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It Takes a Village: Addressing Poverty through Community Schools
Few can deny that, in school systems across the country, poverty remains one of the largest and most impenetrable barriers to student...
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Apr 23, 20167 min read


The Homeschooling Lobby and the Dangers of Deregulation
When asked about powerful lobbying organizations, state lawmakers across the country often don’t point to the NRA; instead, they refer to...
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Apr 14, 20165 min read


A Plea to Integrate the Private Sector into Computer Science Curricula
Technology permeates almost every aspect of our lives, and its influence on us is only expected to grow. Yet, computer science is...
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Mar 26, 20165 min read


Ctrl, Alt, Educate
As if it weren’t already hard enough to get out of bed for early classes, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) may just make it that much...
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Dec 8, 20156 min read


A New Look at School Funding Inequality
School funding in Pennsylvania is so unequal that the state nearly turned its entire tax system upside down trying to fix the situation...
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Dec 6, 20155 min read


Modern Desegregation: New England’s Education Conundrum
Though more than 60 years have passed since the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education, many school districts are still...
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Dec 3, 20158 min read


Core Competency: What Other States Can Learn From Rhode Island’s Implementation of the Common
Common Core State Standards were designed to create common education standards — not common criticisms. But across the country, an...
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Nov 6, 20156 min read


Chicago State of Mind: How CBT is changing lives in inner-city Chicago
Three weeks after the King College Prep band members performed at President Obama’s second inauguration, they were mourning the loss of a...
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Nov 6, 201511 min read


From Giving to Policymaking: Philanthropies in Public Education
Amid the search for John Boehner’s replacement as Speaker of the House and the ever-mounting frenzy of the 2016 presidential election, it...
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Nov 2, 20155 min read


Ahead of the Curve: Investing in early education pays off.
A child who never receives high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) is 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 40...
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Apr 11, 20154 min read


Down with Common Sense: Satirists in Office
When Stephen Colbert ran as a presidential candidate in South Carolina for the 2008 election, his campaign was quickly rejected by the...
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Apr 1, 20155 min read


Oklahoma! A Case Against the AP US History Ban
On Monday, February 16th, the Oklahoma House Education Committee voted to ban the Advanced Placement (AP) United States History...
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Mar 13, 20154 min read


A Mayor and a Modem
The amazing thing about the dollar menu in a New York City McDonald’s is not that one can buy a meal for a dollar, but that free WiFi...
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Mar 12, 20154 min read


Inequality in Education and the Opportunity Gap
Colleges across the nation are striving to increase their socioeconomic and ethnic diversity, but the significantly lower graduation...
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Mar 8, 20155 min read


Narcan: Can We Do It?
On February 5, the Rhode Island House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare heard testimony from supporters of a bill that would...
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Feb 21, 20155 min read


Organized Labor’s Fight for Survival
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read


Undergraduate, Overpriced
A Brown University undergraduate degree in 1960 cost $45,000 when adjusted for inflation. Today, tuition costs around $190,000 — enough...
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Dec 3, 20147 min read
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[Liveblog] The Research on Rape Culture
Dr. Lindsay Orchowski, a research professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior of Alpert Medical School and a leading...
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Nov 18, 20141 min read
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[Liveblog] How Should Colleges Handle Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault on college campuses is receiving increased scrutiny. As calls to combat sexual assault grow louder on campuses across the...
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Nov 18, 20141 min read


How the Common Core Became a Talking Point
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of...
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Nov 7, 20145 min read
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