Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.
The aging of the U.S. workforce is further along for librarians than most other professions.
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Employers need good strategies to hire and retain more workers of color and older workers. The mandatory diversity training and requisite skills tests many of them now rely on don’t measure up.
Students of color report negative encounters with campus police.
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Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.
Questions remain about whether President Joe Biden has the authority to cancel student loan debt.
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A finance expert explains why President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program got blocked – and what’s next for student loan borrowers in search of relief.
Black boys are more likely than white students to be identified as potentially in need of special education.
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An expert on international education explains the forces behind the drop in students from China and the jump in students from India studying in the US.
A child’s family background has a lot to do with how advanced their math knowledge is in kindergarten.
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Is business education too focused on money and not humanity? A business professor weighs in.
The Supreme Court is deciding a case on whether, and how, universities may consider an applicant’s race when making admissions decisions.
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Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far northern California, goes over some words with a student.
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Ronald Reagan may have been known as ‘The Great Communicator,’ but rap artists don’t view his legacy through such rose-colored glasses. A professor of Black studies and history takes a closer look.
Programs that offer college in prison are becoming more prevalent.
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Billions of dollars are being spent on tutoring in the US. Will it be enough to help schoolchildren make up for pandemic learning loss? An education economist weighs in.
Myaamia Heritage Program students get a lesson from Daryl Baldwin, executive director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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Indigenous people’s languages were largely lost as a result of forced assimilation efforts in the U.S. Here’s why one tribal leader says the languages should be brought back.
Graduation is less likely for students at less selective schools.
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America’s selective colleges and universities become less diverse if the Supreme Court shoots down affirmative action in higher education, an expert on the subject warns.
Is it time to find new language to describe racial disparities in education?
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Two education researchers say one of the most widely used terms in school reform debates should be retired because of its potential to do more harm than good.
Failure to complete homework leaves students in the lurch.
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Not all students have access to the same level of parental help at home. So why are they judged as if they do? Two scholars probe how educators view students who fail to complete their homework.