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• Select Teaching about Slavery: "Asking how to teach about slavery is a little like asking why we teach at all".

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  Teaching about Slavery: "Asking how to teach about slavery is a little like asking why we teach at all".

  From:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022476 words Article 1400LBOTH RACE in the classroom and the New York Times's 1619 Project have been the subject of recent state legislative efforts, heated debate, and extensive press coverage, both at Education Next (see, for example, "Critical...
• Select Nation's Report Card to Shine Spotlight on Pandemic-Related Learning Loss: Governing Board responds to testing schedule disruptions with a plan.

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  Nation's Report Card to Shine Spotlight on Pandemic-Related Learning Loss: Governing Board responds to testing schedule disruptions with a plan.

  From:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022586 words Article 1330LTHE FULL EXTENT of Covid-19's impact on student learning remains unknown, in part because the pandemic disrupted not just schooling but also the assessment systems used to monitor student progress. Annual tests were...
• Select "The Only Way We'll Have Economic Development in Some Parts of the World Is to Improve the Schools": Yidan Prize winner Eric Hanushek on human capital.

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  "The Only Way We'll Have Economic Development in Some Parts of the World Is to Improve the Schools": Yidan Prize winner Eric Hanushek on human capital.

  From:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,527 words Interview 1220LERIC HANUSHEK, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a longtime Education Next contributor, is the 2021 recipient of the Yidan Foundation Prize for Education Research. The prize honors...
• Select The Ripple Effect: How private-school choice programs boost competition and benefit public-school students.

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  The Ripple Effect: How private-school choice programs boost competition and benefit public-school students.

  Authors:David N. Figlio, Cassandra M.D. Hart, and Krzysztof KarbownikFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20222,990 words Article 1530LADVOCATES FOR TAXPAYER-FUNDED schoolchoice programs cite the potential of market competition to spur educational improvement and promote equity for low-income students. When public schools don't have to compete for...
• Select Inspire a Reverence for Liberty by Teaching the Full Story of American Slavery.

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  Inspire a Reverence for Liberty by Teaching the Full Story of American Slavery.

  Author:Ian V. RoweFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022821 words Article 1630LON SEPTEMBER 12, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the request of the New York Civil War Commission at the Centennial Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. In his remarks in New York City, King emphasized...
• Select Teaching "the Antislavery Project".

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  Teaching "the Antislavery Project".

  Author:Allen C. GuelzoFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022853 words Article 1540LIN 2018, HARVARD'S DONALD YACOVONE published in the Chronicle of Higher Education a review of 3,000 American-history textbooks stretching back into the 19th century. He was looking particularly for how these textbooks...
• Select A Light in the Bureaucratic Darkness: Can "sludge audits" or a presidential order ease the paperwork load?

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  A Light in the Bureaucratic Darkness: Can "sludge audits" or a presidential order ease the paperwork load?

  Author:Philip K. HowardFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,789 words Book review 1180LSludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It by Cass R. Sunstein MIT Press, 2021, $41.99; 168 pages. As reviewed by Philip K. Howard NO ONE LIKES BUREAUCRACY. Indeed, every winning...
• Select The Merits of Meritocracy: Does it expand opportunity or entrench privilege?

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  The Merits of Meritocracy: Does it expand opportunity or entrench privilege?

  Author:Jay P. GreeneFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20222,229 words Book review 1380LThe Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020, $28; 288 pages The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World By Adrian Wooldridge...
• Select Hunger for Stability Quells Appetite for Change: Results of the 2021 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion.

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  Hunger for Stability Quells Appetite for Change: Results of the 2021 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion.

  Authors:Michael B. Henderson, David M. Houston, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. WestFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20226,952 words Article 1370LCALAMITIES OFTEN DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO. After the influenza pandemic that began during World War I and lasted two years, many Europeans turned to socialism, fascism, and Bolshevism. In the United States, the Wall Street...
• Select Truth and Empowerment: A framework for teaching about enslavement.

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  Truth and Empowerment: A framework for teaching about enslavement.

  Authors:Adrienne Stang and Danielle AllenFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022837 words Article 1310LTEACHERS OF U.S. HISTORY should aspire to engage students in history and civic learning that honestly represents the wrongs of our national past, without pulling us into cynicism--and that is equally truthful about our...
• Select Understanding the "Many Degrees" of American Slavery.

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  Understanding the "Many Degrees" of American Slavery.

  Author:Daina Ramey BerryFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,188 words Article 1230L"I would rather die the death of the righteous than he a slave" --STEPHEN PEMBROKE STEPHEN PEMBROKE ATTEMPTED to liberate himself from a Maryland plantation in the 1850s with his teenaged sons, Robert and Jacob....
• Select Confronting the New Lost Cause by Teaching Slavery in Context.

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  Confronting the New Lost Cause by Teaching Slavery in Context.

  Author:Robert MarantoFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 2022971 words Article 1410LWE CANNOT TAKE THE POLITICS out of public schools, because decisions about what to teach and what to leave out are inherently political. Social-studies curricula seem the most political of all, since they lack the...
• Select Lower Bars, Higher College GPAs: How grade inflation is boosting college graduation rates.

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  Lower Bars, Higher College GPAs: How grade inflation is boosting college graduation rates.

  Authors:Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, Kevin J. Mumford, Richard W. Patterson, and Merrill WarnickFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20223,229 words Article 1450LCOLLEGE ADMISSIONS easily capture the public's interest, and rising rates of high-school graduation and postsecondary enrollment are typically met with applause. But what matters most is whether students who go to...
• Select "Wake Up the Sleeper".

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  "Wake Up the Sleeper".

  Author:David W. BlightFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,049 words Article 1310LIN HIS LONGFORM MASTERPIECE of an autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), Frederick Douglass, the former slave turned internationally famed orator and writer, draws his reader in with a remembrance of a child's...
• Select College Athletes Cash In: How new branding rights are upending sports on campus.

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  College Athletes Cash In: How new branding rights are upending sports on campus.

  Author:Andrew PerloffFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20224,737 words Article 1240LEVERY YEAR ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, promising young football players from across the country descend on Santa Monica, California, for a prestigious two-day training camp known as "the QB Retreat." Quarterbacks from elite...
• Select Some Pods Will Outlast the Pandemic: Students, parents say they appreciate the support.

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  Some Pods Will Outlast the Pandemic: Students, parents say they appreciate the support.

  Author:Michael B. HornFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,593 words Article 1420LIN A HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM in Newton, Massachusetts, nine children seated at three tables configured in a U-shape are each working on their own online lesson. After their 25-minute "Pomodoro" cycle--a timemanagement...
• Select Supreme Court Signals Strong Concern in Cheerleader Free-Speech Case: But stops short of a clear rule on students' off-campus speech.

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  Supreme Court Signals Strong Concern in Cheerleader Free-Speech Case: But stops short of a clear rule on students' off-campus speech.

  Author:Joshua DunnFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,011 words Article 1590LIN JUNE 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided its muchanticipated student speech case, Mahanoy v. B.L. Those looking for the court to announce a bright-line rule on whether schools can punish students' off-campus and...
• Select The Quest for an "Automatic Teacher": A compelling narrative marred by flawed commentary.

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  The Quest for an "Automatic Teacher": A compelling narrative marred by flawed commentary.

  Author:Michael B. HornFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20221,443 words Book review 1430LTeaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning by Audrey Watters 2021, MIT Press, $34.95; 328 pages. As reviewed by Michael B. Horn FOR NEARLY A DECADE, Audrey Watters has cast herself as a snarky and...
• Select Parent Poll Reveals Support for School Covid-Safety Measures Despite Vaccine Hesitancy, Partisan Polarization: Private-school parents report less learning loss, greater satisfaction with pandemic schooling.

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  Parent Poll Reveals Support for School Covid-Safety Measures Despite Vaccine Hesitancy, Partisan Polarization: Private-school parents report less learning loss, greater satisfaction with pandemic schooling.

  Authors:Michael B. Henderson, David M. Houston, Paul E. Peterson, and Martin R. WestFrom:Education Next (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Wntr 20223,324 words Article 1390LTHE 15TH ANNUAL EDUCATION NEXT SURVEY, conducted in June 2021, yields a host of specific results that reveal one large fact about the current state of public opinion on American education: The public is...