Tag: K-12 education
Missing school is a given for children of migrant farmworker
Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Georgia State University
In the summer of his junior year, Luis Miguel was struggling to stay in high school. He and his...
5 things to consider before you hire a tutor for your...
Surani Joshua, Arizona State University
Private tutoring is a growing business, with people spending hundreds of billions of dollars. But is it worth it? And...
Why LeBron James’ I Promise School should be more like LeBron...
Nolan Krueger, University of Texas at Austin; Kevin O'Neal Cokley, University of Texas at Austin, and Marlon L. Bailey, University of Texas at Austin
When...
Are America’s teachers really underpaid?
Michael Addonizio, Wayne State University
In the spring of 2018, thousands of public school teachers walked out of their classrooms in a half-dozen states, protesting...
America’s schools are crumbling – what will it take to fix...
Michael Addonizio, Wayne State University
When I was asked to support a federal lawsuit that says Detroit’s deteriorating schools were having a negative impact on...
What’s behind the teacher strikes: Unions focus on social justice, not...
Rebecca Tarlau, Pennsylvania State University
For the past few years I’ve been studying teacher unions and teachers strikes throughout the Americas. My research has taken...
Striking teachers in Denver shut down performance bonuses – here’s how...
Nathan Favero, American University School of Public Affairs
Editor’s note: Denver teachers reached a tentative deal on Feb. 14 that ended a three-day strike.
Besides raises...
School shooters usually show these signs of distress long before they...
Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University
Two years before he lined his schoolmates up against a classroom wall and...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
