All Snowflakes Look the Same
After I moved to Wisconsin to pursue an education, other people’s racial perceptions began to pursue me.
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Why Isn’t Sex Education a Part of Common Core?
Maybe it's not politically feasible, but most kids will need sexual knowledge more than Shakespearean verse to be functioning adults. Here's a sample curriculum.
University as Real Estate Developer
Property value displaces tuition as a revenue stream for higher education.
Are Adjunct Professors the New Fast-Food Workers?
For many universities and colleges, both public and private, it’s their most embarrassing secret—paying educated professionals minimum wage salaries with no benefits.
Inside the Wild World of Charter School Regulation
Charter school “authorizers” are charged with making sure schools can be trusted with kids and with public money. The problem is, many lack the tools to do the job.
It’s Time to Get Rid of History, Biology, and Chemistry Classes
We should re-think the subject boundaries in high school education so that they align with important ideas and concepts that will give our children useful analytical lenses for viewing the world.
Scott Walker and the Politics of the Diploma
Graduating university isn't evidence of leadership. Neither is not graduating.
Preparing Teachers for an Unfortunate Reality: Impoverished Students
How can we modify education programs to make sure that our teachers look beyond simple stereotypes about the perceived deficits of poor students?
University Assault Audits Don’t Tell the Full Story
A new study shows that sexual assaults reported under the Clery Act decline after government audits, suggesting drastic underreporting.