Administrative growth at colleges is complicated: 11 facts you should know
Neoliberalism, a term dating back to the 1930s, has reshaped U.S. universities over the past two decades, turning students…
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12 states leading the nation in education
Determining which states lead in K‑12 education requires more than looking at average test scores. Analysts and policymakers evaluate…
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What’s really behind the decline in college enrollment? 12 forces at play
The decline in college enrollment only became a national crisis once the gender gap reached a 60/40 tipping point….
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10 skills you need to learn to stay employable this year
The skills that got you hired a few years ago won’t be enough to keep you comfortable in 2026,…
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10 ways to afford college without loans
College doesn’t have to mean signing your financial future away before you even land your first real job. The…
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An insight into how colleges pretend students still know how to read
In spring 2019, the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report revealed that children from families earning less than $35,000…
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The quiet ways America’s schools let a generation down
In 1635, Boston Latin School opened its doors as the first publicly supported school in the colonies, a project…
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12 reasons why trade school might be better than college
The promise that a four-year degree guarantees success is fading, replaced by a simpler truth: skills that build, fix,…
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Student loan alerts: 10 things women should check before borrowing or repaying
The shift in federal policy is no longer a matter of administrative debate. The Department of Education has moved…
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Before you apply to college, here are 12 bureaucratic realities women should expect
Even as universities roll out DEI initiatives to boost male enrollment, the truth is clear: many men are opting out…
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These are the most educated states in America
If you’re wondering where smart people seem to keep clustering—and why—it turns out a handful of states are doing…
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10 reasons Finnish schools don’t give homework
What if the secret to better learning wasn’t more effort after school, but knowing when to stop? Imagine a…
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Hope by design: How cities are planning for children not yet old enough to vote
For the last century, we’ve built our cities as if everyone is six feet tall, carries a briefcase, and…
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13 things teachers wish parents would stop doing
Teachers adore your kids, but there are a handful of well-meaning parent habits that quietly make them want to…
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The future of play: how kids will learn, create, and connect in 2035
When learning starts to feel like play, education stops preparing kids for the future and begins letting them practice…
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11 reasons cursive writing is coming back to schools
Remember the days of straining your hand to make the perfect loop on a lowercase G while the teacher…
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10 inventions that killed their inventors
Progress looks different when you realize some of humanity’s greatest leaps forward were paid for by the lives of…
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The “dark” nursery rhymes you probably sang as a kid
Those sing-song lyrics you learned before you could read are hiding stories that would probably earn a content warning…
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Political pressure is changing what kids learn
Classrooms across America are quietly being rewritten—not by new knowledge, but by the fear of who might object to…
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If you know 12 of these facts, your intelligence is above average
Most adults miss basic scientific facts that separate headline readers from people who actually understand how the world works….
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What American Students Are No Longer Allowed to Learn
Students across the United States are discovering that some of the most urgent questions about who they are, where they come from, and how power works in this country are suddenly off-limits in class.
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Gender Gaps in Math: Are Schools Failing Girls?
A 2023 doctoral study from Walden University found that girls placed in single-gender math classrooms, supposedly designed to “support”…
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Life Skills Schools Don’t Teach Anymore
At one time, school was not just about grades. You would walk away knowing how to balance a checkbook,…
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Modern school trends that may be causing more harm than good
Education has always been a field driven by good intentions. Educators, policymakers, and administrators continually seek innovative approaches to…
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Reasons behind the decline of college-educated American men
The numbers tell a stark story: In 2023, Pew Research reported that “men make up 44% of young college…
