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In my career as an arts educator and school administrator, I have met countless families whose children are excited to embark on a college education focused on filmmaking or acting. The parents are often less excited than their children, however: They seem both apprehensive and determined to steer their children to more “practical” pursuits. Given […]

Opinion

OPINION: Parents should be not freaked out when their kids want to pursue an arts education

OPINION: Teachers had ideas for improving education after the pandemic. We failed to listen

STUDENT VOICE: Colleges and universities must do far more to support transfer students

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S.

OPINION: I’d love to predict what a Kamala Harris presidency might mean for education, but we don’t have enough information

OPINION: Schools are still struggling post-pandemic, but surprising success stories give us hope

TEACHER VOICE: Here’s why teachers should help students develop logic and reasoning skills early on

OPINION: A year after the Supreme Court’s historic affirmative action ruling, MIT’s drop in student diversity provides a cautionary tale

OPINION: Schools need more ways of knowing if AI and ed tech tools are working

OPINION: It’s finally time to put pandemic excuses behind us and hold students to higher standards