Education
The End of Busing in Indianapolis
Designed to end school segregation, it’s not clear the program succeeded.
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Matt Rourke / AP Why Did It Take So Long for Class-Based School Integration to Take Hold?
Half a century ago, the Coleman Report revealed that socioeconomic diversity is key to removing racial inequalities in education.
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Paul Hackett / Reuters The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
What percentage graduated from high school and enrolled within a year at a four year institution where they live on campus?
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Noah Berger / Reuters Taking More Courses May Help Solve the College Debt Crisis
Even though schools often encourage students to ease into their credit requirements
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Susan Walsh / AP A New Argument for More Diverse Classrooms
U.S. Education Secretary John King will argue that interactions with children from different backgrounds prepare students for the workforce.
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Asmaa Waguih / Reuters Learning to Be Human
In an era fixated with science, technology, and data, the humanities are in decline. They’re more vital than ever.
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Marianna McMurdock / Brown Daily Herald When Student Activists Refuse to Talk to Campus Newspapers
With the rise of social media, young people have a mouthpiece of their own and little incentive to help reform an institution they’ve criticized.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters How Trump Is Already Shaping Education Policy
His candidacy is affecting the Republican party’s strategy for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Alexia Fernández Campbell How a House Can Shape a Child’s Future
A new study from Cleveland looks at the correlations between living conditions and kindergarten readiness.
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'I Refuse to Be Burdened With a Child as a Form of Punishment'
From a 19-year-old college student who says she “never told anyone” about her abortion—or the horrible situation that led to…
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Why America's Business Majors Are in Desperate Need of a Liberal-Arts Education
Their degrees may help them secure entry-level jobs, but to advance in their careers, they’ll need much more than technical skills.
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Does Affirmative Action Have an Expiration Date? Your Thoughts
Last week, in the wake of the SCOTUS decision upholding the use of racial preferences at UT-Austin, I posed a…
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Civics Lessons From the House Democrats' Sit-In
The protest teaches kids about media literacy, the legislative process, and the repercussions of prolonged congressional gridlock.
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Thomas Mukoya / Reuters Is Discipline Reform Really Helping Decrease School Violence?
A lack of concrete information about student misconduct—and how to address it—may be hindering efforts to make campuses safer.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Asian Americans and the Future of Affirmative Action
The way members of the ‘model minority’ are treated in elite-college admissions could affect race-based standards moving forward.
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The Rise of Microaggression Reporting Systems, Cont'd
Earlier this week I noted a small dispatch from the campus PC wars that is very close to home: The…
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Your Oxford Comments
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Are There Good Alternatives to Affirmative Action?
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of race in some admissions decisions, but it doesn’t mean all colleges are free to employ the practice.
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The End of Affirmative Action? Nope. Ever?
Back in December, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas, we started…
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When Teaching Girls Karate Doesn’t Stop Sexual Assault
An earlier reader, who anonymously shared her story, pushes back on the suggestion that karate could offer a solution for…
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Jose Luis Magaua / Reuters How Affirmative Action Won the Day
In a 4-3 ruling on a case almost a decade in the making, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges can factor in race in admissions decisions.