This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The increase in conversations about how to serve the overall needs of students, including their social and emotional needs, is one of the silver linings of education during the pandemic.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly two years ago, I wrote that the 2020s had the potential to be the decade of career and technical education. The world feels as if it has been turned on its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the start of the school year last August, I spent several days visiting a first-grade classroom in Austin, Texas, to see how the coronavirus pandemic was impacting teaching and learning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent data shows that black, Latino, indigenous and immigrant communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, due in large part to the persistent legacy of structural racism – practices and policies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Home visiting programs have long been recognized as a vital support system for families facing challenges such as homelessness, poverty, drug abuse, and maternal depression. At-risk families are paired with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To some, like the white supremacist who murdered 6 Asian American women in the past 24 hours in Atlanta as a hate-crime, I am still not an American and may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. Scientific meetings were held, voluminous reports were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two years, the media, politicians, public health authorities, and others have paid close attention to the number of lives lost to COVID-19: more than 800,000 Americans so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time. Since the 19th century, man-made emissions have heated the planet by about 1.1 degrees Celsius, according to the IPCC. From floods…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, arts and music education in California has been dying a slow death in many schools, strangled by budget cuts amid an ongoing emphasis on core subjects like reading…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to expanding broadband access, states have a lot on their plate right now. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, American Rescue Plan Act, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A parent’s role is to provide their children the emotional and material support they need to thrive. But some struggle to meet their children’s’ financial needs through low-wage jobs. These…