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COLUMN: Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field
Our students must develop tech skills or risk unemployment at the hands of AI
COLUMN: We must not allow bigots on campus to hide behind free speech
Academic freedom and the spread of hate are incompatible at an institution of learning
Up to 3.6 million students should be labeled gifted, but aren’t
New report argues that schools are overlooking gifted students who would benefit from services, including large numbers of black and Latino students
COLUMN: 3 studies argue against fidget spinners in the classroom
Researchers also question the use of other fidget and stress-relieving objects
COLUMN: HBCUs are leading centers of education — why are they treated as second-class citizens?
In Maryland, Gov. Hogan is shortchanging state’s black colleges, a pattern seen in other states
More students are leaving college without a degree
More future jobs will require a college degree, yet more students are dropping out with no credential
COLUMN: As Republicans stress political fiction over facts, students’ math and reading scores fall
GOP remedy for the decline? More of the policies that may have prompted it
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COLUMN: Scientific evidence on how to teach writing is slim
14 high-quality studies of writing instruction point to "exciting, social and noisy" classrooms
U.S. education achievement slides backwards
Substantial decrease in reading scores among the nation's eighth graders
COLUMN: Elizabeth Warren shows she understands education in ways charter advocates did not
Linking housing and education gets at the root of the problem in our education system