This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School librarians hear the question all the time: Why do we need school libraries and school librarians when students have the internet? The perception is that a computer and Wi-Fi…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Workforce systems around the country are facing labor shortages. Forty-two states have more available jobs than workers, and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly a third of workers younger than 40…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colleges are entering a third calendar year defined by the pandemic. They had some reason for optimism in 2021, with federal aid and the wide availability of the coronavirus vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of developing students’ and adults’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors that they need to make successful choices. And it has been in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This school year, recovery is the name of the game in K-12 education. Although COVID-19 persists, schools have reopened and are focusing on getting students back on track. But plenty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Misinformation is content that is false, inaccurate or misleading, even if it is spread unintentionally. A 2016 research study by the Stanford Education Research Group showed that many young people (not unlike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Gay kids are receiving their education the way everybody gets their sex education and unfortunately, that’s by watching porn,” said Bronwen Pardes, a sex educator and author of Doing It…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. James Sayavong knows what it’s like to be a refugee in America. His father was a military officer in Laos when the communists overran his country after the U.S. pulled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the pandemic, many students — especially those from historically underserved groups — were leaving high school unprepared for the educational demands of good jobs and too few were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in majority-Black schools are now a full 12 months behind those in mostly white schools, widening the achievement gap by a third, according to a new analysis by McKinsey & Co.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. N.C. Reconnect, a pilot initiative to recruit adult learners at five North Carolina community colleges, will expand to five more schools this spring. MC Belk Pilon, president and board chair…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to get serious about innovation in education. And we don’t just mean more ed tech. The pandemic caused tremendous disruption to U.S. schools this past year and a…