This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When science teacher Kathryn Spivey told her students at Benjamin Banneker Middle School in Burtonsville, Maryland that they were going to take off and visit planet Mars for a day on a Magic School Bus of their own, they didn’t know what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When COVID-19 reached the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the uncertainty hit its frontline health care workers hard. “There’s been a lot more fear and death that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2020 — just as it did in 2019, and 2018. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the drop has been underway for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As young people continue to line up for coronavirus shots, the gender breakdown appears, well, surprisingly even. Compared to a persistent gap between adult men and women in vaccination rates,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rhode Island just became the latest US state to prohibit child marriage — the marriage of a child under the age of 18. Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee (D) signed a bill…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Department of Education will hold a virtual summit on June 22 — the first in a series of events focused on addressing the inequitable impact of the pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the onset of the pandemic, distance learning provided a unique opportunity for working students: Without having to spend time getting to campus, and with the ability to log in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students learning remotely missed the most days of school this year, according to new data from Connecticut. And students who were chronically absent in the fall were far more likely to keep…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the nation, districts’ early plans to spend billions in federal school funds are largely focused on one-time expenses like facilities upgrades, filling budget gaps, and rewarding educators. There are fewer signs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I just want to RUN, Mommy!” That’s what Jill heard a lot from her now 9-year-old daughter, Millie, who wanted to join a local Albuquerque track club a couple years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early 2021 saw a large increase in unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, with arrivals in March and April reaching record monthly highs. Much of the public focus has…
This webinar, given with the Campbell Collaboration and Porticus, is a great introduction to rigorous evidence in general, and specifically the rigorous evidence around ‘what works’ in institutional responses to…