Who Has Access to Extra Testing Time and Why?
The hefty price of having a child diagnosed with a learning disability means that accommodations are often limited to wealthy families.
2020 Democratic Candidates Answer Questions on Education
Listen to the top Democratic candidates share their thoughts on education at the National Educational Association forum.
Multilingualism: An Increasingly Marketable Skill for Business
If you are looking to become a more competitive job candidate, you may want to consider learning another language. According to a recent report by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), demand for workers who speak languages other than English is increasing, while there is a current shortage of multilingual employees.... Read More
States Are Concerned About Reading Retention in Third Grade
Should we hold back third graders who aren’t proficient in reading? States are raising their expectations.
Is Personalized Learning Helping or Hurting Teachers? Experts Aren’t Sure.
Tailoring academic activities to specific needs is not always the quickest road to equity in the classroom.
US Colleges Are Losing International Students to Visa Delays
School officials say that the visa process must be expedited so that international students can enter the country.
One High School’s Efforts to Start Talking About Race
Sussex Tech is encouraging teachers and students to have difficult conversations about their racial experiences in the classroom.
Will the 2020 Election Bring an End to Student Debt?
From climate change to immigration to an escalating trade war, the United States faces a spate of crises from all directions. Yet for many recent (and not-so-recent) college grads, one crisis feels particularly salient: the crisis of student loan debt. Today, the country’s more than 44 million borrowers owe a combined $1.5 trillion in student... Read More
How YA Literature Pushes the Boundaries of Diverse Storytelling
Jenny Han, Angie Thomas, and Becky Albertalli are the publishing industry’s “breakout stars” this year. All three of their books were adapted to major motion pictures in 2018, and the world has been buzzing about their careful handling of sensitive issues and their honest representations of different races and sexualities. All three of their books... Read More
How Colleges Support Their Diverse Student Bodies
Diversity is more than putting people of different backgrounds in the same room. As the American Council on Education argues, diversity is essential to a rich educational experience and a healthy society. Today, colleges are teaching students with more varied backgrounds than ever before. This means that the world of higher education has had to... Read More