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The Man Who Died for the Liberal Arts
In 1942, aboard ship and heading for war, a young sailor—my uncle—wrote a letter home, describing and defining the principles he was fighting for.
In 1942, aboard ship and heading for war, a young sailor—my uncle—wrote a letter home, describing and defining the principles he was fighting for.
He has promised to impose his harmful, erroneous claims on school curricula in a second term.
Ha prometido imponer sus afirmaciones dañinas y erróneas en los planes de estudios escolares en un segundo mandato.
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
And it’s only getting worse.
Using dead Jews as symbols isn’t helping living ones.
Isolating kids from their peers is unjust.
A child’s ability to succeed in the classroom is powerfully influenced by their home environment. Giving parents the support they need could be key to fixing American education.
Long after graduation, anxiety in waking life often drags dreamers back into the classroom.
How will they interpret the past?
Why boys should start school a year later than girls
Early education is vital. So why aren’t students guaranteed access to it?
Adolescents in the U.S. are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
Despite the hopelessness after Uvalde, we’re closer to understanding the kind of social movement that might actually affect gun reform.
I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade since the Newtown shooting, we’ve refused to answer the question of what it would take to actually change something.
All parents of young children have been forced to gamble during the pandemic. Many parents of kids with speech disorders don’t like their odds.
The possibility of a more just future is at stake when young people are denied access to knowledge of the past.
Omicron is making a bad shortage even worse.
The Omicron variant has brought a special level of chaos to classrooms, and some teens say their schools aren’t doing enough to protect them.
How one professor changed the culture of mathematics for his students