This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Everywhere you look, it seems, people are talking about “learning loss,” or how much students haven’t learned during the tumult of the past two years. But for all the conversations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Of the myriad issues brought to prominence by the pandemic, schooling and housing have been two of the most prominent. While news outlets, pundits and politicians will often treat them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The distance from home that kids are allowed to roam and play has shrunk significantly over the last 50 years. That’s largely due to parents’ concerns over safety, especially in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. High school students who attended school remotely during the pandemic reported lower levels of social, emotional, and academic well-being, according to a new study. The findings held even when researchers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maggie Anderson teaches sixth grade at Greenfield School. Her principal, Paul Wilson, thinks she does a great job and is happy to have her. But until recently Anderson, a Vermont…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether it’s seeing violent behavior with a family or among others in the neighborhood, or in movies, television, or violent video games, the gun use and acceptance among young adults…
Mehrdad Baghai co-founded High Resolves as his Henry Crown Fellowship venture project to combat the rise of hate and polarization globally. Now, 15 years later, the program’s effectiveness proven, he has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite joined community college leaders Wednesday to discuss the long-term educational impact on students of color whose final years of high school were disrupted by the pandemic.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools mold their students in ways so numerous and varied that some remain almost entirely ambiguous. Experts have long studied how teachers impart knowledge and prepare young adults for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Nevada’s school buildings closed in March 2020, the state’s 17 districts had varying abilities to support distance learning. A couple were well on their way, with quality instructional materials,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The staff and board of University Prep Charter Schools stepped up this spring, recognizing an urgent need to develop an ambitious vision and catch-up plan that would support all children in getting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been a year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered American schools. It was an unprecedented experiment in widespread virtual education, combined with a massive global crisis that…