At a time when politicians across the country are debating how slavery in the US is taught, high school students are participating in mock slave auctions that are having severe consequences
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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.
A scholar who used to evaluate after-school programs says they should do more than just be a place for kids to hang out and socialize.
An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
A social work scholar researches why school suspensions disproportionately affect students from certain groups and what can be done to change that.
Looser requirements for teacher certification don’t fix teachers’ problems, which are low pay, high workload and lack of respect.
A scholar of literature sees striking parallels between contemporary book bans in the US and those that took place in South Africa during apartheid.
Community members want their schools to address issues beyond academics, new research suggests.
Ensuring that children hone skills and build up credentials at a young age is part of a long-term plan common among the South Asian parents who immigrate to the United States.
Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
School districts across the nation are wrestling with whether to have police officers on school grounds.
A scholar compares the debates over banning books in school today to a similar clash of ideas that took place during the Reagan era.
Researchers have spent decades studying how demographics affect American students’ opportunities and performance, but many questions remain about religion and school.
School districts across the US are starting to pay subs more and make it easier to become a sub – in an effort to keep classrooms operating despite large numbers of staff out sick.
Halfway through the school year that was supposed to be a return to normal, teachers are barely hanging on.
As schools across the US begin to teach students and staff how to prevent human trafficking, a scholar explains five key elements of anti-trafficking education.
Short-term disputes are really symptoms of deeper divisions in the US over who deserves academic opportunity, and how to present the nation’s history.
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 Algebra Project – a long-standing initiative to teach algebra to Black students who might not otherwise take it – sprang from Bob Moses’ work as a civil rights activist, a historian recounts.
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Professor of Education, Furman University
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University
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Professor of Education, Arizona State University
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Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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Research Economist - Productivity and Innovation, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics, UCL
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PhD student studying educational foundations, policy and practice, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Professor, Leadership and School Transformation, School of Education, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Education & Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor, PK-12 Leadership & Policy, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Professor of Life Sciences Education, University of Birmingham
