Tag: Education
The constitutional right to education is long overdue
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
Public school funding has shrunk over the past decade. School discipline rates reached historic highs. Large achievement gaps...
How the tax package would slam higher ed
Ted Afield, Georgia State University
The tax code overhaul pending in Congress is littered with provisions that would make it a lot harder for most...
How Trump’s harsh education cuts undermine his economic growth goals
Shaun M. Dougherty, University of Connecticut
The Trump administration has some ambitious goals that include trillions in tax cuts, a significant military buildup and a...
Trump budget would abandon public education for private choice
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration has announced its plan to transform education funding as we know it. The new...
Educating children in Guatemala before they decide to migrate to the...
Carmen Monico, Elon University
On March 8, 40 girls were killed in a fire at a home for abused youth in Guatemala. More...
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University
Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
