This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The phrase “school-to-prison pipeline” has long been used to describe how schools respond to disciplinary problems with excessively stringent policies that create prison-like environments and funnel children who don’t fall…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We discussed how philanthropy can start to advance racial equity in the first two parts of this blog series: Developing a Shared Language and Introducing an Anti-Racist Intersectional Frame. Now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Systemic inequities, a global pandemic, and violence from both state and private actors have created the perfect storm. Black, Asian, Indigenous, migrant, Roma and racialised communities around the world have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While most first-year college students in a new study had positive feelings about computing and computer-related majors and jobs, gender and socioeconomic status seemed to play a role in whether…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In-person schooling is back across the country this school year, but fewer students than normal are regularly attending class, according to data emerging from states and school districts. Statewide daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May, the world looked on in horror as a mass grave of 215 children’s remains was located using ground-penetrating radar at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada. It…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An analysis of all 50 states’ school COVID-19 policies finds widespread discordance and variation. The look at policies about masking in schools, requiring COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students and teachers,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. High-profile police shootings and deaths of black men in custody – or even while out jogging – bring cries of racism across the country. The May 25 death of George…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I really want people to know that just because our school has a lot of kids with behavior problems doesn’t mean it’s a bad school,” a fifth-grader whom I’ll call…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine a room full of university students in India: young men and women sitting shoulder to shoulder in equal numbers. Fast forward 10 years: 8 out of 10 of those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Escalation is a natural tendency in any form of human competition. When such competition entails military confrontation, the pressure to escalate can become intense, and the consequences of escalation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The many indigenous Americans who believe the myth that they are genetically predisposed to heavy drinking may crave alcohol more, drink more frequently, and suffer worse alcohol-related consequences than those…