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It’s been almost one year since schools first shuttered, and the debate on how they should respond to the ongoing pandemic is as contested as ever. Education leaders face ever-shifting demands as they attempt to ....
Anyone who has taught knows that bullies gain power when they isolate and intimidate their victims. When adults are there to keep an eye on things and reassure victims that they’re not alone, menacing bullies ....
A key component of America’s ability to innovate is its world-renowned system of higher education, which is the envy of the world. However, there’s room for improvement. Universities can do more to promote the inventive ....
Earlier this week, House Republican leadership announced they were selecting newly elected Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to serve on the House Education and Labor Committee. It’s a terrible decision that deserves to be reversed. ....
On Tuesday, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network that summarized several studies related to reopening schools. One study referenced involved ....
This blog post is part of AEI’s Best Podcasts of 2020 series. Click here to see other AEI podcast hosts’ favorite episodes of the year. My podcast, The Report Card, features interviews with education experts ....
Last week I participated in a National Press Foundation briefing, “Closing the COVID Inequality Gap,” convened to examine the impact of widespread school shutdowns on disadvantaged children. My co-panelists, Julia Kaufman from RAND and Bryan ....
The number of votes cast during the 2020 election suggests America’s participatory democracy remains strong. Yet voters harbor cynical beliefs about the political motives of federal government leaders — and each other. This indicates that ....
The coronavirus pandemic is worsening again, and so there’s again a debate over shutting down the American economy. A COVID-19 adviser to Joe Biden says a US lockdown of four to six weeks is needed ....
Those preoccupied by a raging pandemic, 170,000 dead Americans, massive economic dislocation, and shuttered schools have probably not paid much attention to the lunacy unfolding on the “anti-racist education” front. In the wake of protests ....