Education Affirmative Action’s Road Doesn’t Pass Through Perfection Look for another workaround in case the Supreme Court goes negative on affirmative action. Michael Todd
Education Why Chess Should Be Required in U.S. Schools It's a game that motivates us to win, but also teaches us how to deal with defeat. Alex Berezow
Education Spelling Bee Now Requiring Finalists to Be Super-Genius Word Cyborgs Sure, you can spell "cymotrichous," but can you define it? Ryan O'Hanlon
Education Help Others to Help Yourself: High School Students Benefit From Volunteer Work Getting teenagers off of the couch can be difficult, but the benefits are undeniable. Kevin Charles Fleming
Education Mindfulness Training Boosts Test Scores New research finds a mere two weeks of mindfulness training leads to improved scores in tests of reading comprehension and working memory. Tom Jacobs
Education One Area Where Head Start Lives Up to Its Name Head Start is the kind of program that seems like it’s just gotta work. Founded in the opening… Michael Todd
Education The Practical Effect of Making Arts Education a National Priority New research finds 1994 legislation that included the arts as a core subject in American schools made a difference in many places. Tom Jacobs
Education Spoofing Peer Review: Sock Puppets Publish or Perish Academic research is the lifeblood of Pacific Standard, and without getting too high and mighty, its rigor is… Michael Todd
Education The Public Pension Story You Weren’t Reading About (Until Recently) There’s a lot of talk about the sorry state of pensions in America, both the increasing lack of… Michael Todd
Education Ditch Day Economics: California Schools Paying $35 a Day, Per Kid In my coworker’s email this morning, from the school principal: Hi parents. My sources have told me that… Maria Streshinsky