Human Services

Several responses to this year’s survey regarding confidence in higher education indicate that the “current state of higher education is trending downward,” according to the report’s authors. For instance, just…

It is impossible to overstate the importance of education. Education unlocks opportunities, setting the foundation for economic, personal and social success. Above all, education is life saving. But delivering education is…

In mid-March, Bullard High School students Merrick Crowley and Craig Coleman, as part of an educator pathway program, taught an interactive science lesson for a fifth-grade class at Gibson Elementary…

Georgetown University researchers expect 15 million more good jobs for workers with four-year degrees will be created in the decade following 2021. The report outlines three pathways to good jobs…

The University of California, or UC, admitted a record number of California resident first-year students for the upcoming fall term, offering a spot to 93,920 of them, the university system…

More than three-quarters of Gen Z students agree there’s a stigma associated with going to vocational school and pursuing trade careers over a traditional four-year university, which may influence their…

For lack of a washing machine, a seventh-grader was nearly lost. This student, who lives in temporary housing in the Bronx, missed the first two weeks of class. When his mother…

In one experiment, students were given the choice to make their own attendance mandatory. Contradicting common faculty beliefs, 90% of students in the initial study chose to do so, committing…

Prompted by declining enrollment and the impending loss of federal pandemic relief funding, school districts nationwide are wrestling with whether to close schools — and, if so, how many. Seattle…

As a school counselor, Leighanne Mainguy can never be sure what’s in store for her each day. Some days, she arrives at her elementary school to learn that a student…

Despite efforts across various sectors, adults throughout California continue to struggle to access education opportunities that can be critical for their family’s economic mobility. The panel at EdSource’s roundtable, “Adult education:…

During my first two years of teaching, I dealt with many situations that left me feeling downtrodden, broken and totally drained. For example, one day, I was sitting in my…