This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of child care for families with young children, but it has also exposed the child care crisis that existed long before March 2020. Early childhood…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate and social sustainability clearly shifting from a niche in the market to a significant driving force, graduates of sustainability programs are being entrusted with significant roles in companies across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 18 months away, the fabric of our community had begun to fray. We’d forgotten what it looked like to learn together and eroded part of the foundation of trust…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For example, a recent Southern Illinois University Medicine report found that rural Illinois is short as many as 19,100 nurses, Jakob Emerson reports for WICD in Springfield. The reasons cited in the report likely apply in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, rising mental health problems in the United States had health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling college students—and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the pandemic, it’s been apparent to anyone who works with or parents small children how deeply the nation’s difficulties have been felt by its youngest citizens.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We have a partnership with a regional food bank,” a principal once told me on a school visit. “Each Friday, every eligible student gets a red backpack full of food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When schools closed down last spring, some parents and educators responded by forming “pandemic pods,” or small groups of students who came together outside of school to learn during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While rural districts faced many uphill battles during spring closures — including connectivity issues, difficulty maintaining relationships with impoverished students whose parents were working, and delivering meals to families who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of jobs lost in the pandemic aren’t coming back, and many of those vanished positions were disproportionately held by people of color. As automation and other shifts accelerate, many of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have all been reading the news about disappointing literacy rates in California, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic and online learning. Last month, State Superintendent of Public Instruction…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. WIRED magazine editor Chris Anderson declared “The End of Theory” in 2008, arguing that “big data” had rendered traditional scientific theory and testing irrelevant. Even for the often-triumphalist magazine, Anderson’s…