Tag: Education
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Black Boys in Crisis: How to Get Them to Read
In this series, appropriately titled “Black Boys in Crisis,” I highlight the problems facing black boys in education today, as well as provide clear steps that ... -
California voters overturn English-only instruction law
Multilingual Education Act passes and revives bilingual education in one of nation’s most diverse states This article was written by LILLIAN MONGEAU Californians voted yes on ... -
Simply punishing students for bullying will not address the problem
Emily Suski, Georgia State University The spring legislative season is well underway, and, as has been the case for the last several years, a number of ... -
New partnerships are needed to arrest economic malaise in South Africa
This article was written by Steve Koch South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his 2016 mid-term budget on the back of a crisis in higher education ... -
Are Teachers Playing a Rigged Game?
Teachers in America have a high workload, are expected to transform their students’ lives, and have to navigate a larger—often broken—ecosystem at the same time. In ... -
Here’s why kids fall behind in science
Paul Morgan, Pennsylvania State University Globally, the U.S. is at risk of declining economic competitiveness due to its continuing lower levels of educational attainment in science, ... -
Is Race to the Top President Obama’s Greatest P-20 Education Accomplishment?
As we celebrate Barack Obama’s Presidency, I have been thinking more and more about his record on education. More specifically, what was his greatest accomplishment when ... -
Our Kids Deserve Better: The Push For Bipartisan Education Reform
After spending a decade and a half in the field of education, and much to my chagrin, not much has changed. K-12 schools are still underperforming, ... -
Why teachers are unable to stop bias-based bullying
SeriaShia J. Chatters, Pennsylvania State University State and local lawmakers have put policies in place to address and prevent bullying. Many schools too have implemented interventions ... -
Grading Barack Obama’s Presidency on P-20 Education
When Barack Obama assumed the presidency, he was confronted by a nasty set of problems in P-20 education. High student loan debt, lack of affordable early-childhood ...