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Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Pokes at the Foundations of the Ivory Tower

How about a three-year degree? Or a school year without summer vacation? Should we pay professors less? Are these heresy, or common sense ways to reform the university system in the United States?

John Greenya

Education

Do School Programs Keep Kids From Smoking?

Certain school-based programs that aim to keep kids from smoking cigarettes seem to work, according to a fresh look at some past research.

Andrew Seaman

Education

What Does It Take for Traumatized Kids to Thrive?

About a decade ago, Washington State embarked on an early social experiment to educate people about the impacts of stress on children. The results are starting to show.

Laura Tillman

Education

Your Child’s Brain on Math

Why do some children benefit more from tutoring than others? And does one small education study have the ability to drastically change our behavior as parents?

Sharon Begley

Education

Talent Retention Subsidies

Why a proposal in Michigan to subsidize education for students who remain in-state after graduation won't benefit anybody. It's brain gain we should worry about, not brain drain.

Jim Russell

Education

Coming to a Campus Near You: College Hookups Gone Digital

Administrators and parents are upset with students for the recent proliferation of popular hookup sites, but it's campus culture, which has made sex feel obligatory, that's really to blame.

Olivia Cvitanic