Education

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to supporters in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht - RC1D993CBE70

What Elizabeth Warren’s K-12 plan reveals about education politics today

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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

The cascading effects of principal turnover on students and schools

Erica Harbatkin and Gary T. Henry

Monday, October 21, 2019

Palestinian students share a schoolbook while studying in the school library in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 4, 2013. Israelis and Palestinians depict each other in schoolbooks as an enemy and largely deny their adversary's history and existence, according to a U.S. government-funded study published on Monday. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - GM1E9241TXY01

Rethinking the traditional textbook for better academic and pro-social outcomes

Andy Smart and Esther Care

Friday, October 18, 2019

Kids play outside of their home in the West Washington neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana, U.S., June 26, 2019. Picture taken June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC1BE196F320

Moving on up: More than relocation as a path out of child poverty

Lisa A. Gennetian and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Trainee math teacher Mia Shaw from the Teach for America program teaches a class at George Washington Carver Middle School in Los Angeles, California July 18, 2012. This fall Teach for America will send a record 10,000 teachers into classrooms from New York to California. The nonprofit boasts $300 million in assets and collects tens of millions a year in public funds, even at a time of steep cuts to education budgets. But critics, including a handful of disillusioned alumni, contend that policies promoted by TFA-trained reformers threaten to damage the very schools they once set out to save. They argue, too, that TFA's relentless push to expand has betrayed its founding ideals. Picture taken July 18, 2012. To match Feature USA-EDUCATION/TEACHFORAMERICA REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION SOCIETY POVERTY WEALTH) - RTR36W0M

For better student outcomes, hire more Black teachers

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: The school to prison pipeline, the economics of AI, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Graduates are seen before actor Chadwick Boseman addresses the 150th commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, U.S. May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC18328A8330

Free college won’t be enough to prepare Americans for the future of work

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Twin girls walk to their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala

The precocious period: Impact of early menarche on schooling in India

Madhulika Khanna

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Arne Duncan and John King Brookings

Highlights: Arne Duncan and John King on how to improve education in America

Monday, October 14, 2019

Children draw at an "anganwadi" (creche) centre under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme in Kutnabari village, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 9, 2008. The scheme aims to improve the nutritional and health status of children up to 6 years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers from rural and tribal areas. The ICDS provides services like health check-up, immunization, pre-school education, supplementary nutrition amongst others. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (JNDIA) - GM1E4891T1E01

To ensure a gender-transformative approach in the early years, India must engage parents and teachers

Samyukta Subramanian

Monday, October 14, 2019