Anti-racist math: 2 + 2 = whiteness

Apples and oranges featured heavily in my elementary school math curriculum, and yet I knew math was about the numbers, not about the...

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Anti-racist math: 2 + 2 = whiteness

Apples and oranges featured heavily in my elementary school math curriculum, and yet I knew math was about the numbers, not about the...

Joanne Jacobs

'B-flation' misleads parents: 89% say their child is at grade level

Seventy-nine percent of parents say their child is receiving mostly B's or better, and 89 percent believe their child is at or above...

Joanne Jacobs

Segregation now: Evanston High offers all-black and all-Latino classes

Black students can opt to take all-black classes -- with a black teachers -- in math and writing at Evanston Township High School near...

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'Liberal arts' education is now 'classical,' which makes it 'right wing'

"Classical" charter schools are a right-wing plot to "destroy democratically governed public schools while turning back the clock of...

Joanne Jacobs

Lonely on campus: Students are siloed, silenced

Afraid to offend each other, college students are "siloed and silenced," creating an epidemic of loneliness on campus, writes Samuel...

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Colleges add career coaches: Students say 'career success' is a priority

Colleges are adding career counselors and urging students to start career planning early, reports Hechinger's Jon Marcus. Some are...

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AI tutors will help motivated students, but . . .

"Motivated learners" will be able to "substitute AI for human tutors and teachers," predict Sean Geraghty and Mike Goldstein, co-leaders...