Tag: US education
Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk...
Hardy Murphy, IUPUI
Classrooms, gyms and cafeterias at schools across the U.S. have remained empty for months now. And despite some districts beginning to reopen,...
3 lessons for today’s teachers and students from coach Vince Lombardi
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
This Dec. 21 marks the 50th anniversary of the last football game Vince Lombardi ever coached. Remembered primarily as the helmsman...
Gates launches lobbying arm – higher education on agenda
Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University
Bill and Melinda Gates have launched a lobbying group in part to drive their agenda on education.
The move comes as Congress...
What other countries can teach the US about raising teacher pay
David Evans, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Teacher strikes swept the United States in 2018, from West Virginia to Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and beyond....
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...
How activists are fighting racial disparities in school discipline
Mark R Warren, University of Massachusetts Boston
Harsh and racially disparate discipline practices are widespread in America’s schools.
Not so long ago in Texas, for instance,...
Fight for federal right to education takes a new turn
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This...
Betsy DeVos has little to show after 2 years in office
Dustin Hornbeck, Miami University
Despite widespread fear that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would dismantle the public system of education, she has failed to accomplish...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
