Quality Employment

Work requirements for SNAP benefits don’t boost employment, a study finds. Instead, they have adverse effects on homeless people.

School’s out for summer. School’s out … forever?When we started to devise a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been most …

Weight discrimination is a common but under-identified aspect of workplace inequity that is finally getting some attention as organizations look to embrace a more holistic definition of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Politicians might consider raising teacher pay, providing more help to new teachers, and supporting all teachers in managing student behavior.

Eighteen months of a pandemic laid bare widening inequities embedded in our education system, our economy, and many other aspects of our society. Among the many gaps exposed by the…

During his State of the Union address last week, President Biden discussed the historic, bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which, he suggested, will help the nation “withstand the devastating effects…

[Image description: A panda, resting their head on some tree branches.Image by shangshaistonemen on Pixabay] Hi everyone, this will be the last blog post until August 8th, as I’ll be on my annual ……

Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.

“Frustration is surging among the low-wage workers who make up the backbone of the nursing-home industry, as tens of thousands of their colleagues call out sick with Covid-19, inflaming shortages…

A staggering misalignment of postsecondary education and training programs in the United States is leaving millions of critical jobs unfilled and millions of Americans missing opportunities for meaningful economic mobility.

Integrating mental health in social change workplaces allows us to cultivate new narratives and norms that will better sustain long-term engagement with social change.

People who are disabled deal with other people’s biases and preconceptions about disability every day. They know people first see the disability, followed by assumptions regarding their capability.