Governance Studies

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant prepares her classroom, from where she will begin the new school year teaching classes virtually because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Why teacher diversity benefits students of color

Michael Hansen and Fred Dews

Friday, April 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators raise their fists as they take a knee for 8 minutes 46 seconds, the length of time George Floyd was held down with a knee on his neck by a Minneapolis Police officer, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

How to Fix the Financial Gymnastics of Police Misconduct Settlements

Lawfare Thursday, April 1, 2021

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota September 26, 2013. The U.S. government may have headed off some of the most dire predictions about the "sequester," but over seven months, the across-the-board spending cut has thrown sand into the gears of the economic recovery. Mahnomen school district, which serves the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota, lost three percent of its funding due to the sequester. The district didn't replace a teacher who retired and has scaled back on homework tutoring and an alternative-school program for teenage mothers. Another year of cuts could force the school to lay off teachers and scale back bus service, superintendent Jeff Bisek says. Picture taken September 26, 2013. To match Insight USA-BUDGET/SEQUESTER REUTERS/Dan Koeck (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E99S159R01

White parents in D.C. talk a lot about racial justice. So why do they focus on majority-White schools?

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

The Washington Post Wednesday, March 31, 2021

A top-down view of a multiple-choice test on white paper and a pencil.

Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Keeping your workplace safe from artificial intelligence and surveillance

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

A photo illustration displaying silhouettes of a mother and daughter, next to hands working on a computer, with the Washington, DC, flag in the background.

‘We all want what’s best for our kids’

Vanessa Williamson, Jackson Gode, and Hao Sun

Monday, March 29, 2021

A border patrol agent apprehends a woman and a man after they were caught illegally crossing into the U.S. border from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, U.S., May 2, 2018. Reuters photographer Adrees Latif: "One could hardly tell there were people lying in the brush even as a U.S. Border Patrol agent stood over these migrants. They were tracked into the brush by their shoe prints. The group of nine had taken cover overnight and were apprehended the following morning for illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico." REUTERS/Adrees Latif SEARCH "IMMIGRATION POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism

Charles Kamasaki

Friday, March 26, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing room

Rebuilding for the vast scope of FCC responsibilities

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Florida teachers, whose unions are against their members returning to school, hold a car parade protest in front of the Pasco County School district office in Land O' Lakes, Florida, U.S. July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Teachers’ unions: Scapegoats or bad-faith actors in COVID-19 school reopening decisions?

Bradley D. Marianno

Thursday, March 25, 2021

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Early oversight in the 117th Congress: Three takeaways

Kennedy Teel, Jackson Gode, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, March 25, 2021