Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of educational standards to teach in schools. Despite being recommended by the federal government, these standards are in...
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Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of educational standards to teach in schools. Despite being recommended by the federal government, these standards are in...
Earlier this month, students and teachers from the suburban Jefferson County, Colorado received national media coverage after skipping school to protest potential changes to the AP U.S. History courses offered at their schools. The school board had...
Earlier this month, students and teachers from the suburban Jefferson County, Colorado received national media coverage after skipping school to protest potential changes to the AP U.S. History courses offered at their schools. The school board had...
South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...
South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...
On November 8, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA) into law. A key legislative pillar of his Great Society agenda, the HEA has since become a cornerstone of federal education policy. The law was originally intended to be res...
On November 8, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA) into law. A key legislative pillar of his Great Society agenda, the HEA has since become a cornerstone of federal education policy. The law was originally intended to be res...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
Gregory Mankiw, chair of Harvard’s Department of Economics, talks to Brown Political Review’s Omar Ben Halim. Mankiw previously chaired the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush and advised Mitt Romney’s 2012 pres...
Gregory Mankiw, chair of Harvard’s Department of Economics, talks to Brown Political Review’s Omar Ben Halim. Mankiw previously chaired the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush and advised Mitt Romney’s 2012 pres...
Jack Markell ’82, currently serving his second term as governor of Delaware, talks to Brown Political Review’s Henry Knight. Markell is a former chair of the Democratic Governor’s Association, and concentrated in economics and devel...
Jack Markell ’82, currently serving his second term as governor of Delaware, talks to Brown Political Review’s Henry Knight. Markell is a former chair of the Democratic Governor’s Association, and concentrated in economics and devel...
Aaron Regunberg ’12, a community organizer in Providence, talks to Brown Political Review’s Omar Ben Halim. Regunberg is the Executive Director of Hope United, a student-led organization at Hope High School aimed at organizing social progr...
Aaron Regunberg ’12, a community organizer in Providence, talks to Brown Political Review’s Omar Ben Halim. Regunberg is the Executive Director of Hope United, a student-led organization at Hope High School aimed at organizing social progr...
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...
Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about life under the Taliban. Last year, this sixteen year old Pakistani girl was shot in the head on a school bus b...
Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about life under the Taliban. Last year, this sixteen year old Pakistani girl was shot in the head on a school bus b...
Outcome-Based Education. No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. These ambitious government programs aim at making students better at completing tests, holding teachers accountable for classroom performance and (hopefully) producing better educated ci...
Outcome-Based Education. No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. These ambitious government programs aim at making students better at completing tests, holding teachers accountable for classroom performance and (hopefully) producing better educated ci...
Reading the New York Times piece on gender relations at Harvard Business School should be encouraging, but I don’t blame you if it reminds you of trying to empty the Pacific Ocean with a dixie cup. The fact is, HBS’s new gender equality i...
Reading the New York Times piece on gender relations at Harvard Business School should be encouraging, but I don’t blame you if it reminds you of trying to empty the Pacific Ocean with a dixie cup. The fact is, HBS’s new gender equality i...