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Community members want their schools to address issues beyond academics, new research suggests.
The core principle of education is to enable students to become kind, giving and contributing members of their community and the world.
Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.
Music education in Minneapolis public schools stood out as one of the best and gave rise to the city’s music scene that helped propel Prince to fame, a scholar writes.
Local control over school funding leads to uneven resources between districts, two legal scholars maintain.
School districts across the nation are wrestling with whether to have police officers on school grounds.
Interviews and surveys with hundreds of teachers and school administrators reveal the effect of persistent staffing shortages on school personnel – and on students.
An education researcher explains how most school rating websites lack a key piece of information about school performance.
A scholar compares the debates over banning books in school today to a similar clash of ideas that took place during the Reagan era.
The pandemic and shifts to virtual learning have set many children back academically. The setbacks can be particularly challenging for children with disabilities, but recovery is possible.
Halfway through the school year that was supposed to be a return to normal, teachers are barely hanging on.
Claims the digital divide has been ‘closed’ don’t include the full picture of internet inequality in the United States.
The world of rap music has no shortage of artists who turned their backs on formal education only to become some of education’s biggest benefactors.
The problem with chronic absenteeism isn’t so much that kids are missing instruction time; it’s that unexcused absences may indicate crises at home, new research suggests.
Teachers say school districts have left them in the lurch in the wake of attacks by students. Some admit they resort to violence themselves to send a message to students who might want to test them.
Charter school enrollment grew during the pandemic. But behind these schools’ rising popularity is a history of harsh discipline, inaccessibility and targeted marketing.
A school finance expert and an education law scholar make the case for why reparations should be paid to African Americans by changing the way schools are funded.
Fighting against federal authority is a political tradition in the South – and resisting federal guidance to wear masks in schools is just the latest example, an education policy expert writes.
Whether they’re in a classroom or online, students should be encouraged to move around. An expert on learning with technology explains why.
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Issues and Sustainable Development, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Education, Concordia University, St. Paul
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Professor, Education Policy & Law; Director, National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas Arlington
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John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Education, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Practice, Mills College
