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About 49 million young people are eligible to vote, representing a major potential political force. So, what can universities do to increase their turnout?
This Tuesday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. Gender biases continue and women’s voices are missing from expert discussions.
This plastic matters: girls as young as three-and-a-half associate thin dolls with being smart and heavy dolls with being sad.
Presidential candidates such as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have proposed a debt-free or a free college education. Is this feasible? Should wealthier students get such subsidies?
A recent study on school vouchers shows that the program may be harming kids’ academic achievement, at least in math. What’s missing here? Are test scores the only way to judge a program?
Do students get better scores on a pen and paper test or on a computer-based test? It all depends on the student’s mastery of the method.
State support for public research universities declined by 28 percent between 2003 and 2013. So, why does it matter?
Sex education in American classrooms tends to focus on physical acts, disease and pregnancy. It provides little support to teenage boys for their need for emotional intimacy.
A bill before Congress is proposing colleges and universities with endowments of at least $1 billion spend 25 percent of the money on financial aid. What is the proposal missing?
Researchers surveyed college students to find out what was influencing student motivation. They found good relationships with faculty make a big difference, but not good grades.
Don’t dismiss children’s early writing as scribbles. Children know more about writing, even before they learn to read.
Our memory and attention are at their peak only at certain times during the day. Why would the timing of test not affect students’ performance?
Internet addiction has the same symptoms as any substance abuse disorder. Trying to stop its use can lead to moodiness or even depression.
The majority of music education teachers in American schools are white, and education focuses on Western classical music. What impact does it have?
A third of families living below poverty level access the Internet only through their phones. And young people from these families get access to few learning opportunities.
A copyright law that has frozen the entry of many works into public domain is approaching its end. Will a further extension of its term be detrimental to the common good?
President Obama wants every student to learn computer science. Are separate computing classes the only way to do this?
Kids who watch educational programs such as ‘Sesame Street’ show better academic skills. But this does not mean all children can learn from educational media.
A class tries an experiment on motivation. What do they learn?
Two students – one black and one white – with the same math and reading achievement could have very different likelihoods of being identified as gifted.
SAT prep is a multi-billion dollar industry today. Will the redesigned SAT restore its original goal of providing greater access to higher education for a diverse population?
School and teacher attitudes have a lot to answer for when it comes to the achievement gap between immigrant and non-immigrant children.
A recent report, Turning the Tide, urges colleges and universities to reexamine their admissions process. What about measuring creativity?
Admissions officers alone cannot change the way achievement is currently defined. Parents, employers and those who work in education need to lead by example.