This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bill Gates has given a rare, public shout out to a Georgia university for its work to improve its graduation rates. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and one of the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The San Francisco-based venture firm, which focuses exclusively on education technologies, aims to take advantage of the growth in schools’ broadband connectivity. Owl’s $100 million first fund, launched in 2015, included a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In education, federal officials promised that states would have more flexibility under the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), revised in 2015 and now called the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Those frustrated by the slow accretion of hard evidence about personalized learning can take comfort in one thing: Studies of the model released to date may be limited and inconclusive,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This fall, more than 7,800 Indianapolis Public Schools students walked into schools run by outside managers, rather than the district. Innovation schools now educate 20 percent of the students, and another…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the desert just south of San Diego, towering 18 to 30 feet in the air, are eight prototypes for the wall President Donald Trump has promised to build along the 2,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two decades ago, Chicago’s first charters opened their doors to improve the dire state of the city’s public school system. At that time, only 52.4 percent of students attending Chicago…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An estimated one in five women is sexually assaulted in college. In my experience at college and in my circle of peers, this figure rings true. I have heard countless stories…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. San Francisco, despite its reputation for unabashed progressivism and rapidly growing wealth, has a public school system with gapingly large achievement gaps and a more pronounced failure to serve low-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although outdoor play for children may be more prevalent during summer, spending free time outside can particularly benefit a child’s development when pursued year-round. Outdoor play should be recognized not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chicago public school officials announced last Friday that enrollment over the past year had continued a nearly two-decade downward trend, declining by about 10,000 students. Roughly 371,000 students now attend the city’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At an event several weeks ago, the Learning Policy Institute highlighted its recent report, “Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It.” While it’s a worthy topic, and the…