Education
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The Importance of Environmental Education in America
While controversial, environmental education can provide important benefits.
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How Can We Fix Racial Segregation In American Schools?
Why is school segregation still a problem?
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Calling in Sick: The Problems with Detroit Public Schools
Public schools in Detroit and across the country face some big challenges.
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What are the Candidates’ Higher Education Plans Post-Obama?
Explore the current candidates' plans for college students.
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Title IX: More Than Just Sports
The statute's becoming an increasingly important tool to prevent sexual assault.
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Tuition-Free Education: Presidential Candidates Weigh In
This will keep coming up in the 2016 race.
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Graduating From “No Child Left Behind”
This holiday season is bringing much more than gifts and cheer for children as the Every Student Succeeds Act...
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Teach for America Expands to West Virginia: Potential Pitfalls and Alternatives
Is TFA's expansion into West Virginia a good thing?
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Professor in Name Only: Teaching Without Tenure in American Universities
Why do we have more adjunct professors?
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LGBTQ College Students: Legal Hurdles and Rights
What issues do LGBTQ college students face, and how can we combat them?
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School Art Programs: Should They Be Saved?
Are they worth the cost?
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Phys Ed in Schools: Improving Health or Breeding Bullying?
Studies show a mixed bag when it comes to the benefits of mandatory phys ed in schools.
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Should Parents Pay the Price if Their Children Skip School?
Harsh truancy laws can land parents in jail when their kids skip school.
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Gifted and Talented Programs: Are They Reaching All Qualified Students?
Gifted and talented programs aren't offered in many urban school districts where students would benefit.
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Common Core: A Solution to America’s Education Problems?
Everything you need to know about the controversial new education standards.
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Obama’s College Rating System: Will it Fix Our Higher Education Problems?
The Obama Administration's plan to rank colleges hopes to fix our higher education problems.
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Bullying in Schools: Who Gets the Blame?
Bullying is a big issue. When it happens, whose fault is it?
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No Child Left Behind: Where is it Now?
Now 12 years old, No Child Left Behind has been largely panned as ineffective at reaching its goal of...
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Does Greek Life Serve a Purpose on Today’s College Campus?
With all the headlines recently about hazing and sexual assault, what is the value of Greek life on college...
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School Dress Codes: Are Yoga Pants Really the Problem?
Now teachers police yoga pants as part of the dress code. What message does this send to students?
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School Vouchers: Are They Worth It?
If there's one thing most Americans can agree on it's that our education system is in dismal shape. A...
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Affirmative Action Laws: A History of Political Controversy
In our increasingly diverse society, one debate that's pretty common to hear floating around is about "affirmative action." Particularly...
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Just a DREAM? In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Should these young people receive in-state college tuition?
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Making the Grade? MBA Programs and Grade Non-Disclosure Policies
Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs around the country cultivate today's students to become the pilots of economics and...
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Teachers and Tenure: An Outdated System?
Tenure was originally created as a protection for teachers. In more recent times however, critics have grown concerned that...
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Snowmen or Textbooks: The Debate Over Virtual Snow Days
Students have always loved snow days as an excuse to play in the snow and forget about their schoolwork,...
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Character Education on the Public School Agenda
What is character education, and what is it doing in our public schools?
