The Supreme Court’s approach toward religion in schools has been shifting, creating uncertainty about legislation such as Louisiana’s.
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Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence?
Educational philosopher John Dewey saw America’s schools as a place for students from different backgrounds to learn from one another.
The success of students, the education system and the future of our communities depend on the learning that children receive in schools today.
Some of the measures the French government has taken to fight radicalization can do the opposite, three social scientists argue.
Normalizing temporary structures as permanent educational facilities undermines the goal of providing quality public education to all children.
Democrats regained the Virginia legislature in the 2023 election, and that spells trouble for Republicans seeking to win the White House in 2024.
With the balance of political power at stake in the Virginia legislature, voters in this key swing state may reveal clues for the 2024 presidential election.
With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in public schools remains a priority for both Democrats and Republicans.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
Though it is a fact that some enslaved people learned valuable skills, it’s a myth that they had the same path of upward mobility that white laborers enjoyed.
Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential.
Children’s books that feature Asian protagonists are rare. Two scholars decided to offer their own in their attempt to reduce racial prejudice.
For the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant reuniting families and building schools and developing political power.
Most school-choice programs in the US have been approved by lawmakers. But when asked for their views, voters have overwhelmingly rejected them.
America’s complicated history with race can be told through the lives and times of Black Americans, a view that some GOP-controlled state legislatures want to restrict, if not outright ban.
The Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether school dress codes are protected under the law.
Once again, the court has expanded the legal ways that public funds can be used for students at religious institutions.
If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had his way, the state’s past of lynching Blacks would be taught as an exception rather than the rule. History tells a different story.
In the early 1960s, the McDonogh 19 school was the site of fierce opposition to racial integration. The building is now owned by one of the Black girls who first integrated the school.
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Professor of History, Sam Houston State University
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Professor, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Leadership and School Transformation, School of Education, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Education, Furman University
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern Maine
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Professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Memphis
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Professor of Education Policy, Indiana University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Independent Studies; Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University
