are the most heavily marketed products in school. Why do we allow it?
What motivates kids?
woodleywonderworks
What role does a bit of recognition play for students?
Dance is about creating work in a collaborative way.
Joseph Mehling
Liberal arts institutions teach students critical thinking skills. But rarely do they learn how to collaborate.
Where should schools draw the line?
MTSOfan
Courts have left teachers and administrators without adequate guidance on schoolchildren’s free speech rights. Should schools exercise censorship?
Why should schools need to moderate testing?
Innisfree Hotels
President Obama’s message has put issues around standardized testing back in the news. Here’s what scholars have been saying.
Unequal education is a result of what happens in schools.
Rick Wilking/Reuters
Students in the same grade in the same school receive a very different education based on the socioeconomic status of their parents.
What are the challenges of expanding K-12 computer science education?
Berkeley Lab
Computer science has become a popular major and public schools want to extend instruction. Where are the teachers?
Music teachers are being evaluated on subjects they do not teach.
A steakhouse wouldn’t be evaluated based on a fish prepared at a seafood restaurant. But this is what teacher evaluation looks like.
Why use corporal punishment?
Jeno Ortiz
An estimated 838 students per day receive corporal punishment across schools in 19 American states. Why does the practice continue?
Should schools rethink their schedule?
Lower Columbia College (LCC)
Some public schools have switched to a four-day school week. What does it change?
Can global campuses promise the same academic freedom?
Liz Lawley
As universities set up campuses globally, the blanket protections of academic freedom are becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee.
When does disciplining kids work?
Asim Bharwani
What happens when kids are put through harsh disciplinary measures?
Growing numbers of US students are going abroad to study.
British Council Russia
In recent years, a large market in higher education has emerged. From 2.1 million students studying abroad in 2001, the number has gone up to roughly 4.5 million. How is the US faring?
UCSF neuroscience grad student Sama Ahmed, whose three-minute talk on ‘how to know your species’ won first place at the campuswide contest, will compete for the Grad Slam championship in Oakland May 4.
Susan Merrell/UCSF
The president of one of the country’s leading research university systems argues that the academic community has to make sure researchers and scientists engage with the general public.
Why is there so much attention being paid to ‘word gap’?
Jeff Moore
Teachers often view vocabulary building as the most important aspect of education. In reality, there are lots of other early learning experiences that children need to develop.
Gender plays a role in what you read for courses.
COD Newsroom
Female scholars tend to assign more readings from women authors. But then male instructors assign more of their own work.
Arne Duncan opened the gates to a powerful network.
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Dem
By bringing private advocates to the fore in education, Arne Duncan further opened public education to privatized influences.
Why are there so many escalations with the police on campus?
Paul A. Hernandez
Routine interrogations between police officers and students have escalated into physical conflicts. Why do such escalations occur?