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This is the first part of a two-part essay on the need to reengage with civics education in the United States. How about a ceasefire in the civics wars? Possibly even a peace treaty? This could turn out to be easier to achieve than pausing the conflict in Gaza (or Kashmir or Sudan). The world’s […]

By today’s book knowledge standards, the people of tomorrow will surely be “dumb,” which means they’ll be incredibly prosperous and happy.

Dartmouth College is making news regarding its return to using the SAT/ACT scores once again as a part of its admissions process. The policy will become effecti

It’s too easily forgotten that progress is defined by what we don’t know, or don’t need to know, as opposed to what we do know.

Students are getting higher grades, but test scores are declining. One reason: standard educational practice conflicts with what science tells us about how kids learn.

Plus: Joe Biden has a challenger and Nikki Haley is on the rise.

The legal case against the president’s son heats up.

House Republicans want a long-overdue update to the Higher Education Act, but they favor a piecemeal approach, starting with how colleges report foreign gifts and contracts. The U.S. House’s education committee is moving forward with a piecemeal approach to updating the Higher Education Act of 1965—a massive piece of legislation that governs federal financial aid programs and a range of other policies but hasn’t been reauthorized since 2008.

The system, with 250,000 students, has teamed up with microcredential provider Coursera in its largest partnership yet, which will get students credentialed by tech giants including Meta, IBM and Google. As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. And now going big applies to microcredentials. The University of Texas system, spanning nine campuses with roughly 250,000 students, is expanding its partnership with microcredential provider Coursera. The initiative announced last month is Cour...

Las Vegas(KLAS)-Dr. Frederick Hess is the founding Senior Fellow of the Leadership Institute of Nevada and the author of “The Great School Rethink.” He joined Las Vegas Now to talk about how to prepare leaders to design and implement successful solutions to today’s many education challenges.