This piece was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. “We’re on the verge of a fiscal cliff,” said Maribeth Calabro, t...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
This past summer, the “unschooling” trend took TikTok by storm, with videos of parents describing their various methodologies garnering millions of views. A lesson- and curriculum-free homeschooling style that claims to ensure a child’s educati...
As the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the world by storm in late 2022, debates arose about the implications of work produced or assisted by artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly for students. ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that produces conversat...
As the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the world by storm in late 2022, debates arose about the implications of work produced or assisted by artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly for students. ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that produces conversat...
Last year, Governor Bill Lee unveiled a plan for Hillsdale College, a small conservative college in Michigan, to open up to 50 charter schools in Tennessee using $32 million in public funds. Part of a larger push by Republican lawmakers across the co...
Last year, Governor Bill Lee unveiled a plan for Hillsdale College, a small conservative college in Michigan, to open up to 50 charter schools in Tennessee using $32 million in public funds. Part of a larger push by Republican lawmakers across the co...
For educators, bibliophiles, and parents alike, there are few things more devastating than hidden and empty bookshelves in elementary school classrooms. In Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, books intended to be devoured by young students, created as...
For educators, bibliophiles, and parents alike, there are few things more devastating than hidden and empty bookshelves in elementary school classrooms. In Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, books intended to be devoured by young students, created as...
Money and race divide Brown students into cliques. Brown promised us upon admission that we would connect with individuals of various backgrounds; however, merely placing us on the same campus and expecting us to intentionally seek out people of diff...
Money and race divide Brown students into cliques. Brown promised us upon admission that we would connect with individuals of various backgrounds; however, merely placing us on the same campus and expecting us to intentionally seek out people of diff...
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. It is one of California’s highest-performing public schools, with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for college, and it ha...
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. It is one of California’s highest-performing public schools, with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for college, and it ha...
[CW: This article contains mentions of self-harm/suicide and sexual violence.] “Adults don’t get all the pressure that teenage girls have to deal with, from appearance to the way they act to how smart they are, to the things they do. It can be ve...
[CW: This article contains mentions of self-harm/suicide and sexual violence.] “Adults don’t get all the pressure that teenage girls have to deal with, from appearance to the way they act to how smart they are, to the things they do. It can be ve...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
The Supreme Court is poised to rule that affirmative action is unconstitutional when it hears cases this fall. If the Court makes such a ruling, colleges and universities should seize the opportunity to institute comprehensive admissions reform. Affi...
The Supreme Court is poised to rule that affirmative action is unconstitutional when it hears cases this fall. If the Court makes such a ruling, colleges and universities should seize the opportunity to institute comprehensive admissions reform. Affi...
The last Supreme Court session resulted in numerous 6-3 decisions in which the conversative majority consistently contradicted precedents. While the most outrage was directed at the high-profile decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, there were two other case...
The last Supreme Court session resulted in numerous 6-3 decisions in which the conversative majority consistently contradicted precedents. While the most outrage was directed at the high-profile decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, there were two other case...
The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy. With abortion made illegal in many states accross the nation, many have argued that American teens need mor...
The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy. With abortion made illegal in many states accross the nation, many have argued that American teens need mor...
In the early 1970s, Allan Bakke was rejected twice by the University of California Davis School of Medicine. Bakke sued the university, claiming he was rejected because he was white. At the time, the medical school reserved 16 out of 100 spots in eac...
In the early 1970s, Allan Bakke was rejected twice by the University of California Davis School of Medicine. Bakke sued the university, claiming he was rejected because he was white. At the time, the medical school reserved 16 out of 100 spots in eac...
Children are unfortunately exceptionally effective political pawns. According to the 2020 US Census, there are 63 million Americans with children under 18 living in their households. These Americans are a powerful voting bloc whose fierce nurturing i...
Children are unfortunately exceptionally effective political pawns. According to the 2020 US Census, there are 63 million Americans with children under 18 living in their households. These Americans are a powerful voting bloc whose fierce nurturing i...