Today marked the launch of The 74, an education-focused news organization created by former CNN host Campbell Brown. (The title refers to the 74 million school-age children in the U.S.) The education community is cautiously waiting to determine how the site’s content should be judged. Funded solely by philanthropies-Bloomberg and the Walton Family Foundation among […]
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Affirmative Action is Headed to the Supreme Court. Here’s Why We Still Need It
On June 29th, the Supreme Court announced that it would rehear Fisher v. Texas, a case where a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin because of her race. In 2013 ProPublica reported, Fisher was a good student, but her grades and test scores weren’t high enough for […]
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NEA Members Announce They Will Fight Institutional Racism. Do They Mean It?
At the National Education Association’s recently concluded annual meeting-a gathering where the country’s largest labor union sets its policy priorities for the coming year-delegates passed several historic measures that committed the union to fighting institutional racism. Perhaps the most notable measure was New Business Item B, which passed unanimously. It opened with language stating that […]
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Will Students Soon Be Tested for ‘Grit’?
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)-nicknamed “the Nation’s Report Card”-is the largest nationally representative assessment that tests what American students know and can do in different subjects. Curiously, it was recently announced that beginning in 2017, NAEP plans to start measuring so-called “non-cognitive skills” like motivation and grit in the background surveys they issue […]
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Will Students Soon Be Tested for ‘Grit’?
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)-nicknamed “the Nation’s Report Card”-is the largest nationally representative assessment that tests what American students know and can do in different subjects. Curiously, it was recently announced that beginning in 2017, NAEP plans to start measuring so-called “non-cognitive skills” like motivation and grit in the background surveys they issue […]
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Sorry, Walmart: Charter Schools Won’t Fix Poverty
The Walton Family Foundation may not want to raise wages or lose tax breaks, but education reform alone can’t reduce income inequality.
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Read More: 20 Women Who Should Appear on the $10 Bill
Inside the lives of 20 courageous women who changed history and fought for social justice.Â
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Real Diversity Is About Confronting Power
Names, barriers, and the politics of race in American education.Â
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The Tenure Conundrum
Higher education is under attack, but defending tenure is just half the battle.Â
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Graduating to an Unequal Economy
The job market is improving, but prospects remain sharply divided by race.Â
