This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Welcome to 2018. We’ve been provided with plenty of predictions for the year ahead in higher ed. Here are three more for you to consider. New pricing models will emerge as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of the nation’s best public universities are enrolling disproportionately few African-American and Latino students. Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems. They stand as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nestled in north-central Texas is Cisco Independent School District, a rural school system implementing high-quality blended learning. Cisco’s blended learning journey started with the recognition that, although its schools were regularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s priorities this year, he said recently, is to make sure that needy schools get their fair share of funding. “Right now we have no idea…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Heralding the need for a revolution in education, Sir Ken Robinson was the keynote speaker that kicked off the 39th annual Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, FL. Robinson threw…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With terrible force, 2017 ended with a series of once-in-a-century storms heralding a new era of urbanization, globalization, and automation, human systems colliding with natural systems in unpredictable ways. We’re…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers, educators, parents, teachers and youth advocates across the country increasingly agree that learning and practicing social and emotional skills in tandem with academics is crucial to K-12 student success. That’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Five years ago Al Jazeera travelled to Afghanistan to see one of the most dramatic social changes in Afghanistan in the previous decade – the vastly improved access to education, especially for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the age of 21, Robyn Young was in and out of jobs, living on friends’ couches, and struggling to take care of her daughter. “I recognized that education was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A five-year study analyzing the impact of South Carolina’s nearly 50 Montessori public schools has found that their students perform significantly better than those in traditional public schools, closing the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the fall, the staggering cascade of sexual-misconduct allegations waged against powerful men—from Hollywood moguls to prominent politicians—has mostly centered on the workplace. But as the nation fixated on the downfalls of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington D.C. is slowly turning its attention to higher education. In December, on a party-line vote, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce released the PROSPER Act, a bill to…