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Navigating AI in K-12
FutureEd Explainer Dec. 2023
Optimism, confusion and fear
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The Student Success Puzzle
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2023
How do you make student success more than a buzzword?
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The Myth of the Digital Native
The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2023
Young adults are whizzes on their phones – but that doesn’t mean they have digital literacy.
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Colleges Navigating Uncertainty
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 2022
How vulnerable colleges are surviving challenging times.
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Community Schools: An Old and Growing Idea
The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2022
The pandemic highlighted the need for schools that can provide more than academics.
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An Example in New Mexico
The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2022
One community school’s success story.
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Bringing the Marginalized into the Workforce
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 2, 2022
Colleges are helping train those recovering from substance use disorders to be part of treatment teams.
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Virtual Learning – What Colleges Should Know
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2022
Students, administrators and faculty – different views on remote education.
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Robots and Special Education
The New York Times, March 29, 2022
Researchers are increasingly studying how social robots can help students with disabilities.
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The 21st Century Parent
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 2021
How can colleges work with both affluent – and often demanding – parents and low-income and first-generation families?
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A Crusade for No Grades
The Washington Post Magazine, Oct. 20, 2021
What would high school transcripts look like with no grades? And how would that work?
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Test-Optional is No Cure-All
PBS/Hechinger Report, Jan. 27, 2021
Not requiring the SAT or ACT might help college diversity, but much more is needed.
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COVID and Faculty Burnout
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 2020
‘Mental exhaustion and radical self-doubt.’
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A Year Unlike Any Other
The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2020
This year has walloped education as schools have scrambled to teach students remotely, yet some schools and colleges have been amazingly creative in responding.
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Colleges and Title IX: A Special Report
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2020
The Chronicle surveyed colleges and universities on the challenges they face with Title IX. There are a lot.
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Learning to Spot Fake News
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How One University Addressed Adjuncts
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Good-bye SAT?
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60 Years of Learning?
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The Impossible Presidency
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Elusive Efficiency
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A Safe Haven?
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Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
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Private Matters
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Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
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Coming Together
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Access or Monopoly?
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Affordable College Housing?
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Wooing Transfer Students
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Building Academic Integrity
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2018
It’s not enough to catch cheaters. Teachers have to create an environment where students don’t want to cheat.
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Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2018
One university spent a year restructuring its recruitment and hiring process.
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Free Speech on Campus
The New York Times, June 5, 2018
Colleges grapple with balancing free speech and students’ concerns about offensive speech.
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A Comeback for Civics
The New York Times, June 5, 2018
In the age of Trump, more schools and universities are worried students don’t know the basics of government. Some are trying innovative approaches to the problem.
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A Different Chance for Dropouts
The New York Times, April 5, 2018
Started by Indiana Goodwill, these high schools for dropouts – whatever age – are being emulated around the country.
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‘I Was Stuck for So Long’
The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017
‘I was tired of sitting with my life and being unsuccessful.’
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‘Disconnected’ Youth
The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017
No diploma, no jobs, but an opportunity.
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Who Benefits?
The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 10, 2017
Millions of dollars are spent on promoting the Advanced Placement test to low-income students. Who is benefitting?
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Nonwhite Students Slow to Seek Counseling
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Mental Health at College
The New York Times, June 7, 2017
Three stories: how colleges are becoming more proactive; a personal story of depression and anxiety; and preparing “emerging adults.”
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Revamping Community Colleges to Improve Graduation Rates
The New York Times, June 22, 2016
Community colleges are tackling their dismal drop-out problem in innovative ways.
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Coloring in the Lines
California Magazine, Fall 2015
How racially diverse should universities be?
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The Struggle to Be First
California Magazine, Spring 2015
Being the first to go to college in the family – a struggle between school and home.
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That Elusive Diploma
National Journal, September 27, 2012
Getting into college is hard, but staying in is even harder. It takes help – and money.
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Has School Fundraising Gone Too Far?
Family Circle, March 2012
Tighter school budgets means more pressure on parents and more ethical questions.