Twitter chaos, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and more news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project for teachers and everybody else.
By Valerie StraussDisrupting disruption: How 3 school districts improved with steady work
The success of these deceptively ordinary districts offers a template to other school systems.
By Valerie StraussKaty Perry’s eye, zombie rumors and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussHow a faulty understanding of college admissions hurts affirmative action
A case for why race-based affirmative action still matters for colleges and universities at a time when the Supreme Court could end it.
By Valerie StraussA ‘Texas miracle’ brought us No Child Left Behind. Here’s a new one.
Researchers do a deep dive into the jump in a Texas school district's grade assigned by the state. Is it deserved?
By Valerie StraussDid we need NAEP to tell us students aren’t doing well?
What the scores do and don't tell us.
By Valerie StraussNo, Eagles fans didn’t loudly boo Jill Biden — and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussHow to diversify America’s teaching corps
No single approach will work, a new report says, but here's what will.
By Valerie StraussA bogus claim about the 2022 World Cup and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project — for students of all ages.
By Valerie StraussChallenges that young immigrants face with U.S. public schools
They start even before the children sit down in a classroom.
By Valerie StraussHow to teach in a political firestorm
For educators, from one of their own.
By Valerie StraussSeeing through conspiracy theories and other news literacy lessons
From the News Literacy Project.
By Valerie StraussAudit of charter school program finds big problems
Around half of all charter schools that grantees promised to open never did. There are other findings, as well.
By Valerie StraussA deep dive into HBCUs, college rankings and exclusion
A new look at why historically Black colleges and universities don't do well on college rankings.
By Valerie StraussDetecting impostor content on social media and other news literacy lessons
Here is an autumn installment of a weekly feature that has been running for several years.
By Valerie StraussWhy U.S. News may have to rethink how it creates college rankings
The Carnegie Classifications — a key tool the magazine uses to assemble its famous rankings is going under major revision.
By Valerie StraussWhy one-size-fits-all metrics for evaluating schools must go
Data-driven accountability has failed to achieve any of the goals supporters have championed.
By Valerie StraussTeacher ‘pay penalty’ hits new high
A new report compares teacher pay to other college graduates — and the news isn't good for educators. See results for each state.
By Valerie StraussHarvard flunks in this college ranking system
If higher education's goal is to lift students up the socioeconomic ladder, Harvard is a fourth-tier institution. Here's a different kind of college ranking.
By Valerie Strauss