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Education
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August 17, 2015
What College Students Care About
Room for Debate asked college students: What is the most important issue to you in the 2016 presidential election?
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May 20, 2015
The Benefits and Pressures of Being a Young Genius
Is being a child prodigy more of a blessing or a curse?
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May 7, 2015
Shady Schools, Serious Debt
Who deserves student loan forgiveness when for-profit colleges close or are accused of fraud?
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May 4, 2015
Is Testing Students the Answer to America’s Education Woes?
Opinions on testing public schools students as a way to measure progress and as an accounting tool are varied, but are these …
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April 28, 2015
Sex Ed in an App?
What is the best way to get crucial sex-ed and health information to young people today?
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March 31, 2015
Finding Acceptance
What can selective colleges and universities do to improve the admissions process?
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March 26, 2015
Is Improving Schools All About Money?
Is spending more on education the best way to improve schools?
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March 3, 2015
What Makes a Good Teacher
As American students lag behind their peers in other countries, how can the U.S. ensure and improve the quality of school instruction?
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February 3, 2015
What Would It Mean to ‘Fix’ No Child Left Behind?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is up for reauthorization. What is and isn't working?
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January 19, 2015
Sis Boom Bah Global U. Rah, Rah, Rah
Are global universities hurting or helping American higher education?
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December 10, 2014
Keeping Only the Best Behaved
Are charter schools, with their high rates of suspension and expulsion, cherry-picking students?
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November 12, 2014
Whose Work Is Homework?
Should parents help their children with homework? Or do they end up doing more harm than good?
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November 4, 2014
Bake Sales and Inequality
Fund-raising is useful for public schools, but does is it give better-off families an advantage?
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October 28, 2014
Bullies Outside the Classroom
Should schools regulate the off-campus, online behavior of their students?
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October 21, 2014
Who Needs Football?
Should high schools eliminate competitive athletic teams?
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September 24, 2014
Big Data in the Classroom
Is the information collected from school software an invasion of student privacy?
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September 17, 2014
Getting Pay and Credit for a Legal Education
Should law students be able to get compensation for internships that count toward graduation?
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September 11, 2014
How to Diversify Teaching
What can be done to make a career in education more attractive to men and people of color?
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July 2, 2014
The Right Approach to Reading Instruction
Should schools use the student-centered balanced literacy program to teach reading, or require closer instruction by teachers?
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June 23, 2014
Lofty Salaries in the Ivory Towers
Are university presidents overpaid, or does the compensation appropriately reflect their wide range of management, recruitment and fund-raising duties?
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June 11, 2014
Does Tenure Protect Bad Teachers or Good Schools?
Do job protections prevent bad faculty from being removed or do they provide for greater stability in a demanding, low-paid profession?
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June 3, 2014
Segregation by Ability
Should public schools track students into gifted education programs?
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May 27, 2014
Should the Government Grade Colleges?
Should the government rate colleges to hold them accountable for graduation rates, student debt and access for the poor and minorities?
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May 14, 2014
Nitpicking a Lousy Policy
Should students with head lice stay in school or get sent home?
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May 12, 2014
Computing in the Classroom
Should coding be part of the elementary school curriculum?
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March 31, 2014
Should Parents Opt Out of Testing?
When Mom and Dad, not teachers and principals, tell their children to put down their pencils.
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March 10, 2014
Can Writing Be Assessed?
The SAT is making the essay component of the college admissions exam optional. Is this a sign that writing can't be properly …
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February 9, 2014
Do Parents Care Enough About School?
Is parent pressure the key to improving failing schools or by demanding that pressure are educators shifting responsibility to parents who are …
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February 5, 2014
Virtual School on Snow Days
Should more schools institute virtual learning on snow days?
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January 26, 2014
Who Should Be Invited to the State of the Union?
To highlight certain priorities, the president invites a few guests each year to sit in the viewing gallery. Experts and readers can …
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