Civic Education
EdNext Podcast: Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a Video Game
"We have to be clear-eyed about the wrongs and failings in our history. We also have to be equally clear-eyed about the value and the achievements."
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange – Why California’s Democratic Governor Vetoed Ethnic Studies
"An ideological indoctrination program" aimed at "revolutionary mobilization," a critic says.
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Teaching in the Online Classroom
Overcoming the presumption of passivity
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Preparing Better Teachers
And the best way to teach about slavery
Charter Schools
EdNext Podcast: The Never-Ending Battle to Protect Charter School Autonomy
And how a "mystery shopper" program made sure students with disabilities were welcomed
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Stanford Doctor Bendavid Says Lockdowns Don’t Reduce Coronavirus Spread Any More Than Less Restrictive Measures
"The downsides of keeping schools and colleges closed on kids have not been appreciated enough," he says.
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Pandemic Sets off a Scramble for Scarce SAT and ACT Seats
"It's a little absurd to see hundreds of families from different states across the Eastern Seaboard descending on small rural Virginia towns to sit for college admissions tests."
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: A $14 Trillion Loss from Coronavirus-Related School Closures
"However schools are restarted, they have to be emphasizing student learning. It's not a matter of just how much distance there is between desks or whether everybody has an iPad, we have to really focus on the learning of students," says Eric Hanushek.
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Religious Liberty and Education
A case study of yeshivas versus New York
Charter Schools
The Education Exchange: Student Achievement Growing More Rapidly in Charters Than District Schools, New Study Finds
From 2005 to 2017, biggest gains for African Americans