What San Diego High School Faculty Learned After a Year of Personalized Learning
In the first year of a new program, a large San Diego school district experienced small victories—despite some growing pains.
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Can Campus Diversity Survive Without Affirmative Action?
One study suggests it's possible but not feasible.
A New Report Finds That Sexual Assault Cases Do Nothing to Hurt a College’s Reputation
An uptick in federal investigations into the mishandling of sexual assault on college campuses has done little to affect applications or donations to universities.
Can We Save AP World History?
Instead of making students memorize facts, we should teach them to ask questions.
Can ‘Work Colleges’ in Cities Become a Low-Cost, High-Value Model for the Future?
Paul Quinn College in Dallas became the nation's first urban work college. Now it's expanding to a second campus and creating a consortium of other urban colleges that may join the work college movement.
How Perverse Incentives Leave Struggling School Districts Behind
Few states have laws mandating district mergers, a fact that leaves financially distressed districts with no recovery option.
Down With Facebook. Long Live the Red Book?
A new book argues that American democracy depends on an unlikely source: the English department.
Girls-Only Trade Classes Are Becoming More Popular—and They’re Upending Gender Stereotypes
Girls-only shop classes are gaining traction, and the timing is right: A shortage of skilled workers is driving up wages in male-dominated trades such as auto repair, construction, and welding. But educators say these classes offer more than job prospects. They are also a source of empowerment.
Why Are Free College Programs So Successful?
And what can other federal programs learn from their success?
Thirteen Million American Kids Went to Schools Last Year Where Officials Found Elevated Levels of Lead in the Drinking Water
An additional 18 million kids attended schools where officials didn't test the drinking water for lead, or where officials didn't know whether they had tested.