“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.” So wrote a high school student from ...

When nearly 40% of high school graduates from the wealthiest nation in the world don’t pursue college, the question arises: What are we doing to ensure that education is a right for all, not a ...

Though Americans are coming to grips with the impact of artificial intelligence on their lives, there’s still a significant amount of distrust. A 2025 PDK Poll, an annual survey of American attitudes ...

The Trump administration's unprecedented control over American universities has led to sweeping changes in rules, culture, ...

Federal education policy has seen a lot of changes in the past six months since President Trump's inauguration. There's the Department of Education itself, which Trump has vowed to close. (SOUNDBITE ...

America’s four-year colleges and universities have lost their way. Public trust in these institutions has plunged as their commitment to free inquiry and robust dialogue has come into question. They ...

Republicans and Democrats across the country can seem hopelessly divided these days. But there is a path to common ground in a cause with proven bipartisan appeal: education reform. We recognize that ...

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For more than 40 years, education in America has been bouncing from one reform to another, driven by political ideologies, competing interests, and changing trends. From the No Child Left Behind Act ...

Northeastern University’s president Joseph Aoun has some tough words for higher education in America. Having authored books like Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence ...

NMAHMAI copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Ideology, tools, and perspective -- What is eugenics? -- Fear of the "other" -- The dilution ...