Education Top Ten

Two simple ideas—that teachers, citizens and parents working together can create better programs and instruction tailored to the needs of kids than large, amorphous, unaccountable bureaucracies, and that parents with diverse offerings would serve their children best—are still transformative. from Forbes Education

Teaching kids about money at a young age is important. It will set them up to be independent, financially savvy, and prepared in case of an emergency. Thankfully, there are some fun and simple ways to teach your kids all about the dollar. from Forbes Education

Are You Watching Your State Lawmaker Elections? Here's Why You Should Millions of dollars are flowing into state legislative races. Redistricting and the coronavirus are expected to be top of the policy agenda in 2021 and party control could mean everything. Read more on NPR

More than 100 tenure and tenure-track faculty members at five public universities in Pennsylvania were notified they would be losing their jobs, effective at the end of the current academic year. from Forbes Education

Virtual Education Is Impacting College Students' Access To Voting College students who are studying remotely can vote in the state where their college is located. But this is controversial in some places, and students are organizing. Read more on NPR

Anxious About The Election? Your Kids Can Tell. Here's How To Talk About It Here's a primer from our Life Kit parenting team. Read more on NPR

The actress best known for Full House pled guilty in May. from Forbes Education

Learning design should be centered around the broader aims of what students can achieve and how they can solve the biggest problems facing society. from Forbes Education

A United Nations special rapporteur has condemned the use of solitary confinement in prisons as a form of torture, but it is still used to punish students in schools. from Forbes Education

Nineteen universities have been selected to join the third cohort in an NSF-funded project to develop inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring and retention in STEM disciplines. from Forbes Education

Bay Area-based Girls Garage is an architecture and design education organization that teaches female youths woodshop, metalshop, printmaking, art and design skills that ultimately allow them to physically build full-scale structures that support their own communities. from Forbes Education

Scores on national reading and math tests for 12th-graders look bad—and they’re even worse than they appear. from Forbes Education

Students were required to salute the statue of Jackson until a few years ago. from Forbes Education

“We see this moment as an opportunity to build equity. This is the time for progress to be made.” from Forbes Education

Andrew Marantz: What Happens When Fringe Conspiracy Theories Become Mainstream? For the past few years, journalist Andrew Marantz has been embedded in the world of far-right extremists online. He explains how once-fringe conspiracy theories migrated into the national discourse. Read more on NPR

With Many Campuses Closed, Will College Students Turn Out To Vote? People ages 18 to 29 are turning out in record-breaking numbers for early voting. But will pandemic-related disruptions to campus life affect student voter turnout on Election Day? Read more on NPR

Homecomings Go Virtual At Historically Black Colleges And Universities Homecoming is the party of the year at historically Black colleges and universities, but the pandemic has canceled many events. We go to North Carolina A&T to see how virtual celebrations are going. Read more on NPR

The Social Change Fund's Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade collaborate with Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra bringing wellbeing and self-care to teachers across the U.S. from Forbes Education

Neither President Donald Trump nor former Vice President Joe Biden truly discussed education during the debates. Neither did their running mates. And what’s more, both candidates have mischaracterized public charter schools in speeches during the election. That’s unfortunate. from Forbes Education

Co-ops, internships and even independent research give students the opportunity to develop the skills robots don’t have. from Forbes Education

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling A new report finds the return to education has been much slower in the world's poorer countries. Read more on NPR

Falwell claims the religious university set out to “tarnish, minimize, and outright destroy” his family’s legacy and reputation. from Forbes Education

As special interests and policymakers bicker about how and whether to even open schools or improve their virtual capacity to teach, we can only imagine the relative achievement of our students coming out of a major lack of education during these many months. from Forbes Education

Of all the areas of life where artificial intelligence will have an impact, the biggest might well be education. from Forbes Education

In order to have a democracy we need to be able to agree on the same set of facts, and in health and science at present that seems more important than ever. from Forbes Education

Elections can set the stage for layered lessons in democracy, history, geography, math and more. from Forbes Education

As this year has stretched on, digital learning is showing up as one of the critical resources during the pandemic. And it’s not showing any signs of slowing down. What do we do to get the most out of this resource? from Forbes Education

Digital learning days are viable options for students but not when weather causes mass power outages. from Forbes Education

Unconscious bias training facilitates an individual through a personal journey of self-reflection and analysis that can lead to a shift in thinking – a shift that makes space for embracing difference. But only if practitioners have the freedom to use it. from Forbes Education

The U.K. is the only major country to base university admissions on predicted - rather than actual - grades, a system whose frailties were brutally exposed during the coronavirus pandemic. from Forbes Education

This week there’s a new chapter in the long saga of Betsy DeVos’s fight against loan forgiveness for students bilked by fraudulent for-profit colleges. from Forbes Education

Newly released 12th-grade NAEP scores show disappointing declines in math and reading skills prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data and lessons learned this year, we can all work together to support these students in leaving high school college and career ready. from Forbes Education

Edlyft is a support platform and program helping college students and adult learners through their STEM courses, by connecting them to inclusive mentorship, online group tutoring, and personalized study tools. from Forbes Education

Federal student loan payments are currently suspended through December 31st. Some want debt cancellation, but many would be happy with an extension of the payment pause. from Forbes Education

The pandemic has revealed again how sharply divided Republicans and Democrats are about higher education. But it also shows that colleges and universities have a lot of work to do to regain the trust of the public in general. from Forbes Education

Black college students move collectively through the spatial boundaries of exclusion to imagine, co-create, and experience new places of expression and new sites of possibility. from Forbes Education

The choice between mental health and physical health during the pandemic is likely a false dichotomy for children's education. There are models and schools, like Bode Miller's new partnership with ICL Academy, that bring online education, in-person activity and civic engagement together. from Forbes Education

Congress should carefully assess what schools need and then be sure to give them the dollars they require. But it’s not too much to ask that educational leaders demonstrate that they’re spending funds wisely and well. from Forbes Education

This article highlights five ways this year’s national and local elections could affect the college admission process. from Forbes Education

Transfers from community colleges to four-year institutions increased by 2.6% in the first fall semester of the pandemic. Other types of transfer were down, however, confounding some expectations about how the pandemic would affect student mobility between institutions. from Forbes Education

Outbreaks of Covid-19 are growing at major universities and their respective hometowns are getting hurt as well. from Forbes Education

Manchester United and England star Marcus Rashford has proved a doughty campaigner, much to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's embarrassment. from Forbes Education

VMI Superintendent Steps Down Amid Allegations Of Structural Racism Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III resigned on Monday amid allegations that the school's culture was hostile to Black cadets. The state is now investigating "structural racism" at VMI. Read more on NPR

Curiosity might be the most important disposition of the new age. Unlocking curiosity may the key to innovating. from Forbes Education

Do yourself, your parents, and your school counselor a favor and plan ahead. Waiting until the last minute will create stress for everyone and could lead to a final application that does not represent your best work or self. from Forbes Education

On balance people are moving out of states with our best universities, which are also places with high income inequality? Why? from Forbes Education

The College Board’s Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2020 gives students and families a source they can use to determine the average costs of attending a two-year college, a four-year public university, or a private, not-for-profit four year institution. from Forbes Education

Colleges Turn To Wastewater Testing In An Effort To Flush Out The Coronavirus Wastewater offers an ideal testing opportunity for colleges: People often poop where they live; colleges know who lives in each dorm; and testing wastewater is a cheaper way to monitor virus spread. Read more on NPR

Colleges and universities are announcing their plans for the Spring 2021 semester. With few planning changes from their fall operations, the coming semester provides opportunities for assessment, adaptation, extension of their reach to new students, and having greater impact in their communities. from Forbes Education

'Peace Academy' Graduates Are Trained To Break Cycle Of Street Violence NPR's Michel Martin talks with Troy Harden, lead curriculum developer for the Metropolitan Peace Academy in Chicago, and Tyree Head, a recent graduate of the street outreach training program. Read more on NPR

How these entrepreneurs used education, creativity, and innovation to pivot their businesses among the Pandemic. from Forbes Education

Virginia High School Senior Reflects On His School Year During The Pandemic NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Nathan Onibudo student representative to the Fairfax County, Va., school board, about the school year and the pandemic. Read more on NPR

I’ve studied the tensions as we move from an age of standardization (where we’re told what to do and how to do it) to an age of personalization (where we can influence the success of our organizations in our own ways). How does Higher Education stay true to their past yet evolve to meet the future? from Forbes Education

University Of Texas Students Call For Removal Of Song Steeped In Racist History The University of Texas band plans to boycott today's football game against Baylor. The song the Longhorn band usually plays, Eyes OF Texas, has racist roots that are fracturing the campus. Read more on NPR

Are Lockdowns At Colleges Working? As colleges across the country see rising coronavirus rates, many campuses have gone into lockdown. Are these lockdowns effective at stopping the spread of the virus? Read more on NPR

Stanford research shows an improvement in kids' self-efficacy (confidence in their ability to tackle new tasks) when learning with VR. Can new developers and decreasing costs help to make VR learning a viable option? from Forbes Education

America's School Funding Crisis: Budget Cuts, Rising Costs And No Help In Sight Budget cuts + rising pandemic costs + zero federal relief = a school funding crisis. Read more on NPR

Higher education is once again having a banner year in terms of donations of $100 million or more, the new standard for defining the mega-gift. But this year may also be seeing a shift in these gifts toward institutions that are serving more diverse and financially needy students. from Forbes Education

This week, teachers all over the country have been sharing tales of teaching that most difficult of subjects—writing. So many of them are addressing the great underlying question—why is it so hard to teach people to write well? from Forbes Education

As the public continues to lose faith in institutions of higher education, and with student loan debt continuing to skyrocket, the return on investment of a baccalaureate degree is under more scrutiny that ever. from Forbes Education

A Rising Number Of U.S. Children Have The Option Of In-Person School By Election Day, more than 60% of public school students will be attending schools that offer in-person learning at least a few days a week, an updated tracker finds. Read more on NPR

Though the public school response to Covid-19 may make sense from a public health perspective, the measures being taken are dramatically reducing the quality of public education and therefore the opt-out movement—whose most famous figurehead is Betsy DeVos—is thriving at the expense of democracy. from Forbes Education

I want to shed light on the more blatant meddling that has long been conspicuously contrived in the culture of college admission—commercial rankings. from Forbes Education

Like millions of American parents this fall, my wife and I decided to homeschool our children this fall. This is the story of why and how we made that decision. from Forbes Education

Ishana Kumar, 12, Wins Top Award For Research Into 'Imaginary Colors' There is a winner in one of the country's biggest middle school science competitions: the Broadcom MASTERS. Ishana Kumar looked into how retinal fatigue may play a role in seeing "imaginary colors." Read more on NPR

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