Elena Gooray

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Rigorous study of the Fisher Temperament Inventory is still in its infancy—much like our understanding of the relationship between neurobiology and personality to begin with.

The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of its older youth program from Boy Scouts to Scouts BSA, the organization announced today.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

A round-up of the strikes and protests organized by educators around the country who are frustrated with low pay and gutted school budgets.

The president of California's largest teachers' labor group weighs in on the recent unionization of charters across the state—a shift that runs counter to the history of tension between charters and labor groups.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

The DOE's new programs will also support improvement in English proficiency.

The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is not currently listed on the Department of Education's page of federally recognized accrediting agencies.

The student, Max Brennan, was initially required to use a gender-neutral restroom.

Only 64 percent felt freedom of speech was secure in the U.S.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

The State House and Senate agreed on a bill to raise pay by 5 percent for all state employees, including teachers and school service workers.

Purdue University has received full approval from the Higher Learning Commission to convert the school into a new college called Purdue Global.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced that educators would get a 5 percent pay raise next year.

Union leaders are demanding that Governor Jim Justice and state representatives arrange a meeting to hear employee demands for higher pay raises.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Betsy DeVos rescinded Obama-era guidelines that pushed colleges and universities to use the lowest legal standard of proof in judging cases of sexual assault or violence.

The music, film, television, writing, and digital diversions that got our staff through the year.

Tracking a year in education through a cycle of failed reforms, teen YouTube geniuses, and a path forward for school integration.

Ventura and Santa Barbara County schools must prepare to help students who have been pushed into housing instability as a result of the wildfire.

A decades old idea argues that shopping is not about the items you sell—it's about the spectacle in which you sell them.

The letter arrives as the White House is promoting First Lady Melania Trump's anti-bullying campaign for its "Week of Inclusion" event.

Dove's withdrawn advertisement is the latest example of American companies bungling ads for black consumers.

An expert weighs in on Brown University's new no-loan program and other ways schools can cut costs for middle- and low-income families.

Brown hopes to raise $30 million by December in order to eliminate loans starting in the 2018–19 academic year.

The government will provide staff, technical support, and research input for the project.

Economically struggling suburbs would benefit from joining with nearby cities, a think-tank report suggests.

A new study sheds doubt on the efficacy of closures as a solution to struggling schools.

The unit has primarily regulated for-profit institutions, including those managed by DeVry.

A sense of support from principals and other higher-ups boosts retention for non-white teachers at schools with largely white staffs, new research finds.

The affirmative action policies to be scrutinized typically aim to compensate for historical disadvantages among black and Latino students.

Kodak embraced the ideals of the Progressive Era early on, aggressively marketing cameras to women from the outset with the launch of advertisements featuring the Kodak Girl—a pretty, camera-wielding woman—in 1893.

A new study finds that college students are more likely to graduate from schools with higher tuitions and larger spending budgets.

Members of the National Rifle Association show different gun habits and policy views than other gun owners, including those of the same party affiliation.

Two pending gun control laws in California have been stalled following challenges from the National Rifle Association.

Scientists were able to change deep-brain activity in mice using just scalp electrodes, pointing toward cheaper, non-invasive procedures to treat depression and other illnesses.

The commission plans to review budgets, staffing, management practices, and recent resolution efforts at civil rights offices.

DeVry University's online courses lead to worse grades and higher dropout risk than their traditional counterparts, according to a new report.

The regulations sought to protect student loan borrowers.

Interracial marriage and births are rising steadily, at a time when broader attitudes toward matrimony are shifting.

James Runcie submitted his resignation following an apparent disagreement with Betsy DeVos over his scheduled testimony on improper aid payments.

The cuts are expected to affect 150 positions in the Department of Education.

Gardendale can take over control of its two elementary schools from the Jefferson County district this fall for a three-year period.

In his new memoir, writer Mark Lukach chronicles a marriage interrupted by bouts of psychosis—and strengthened through the ensuing compromises it forced him and his wife to make.

The university has purchased the for-profit Kaplan University for $1 with plans to transform it into a non-profit Indiana public university.

The plan will be phased in over the next two years, starting with a $100,000 family income cap this fall.

Will requiring high school students to make post-graduation planshelp or hurt their futures?