This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hassan Diab’s handwriting does not match the suspect’s, nor does his physical description, fingerprints or palm print. Despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence, Ottawa professor Hassan Diab is now entering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Characters from the children’s television programme Sesame Street are going to be used to help teach children displaced by war in Syria. The Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A federal judge in Pennsylvania, Wendy Beetlestone, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing rules that would have overturned Obamacare’s Health and Human Services mandate, which requires that nearly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When we talk about disability, equity is key. That is, ensuring that all people get what they need in order to succeed and excel.The part that is all too often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The charter school sector is presently on the hot seat because many charter schools are highly segregated by race, and often more segregated than required by the demographics of their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mississippi’s for-profit colleges are largely drawing low-income students, students of color and women, putting these residents at risk of incurring more debt compared to their peers at nonprofit schools. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new organization says educators must be better trained in recognizing and teaching students with learning disorders like dyslexia if they are to be successful in raising reading proficiency throughout…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s criminal justice system currently houses more than 2 million people — that’s more per capita than any other nation on earth. Even worse: Many are repeat offenders who haven’t been offered the support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month we celebrate LGBTQ Pride and the end of legalized slavery on Juneteenth in the midst of increasing political turmoil and what seems like rising levels of intolerance. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What would you do with $100 million? There were nearly 2,000 proposed answers to that question since the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched its 100&Change competition. On Wednesday, the foundation announced that Sesame Workshop and International…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through mass incarceration, we have decided that millions of our fellow citizens should be locked out of opportunity. Each year, more than 500,000 people are released from incarceration, and research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With millions of people on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and children facing unspeakable violence, the Democratic Republic of Congo was the most neglected crisis in 2017, according to…