Early Childhood Education Matters—Here’s How to Make It Great
A new report offers a roadmap to building a high-quality early childhood education system. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo:…
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Another Brain Benefit of Music Lessons
They help kids develop the ability to disregard potential distractions. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: woodleywonderworks/Flickr) The term “cognitive…
How Boarding Schools in Canada Made Native Children Less Healthy
Boarding-school records from Canada offer a unique glimpse into native kids’ health from the 1920s to the ’50s.…
A Better Way of Looking at Immigrant Assimilation
Confronting the “immigrant paradox” in the classroom. By Elena Gooray (Photo: Alberto G./Flickr) Last Sunday’s massacre at a…
The Problem With Disney Princesses
Girls who intensely engage with them are more likely to engage in stereotypical feminine behavior. By Tom Jacobs…
Higher Education’s Accreditation Problem
The Department of Education just recommended that the country’s largest nationally recognized accreditation agency lose its status. By…
An Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges May Finally Have Its Powers Revoked
Department of Education staff are moving to terminate the oversight authority of embattled for-profit college accreditor, ACICS, citing…
How One School District Used Buses to Bring the Internet Home
First, Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams got his students iPads. Then, he had to figure…
The Hidden Costs of Community College
Why does it cost so much more than so many expect? By Patrick Oathout (Photo: Rob Stothard/Getty Images)…
To Change Poor Students’ Perceptions, Change Their Realities
Give the kids something tangible to believe in and they will. By Patricia Hart (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)…