Negative statistics about black students may be prevalent, but they are often out of context, misleading or just plain wrong, a professor of counseling psychology argues.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is on a mission to get schools to adopt a “high-quality” curriculum. But the effort will constrain teachers and stifle creativity, an education scholar argues.
Using the term ‘at-risk’ to describe students from challenging circumstances often creates more problems than it solves, a professor of counseling psychology argues.
A grassroots movement to end racial disparities in schoolhouse discipline is beginning to take root throughout the nation and winning important victories at the local level. Can it sustain the effort?
The Supreme Court long ago rejected the idea of a federal right to education. Can a series of new lawsuits convince the court to change its mind?
Following a fatal beating of a student, Chicago started a Safe Passage program in 2009 to ensure students get to and from school safely. Nine years on, how is it working?
Although many feared that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would destroy public education, a review of the past two years shows that much of her policy agenda has failed.
Conventional wisdom across much of the Western world says there’s a strong link between education and upward social mobility. Really?
A former middle school teacher offers a series of tips on how educators can teach young people to engage in more civil discourse.
Things could get worse for special education students if the Trump administration follows through on its plans to give states more leeway when it comes to how they treat special education students.
The story of how Nigeria and Mississippi implemented comprehensive sexual education programs despite local opposition offers important lessons about how to boost adolescent sexual health.
Stereotypes may discourage girls from pursuing STEM careers, but research suggests several ways that parents and teachers can turn things around.
The steep decline in refugee children in US schools will lessen the nation’s ability to produce students who possess the skills of global citizenship, a researcher argues.
Will new communications licensing costs make small satellites so expensive that they can’t be used for student education?
Yes, money is one big reason. But teachers also just want to be heard like everyone else and are using methods that have been shown to be effective.
A recent cut to federal funding for school safety research could hurt efforts to make schools more secure, a scholar warns.
Asian-Americans are extremely diverse. Fear of giving the government personal data may make it more difficult to provide the right educational, health care and other services to specific populations.
Some school districts are moving to cut back on the use of suspensions. But if school discipline reforms are not implemented in a thoughtful way, classrooms may become harder to manage.
As part of preparing students to live in a democracy, schools should teach students how to engage in political dissent, a philosophy of education scholar argues.
While President Donald Trump suggests arming teachers would be a good way to stop school shootings, research shows that carrying firearms comes with a host of troublesome risks.
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Professor of Education, Furman University
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Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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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 Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami 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 Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Education and Informatics, University of California, Irvine
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NIH NCATS Biomedical and Health Informatics Fellow, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Education & Policy, Boston College
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Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Development, New York University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of Outreach and Engagement in the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, Marketing, Oregon State University