Education

School’s Out Forever?0
- Education
- March 30, 2020
With just about every public school in the country closed at this time, the only way for kids to get an education is at home. Many see this as nothing less than tragic. Writing in Education Week, Stephen Sawchuk claims that schools are an “absolute necessity for the functioning of civic culture, and even more
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Coronavirus Reminds Us What Education Without School Can Look 0
- Education
- March 12, 2020
As the global coronavirus outbreak closes more schools for weeks, and sometimes months – some 300 million children are currently missing class – parents, educators, and policymakers are panicking. Mass compulsory schooling has become such a cornerstone of contemporary culture that we forget it’s a relatively recent social construct. Responding to the pandemic, the United Nations declared that “the
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Is Bernie Right About Education in Cuba?0
- Education
- March 4, 2020
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders spent a large part of the last week defending earlier statements he made regarding Fidel Castro and Cuba. While denouncing the dictatorship of Castro, he praised the social programs that were implemented under his rule, notably with regards to literacy. He pointed out that there was a rapid increase in literacy rates in Cuba
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Why Every Leader Should Challenge the Status Quo 0
- Education
- March 3, 2020
The last few years have seen many people across the political spectrum wondering why the American people elected a man like Donald Trump. He’s rude, arrogant, and any number of other things. How could Americans be duped into choosing such a president? There are many ways to answer that question. However, one reason seems to
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Colonialism Has Been an Equal Opportunity Oppressor 0
- Education
- March 2, 2020
The New York Times’ 1619 Project seeks to recraft America as a nation with an explicitly racist past, founded on the principles of slavery. In reading articles such as these, it’s important to remember that slavery and other buzzwords are not the catchalls for racism that they are presumed to be. Colonialism is one example
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Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education 0
- Education
- February 14, 2020
President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history. As a education policy researcher who studies the economic and employment impact of career and technical education in high school, I believe this proposal has a lot of potential to open up new job opportunities,
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