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South Korean students have consistently been at the top of global standardized tests. But the high grades have come at a tremendous cost.
Black male kids who start out by excelling in STEM gradually lose interest due to low teacher expectations and racial stereotyping. The result? Blacks hold only 6% of all STEM jobs.
As the NFL Draft starts in Chicago, it is important to remember that most college athletes need to pay attention to their academic life: only about 4% will go on to play professionally.
The pursuit to get into the best colleges has taken out the joy of learning from students’ lives.
Teen drug abuse is a real problem with 46% of high school students hooked on some addictive substance. Recovery high schools are offering a new model of treatment.
Guns will be allowed on public universities in Texas from August 1. Given the recent incident of a student shooting the professor and then himself, reportedly over grades, are there reasons to worry?
Ban on affirmative action across eight states has led to a drop in minority students at medical schools.
As the debate over standardized tests continues, a scholar questions the introduction of a new college readiness test, PARCC and gives reasons why it will be no different.
With the emergence of online technologies, the visually impaired can no longer depend on braille alone for their learning needs. App developers are stepping up to the challenge.
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act may have been “clarified” but there are concerns it could have a chilling effect on campus attitudes toward LGBTQ students and faculty across the state.
When kids read for pleasure they build empathy and improve social relationships. Here’s how you could inculcate a love for reading in your kids.
Should cyberbullies be isolated and shamed? Or should they be helped ? Victims of cyberbullying could take to being cyberbullies themselves.
As senators begin revising No Child Left Behind, a new standardized test, PARCC, is being adopted by states to help prepare students enter college.
A tenured professor reflects on how her race and gender make her invisible to many.
A new study has found that second-generation immigrant kids have a unique advantage over first-generation or even third-generation immigrants.
Media reporting can not only create a perception of suicide clusters on university campuses, but it can affect the suicide rate in subtle ways.
A scholar finds black parents are homeschooling kids to protect them from racism and what they see as a Eurocentric education.
Liberal learning is in crisis and the onus is now on its proponents to show how it is relevant to students’ personal, professional and political lives.
With teachers leaving the profession in large numbers and a drop in candidates applying to teaching programs, it is time to take a fresh look at education reforms.
Kevin Carey’s new book, The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere, envisions a future in which good education will be available to everyone everywhere.
One academic’s experience on how Wikipedia can help students become better writers, better researchers and even better thinkers.
The Teach for America applicant pool has been showing a steady decline since 2010. New research looks at the reasons why.
The Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act, which comes into effect this summer, aims to provide access to quality career development programs for people of all age groups.
STEM disciplines have come to rely heavily on international students, raising questions about the direction of US immigration policy. Should international STEM graduates be encouraged to stay?