This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Miranda Hayes didn’t expect to graduate from high school, much less attend college. She faced extreme verbal bullying and demeaning comments from teachers when she got to high school in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the two years that COVID-19 has upended school for millions of families, education leaders have increasingly touted one tool as a means of compensating for lost learning: personalized tutors.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The January 6th insurrection at the Capitol brought me back to the cumbersome quiet of that NYC classroom 20 years ago and a question: Are today’s teachers better equipped to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elections — particularly Presidential Elections — are big in America. You can feel the rhythm of the season, as political yard signs go up, TV commercials become political ads, and phone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founded in 1985 in Jacksonville, Florida, Pace Center for Girls works to provide girls and young women who are experiencing challenges in their home or school environment with opportunities for a better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All students have unique strengths and needs that vary over time and are expressed differently. This year, the world has experienced extraordinary unforeseen challenges with the dual pandemics of COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles families are divided along racial lines and income levels over how well the Los Angeles Unified School District handled remote learning and other issues during the pandemic, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic hit communities of color in the United States with a disproportionate ferocity that exposed and exploited generations of inequity. For vulnerable youth and young adults residing in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Depression among high school students hit its highest rate in three decades, 41 percent, during the pandemic, according to results of the 2021 Montana Youth Risk Behavior Study. “If anything good…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is widely known that the earnings of workers without college degrees have stagnated in recent years and employment rates, especially among men, have strongly declined (Groshen and Holzer, 2021;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, 3.7 million students graduate from American high schools, and most head directly into the workforce, the military or a postsecondary learning experience. In June, 2021, 8.7 million Americans were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All aspects of schooling require social-emotional competency and a mastery of Executive Function. Yet, it is only recently that we have begun to question if and how kids learn these…