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Universities Are Enabling Climate Change Denial. Yes, Brown too.
In 2019, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency appointed Tony Cox, a former employee of the oil and chemical...
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Mar 2, 20228 min read


Hispanic College Enrollment: Years of Progress Stunted by the Pandemic
In the midst of Hispanic Heritage month, a celebration of history and culture, hundreds of Hispanic students are facing the tough choice...
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Oct 23, 20214 min read


Universal Broadband: The Perpetual Problem
March again. Marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, this month is a testament to both the strength of the...
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Apr 13, 20215 min read


High Poverty Schools can be High Performing
Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students...
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Dec 19, 20205 min read


When the Majority Suffers: The Case for Intellectual Diversity on College Campuses
2020 has been a tumultuous year. Even without considering COVID-19, the internal strife within the United States is at its explosive...
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Dec 16, 20206 min read


A Turning Point for Combating Chronic Absenteeism in American Schools
Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country....
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Dec 15, 20206 min read


Big Ed-Tech Is Watching You: Privacy, Prejudice, and Pedagogy in Online Proctoring
In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning...
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Dec 6, 20205 min read


No Poets Left Behind
K-12 students are adapting to completing their curriculum from their bedrooms against the backdrop of the snowballing social, physical,...
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Nov 17, 20206 min read


An ‘F’ for College Admissions
The American college application system is fundamentally broken. For months, and sometimes even years, applicants labor over strategies,...
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Nov 13, 20206 min read


The Standards of Play: The Need for Regulation in Prekindergarten
Publicly funded prekindergarten is one of the few issues in our politically divided climate that has garnered bipartisan support. In...
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Apr 18, 20205 min read


Mind the Gap
In June of 2014, Barack Obama was featured in a YouTube video for the #CloseTheWordGap campaign in which he explained that “during the...
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Dec 21, 20195 min read


Infante-Green Needs to Listen to the Voices of Providence Schools
It has been a turbulent four months in Providence after a devastating report diagnosing the epidemic dysfunction and subpar performance...
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Dec 21, 20196 min read


(Il)logical Reasoning: The LSAT’s Troubling History of Exclusion
For decades, college admission exams have been rightfully criticized as discriminatory gatekeeping mechanisms which prohibit access to...
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Dec 21, 20195 min read


Tackling Segregation in NYC Schools: Are Gifted and Talented Programs a Problem, or a Solution?
New York City’s public school system is the most racially segregated in the nation. Several mayoral administrations have sought to tackle...
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Nov 3, 20196 min read


The Disappointing Inefficacy of Last-Dollar Tuition Programs
College affordability is widely recognized as a pervasive issue in dire need of a policy cure, as demonstrated by the fact that nearly...
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Oct 31, 20195 min read


Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: The University and the Marketplace of Free Ideas
On October 30, 2013, student grievances at Brown University reached a boiling point. When New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly...
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Jul 23, 20199 min read


Equality is Not a Zero Sum Game
When New York City’s highly selective public schools released their admissions breakdown for the incoming freshman class in March,...
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Apr 22, 20194 min read


The Newest Threat on the FBI’s Radar: Brown Undergrads?
In February, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on major threats to U.S. national security. One issue that was addressed in...
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Apr 22, 20195 min read


The Case for Universal Pre-K as a Policy Priority
Tuition free college has been a staple of progressive campaigns, since Bernie Sanders’ Presidential run in 2016. While this policy has...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Unfair and Unbalanced: Betsy DeVos’ Misguided Title IX Reform
A few days before the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump remarked that “it’s a...
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Mar 6, 20194 min read
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