Why revisit John Dewey’s philosophy on education and democracy now? I think it is time to revisit Dewey’s philosophy about the value of field trips, classroom experiments, music instruction and ...

Donald Trump’s vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.” The president-elect wants to forbid classroom ...

Outer Coast students on the Sitka Cross Trail. The three mountains are known as the Three Sisters. For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding ...

The research is undeniable, on both sides of the coin. On one hand, we know the median annual income for a college graduate aged 22 to 27 with a bachelor’s degree has risen to $60,000 while the ...

Rarely if ever have visions of education offered by the two major party tickets in a presidential campaign been so radically different. Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim ...

When debates over education often focus on what we’re against—bureaucratic overreach, ideological indoctrination, declining standards—a refreshing alternative has emerged. The Phoenix Declaration, ...

The Alaska Legislature opened an 18-month study of the state’s troubled public education system on Tuesday as lawmakers convened the first meeting of their Task Force on Education Funding, established ...

As I walked towards the State House on Monday, I passed the statue of a smiling Christa McAuliffe as I entered the building. I smiled, too, as I remembered the unveiling of the statue last year and ...

One day historians of higher education or American politics will come across the document you see below. It’s an address Linda McMahon, the U.S. secretary of education, gave Monday at Hillsdale ...

For two guys who just published a book about the need for a conservative vision for education policy, San Francisco has been a gift that keeps on giving. When we were writing the book, the school ...

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social reformer, politician, and iconoclast who played a crucial role in shaping modern Tamil politics. He died on December 24, 1973 ...

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