OPINION: Young men are increasingly lonely, isolated and reading less

Young men in America today are feeling lonely and socially isolated. They are not going to college, entering the workplace or going on dates as often as young men did in prior generations. In my ...

Posted 2025-10-28 05:00:00

‘The clock is ticking’: Shutdown imperils food, child care for many

For families in more than a hundred Head Start programs across the country, November could mark the beginning of some hard decisions. On Saturday, 134 Head Start centers serving 58,400 children ...

Posted 2025-10-30 14:51:00

We’re testing preschoolers for giftedness. Experts say that doesn’t work

When I was a kindergartner in the 1980s, the “gifted” programming for my class could be found inside of a chest.  I don’t know what toys and learning materials lived there, since I ...

Posted 2025-10-31 05:00:00

Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families

The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August.  Hess, who runs an infant and toddler care program in Conway, Arkansas, heard that the teen moms she serves were having trouble ...

Posted 2025-11-01 05:00:00

What research says about Mamdani and Cuomo’s education proposals

New York City, where I live, will elect a new mayor Tuesday, Nov. 4. The two front runners — state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an ...

Posted 2025-11-03 11:00:00

OPINION: The new AI tools are fast but can’t replace the judgment, care and cultural knowledge teachers bring to the table

The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We invited students to ...

Posted 2025-11-04 06:00:00

Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

LA JOLLA, Calif. — On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the University of California, San Diego, were heading to classes that, at least on paper, seemed to have very little to do ...

Posted 2025-11-05 06:00:00

Students worried about getting jobs are adding extra majors

After he graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Drew Wesson hopes to begin a career in strategic communication, a field with higher-than-average job growth and earnings. One year ...

Posted 2025-11-05 06:00:00

Federal policies risk worsening an already dire rural teacher shortage

HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. — When Ivy McFarland first traveled from her native Honduras to teach elementary Spanish in North Carolina, she spent a week in Chapel Hill for orientation. By the end of ...

Posted 2025-11-07 06:00:00