Tag: Public schools
Schools often fail to identify gifted and talented students – especially...
Marcia Gentry, Purdue University
About a decade ago, I was working with a large, urban school district on creating a gifted and talented program that...
Giving private schools federal emergency funds slated for low-income students will...
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
Public schools have faced three distinct challenges since the coronavirus pandemic began – scrambling to make sure that...
School buildings need more space to safely reopen
Samantha Keppler, University of Michigan and Karen Smilowitz, Northwestern University
When COVID-19 first arose, the battle cry was “flatten the curve.” As states make plans...
With schools everywhere suspended, an education expert answers 4 questions about...
Jon Pedersen, University of South Carolina
Most of the school systems that shut their doors due to the COVID-19 outbreak initially said these closures would...
Librarians could be jailed and fined under a proposed censorship law
Nicole Cooke, University of South Carolina
A bill pending in Missouri’s legislature takes aim at libraries and librarians who are making “age-inappropriate sexual material” available...
Violence and other forms of abuse against teachers: 5 questions answered
Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University; Dorothy Espelage, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Linda A. Reddy, Rutgers University; Ron Avi Astor,...
How Minneapolis made Prince
Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University
It’s been almost four years since Prince’s death, but fascination about the artist, the man and his mythology endures.
On Jan....
An old debate over religion in school is opening up again
David Mislin, Temple University
As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious...
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...
