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Bob Moses advocated for a constitutional amendment to protect education for all. Now is the time to heed his call.
All told, the Department of Education has failed to achieve any of the purposes for which it was created. It’s increased costs across the board and done nothing to improve education outcomes.
Today, civics and history need the same urgent national attention and investment. Rebuilding civics education requires a back-to-basics approach. First, we must ensure all students have a strong grasp ...
President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.
Historian Barry Strauss, a 2025 Bradley Prize recipient and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, ...
History of public education offers some insights, surprises. Updated: Sep. 04, 2012, 7:40 p.m. ... and students know that they need to work hard to maximize their educational options.
Regarding “America Needs History and Civics Education to Promote Unity” signed by six former secretaries of education (op-ed, March 2): It’s nice, I guess, that the former education ...
Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than ever.
A confluence of readings and conversations drove me to find that quote. First, I started reading Dr. Yong Zhao’s new book, What Works May Hurt - Side Effects in Education.Though I am admittedly ...
For that we need a vast, ambitious, forthrightly ideological program of education that remains grounded in the labor movement without being constrained by its immediate battles.
Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards is an assistant professor of educational psychology in the College of Education at The University of Texas at ... The ways in which we teach black history need improvement.
In a historic move, Florida's state Board of Education has approved new, separate standards for how African American history must be taught to millions of students. The decision Wednesday comes ...