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5 reports, 5 different conclusions about fairness in school funding
“And nationally, schools in predominantly nonwhite districts receive $23 billion less in annual funding than their heavily white counterparts, according to a 2019 analysis by EdBuild.” — Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times, Oct. 4, 2026 “Contrary to common narratives, high-poverty and…
More communities are closing schools. The cuts may not be enough
VALLEJO, Calif. — Minutes before first bell, Penny Núñez-Brandão scanned the crowd outside Glen Cove Elementary School, looking for familiar faces. “I don’t see any,” the fifth grader told her mom one morning this August. “None of my friends are coming.” The start of a new school year can be…
OPINION: Higher education has many important stories to tell. So, let’s hear them
Higher education is at least partly responsible for its slide in public trust and perceived value to society. It needs to act now to restore confidence in its usefulness. The loss of trust is real and across the board. The proportion of Americans who say a college education is “very important” has…
Child care and pre-K measures won big in midterms
The “blue wave” that swept Democrats into office across the country was accompanied by notable wins on measures that would provide additional funding for child care and prekindergarten. Several newly elected officials made early childhood a central part of their campaigns. In Maine, Gov.-elect…
Sold a story: Why it works
This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the classroom, the science behind those insights and why that research often doesn’t make it into schools. Season 1 revealed why so…
OPINION: Want K-12 students engaged with civics? Teach them the math behind democracy, so they know why they need to vote
Democracy runs on mathematics. Tallying votes, allocating legislative seats and drawing district maps all depend on mathematical choices that can produce dramatically different outcomes. Math provides a common language that shifts attention away from partisan ideology and toward cooperation…
Tech companies enlist colleges to help them train data center workers
The artificial intelligence race has been a boon for construction workers, employing many thousands nationwide as sprawling data centers rise from the dirt. Eventually, the construction sounds will give way to a steady whir or whine emitted from giant, nondescript buildings filled with racks…
OPINION: A warning: The midterm elections and Trump’s response carry big implications for US education
Elections have consequences. President Trump has issued executive orders motivated by suspicions of election fraud, pushing for blue states to purge voters. The Department of Justice has been on a rampage to halt ballots, investigate poll workers and pre-emptively investigate outcomes likely to not…
As courting students gets tougher, colleges vie to make the admissions process friendlier
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — “Overwhelming.” That’s how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process during a tour this fall of Skidmore College — the fourth campus Zaret had visited, with another half a dozen to go. “It is kind of a full-time job,” Zaret’s father…
Same researcher, opposite results
If you want a glimpse into cutting-edge research on artificial intelligence in education, look to Jing Liu, director of the Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation at the University of Maryland. Two studies released in October offer a striking and enlightening contrast. One hinted that a…
TEACHER VOICE: Students are trained to answer questions, but they are rarely taught how to ask them
After weeks discussing the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, I gave my students an unusual assignment: Act as financial journalists and prepare three questions for a senior Fed official. I told them I would not be grading their answers. I would be grading their questions. The…
Some red states want to ban tenure. Rural colleges could pay the price
At East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, two of four professor positions – in history and criminal justice – remain unfilled after fewer people than usual applied and numerous candidates withdrew their interest. A second-choice candidate was hired in the computer science department after the…
Parents take a broad approach when seeking trusted child-rearing advice
When today’s parents are looking for trusted advice, about half turn to a familiar source: their own moms. That finding is one of several from a new survey of parents by the nonprofit Zero to Three. The organization reached out to about 2,200 parents of children ages 1 to 5, and also held eight…
Sold a story: What can you do for my Black children?
This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the classroom, the science behind those insights and why that research often doesn’t make it into schools. Season 1 revealed why so…
When community colleges close, rural students get shut out of the liberal arts
Last May, just weeks before the end of the semester, students, staff and faculty at the University of Wisconsin—Platteville Baraboo Sauk County received the devastating news that the school was closing. Students scrambled to arrange transfers to other colleges, while employees tried to line up jobs…
39 meta-analyses, 39 positive findings: An audit finds serious flaws in research on AI in education
Does artificial intelligence help students learn? That’s a question many teachers and parents want answered, as the new educational technology is rapidly spreading in classrooms. Normally, meta-analyses would be the right place to look, since they’re supposed to gather a scattered body of research…
OPINION: Americans are losing faith in shared institutions, but public libraries are one of the few we still trust
American adults read a book of any kind in 2022. Yet it’s important to point out that while visits to libraries have not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, they are growing, in part because their program offerings are expanding. Adults and children in the U.S. made more than 800 million visits…
Schools generate massive amounts of food waste. Here’s how to curb it
Up to 40 percent of food served in schools goes to waste — about 530,000 tons. All that food waste has serious consequences for the planet: It translates into some 1.9 million metric units of greenhouse gases per year, according to a new report from the nonprofit World Wildlife Fund. But there are…
Most home-based child care is run by people over 50. Who is going to replace them?
For over 20 years, Sylvia Crews has worked in early childhood education, spending the last decade running her own home-based center. After buying a home in Washington, D.C., in 2015, she launched LTH Infants and Toddlers Center — an abbreviation for “loving, tender home” — shortly after. She is…
Sold a story: The forgotten experiment
This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the classroom, the science behind those insights and why that research often doesn’t make it into schools. Season 1 revealed why so…
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