Category: Education

What can you learn from your connections on social media? AlesiaKan/shutterstock.com Take a close look at your Facebook friends. Some of your friends are also friends with each other, while others are not. It’s quite likely that you can find a “clique” who are all friends with each other. It’s also possible you may have […]

While most college football players believe they have a good shot at going pro, very few do. David J. Phillip/AP When the NFL draft takes place, it will represent a professional dream come true for the 224 college football players who get picked. For most players, however, going pro will never be more than a […]

Research shows prison education lessens the chances that inmates will return to prison after their release. Elaine Thompson/AP Congress is thinking of lifting a longstanding ban on federal student aid for those serving time in prison. The “Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2019,” or the “REAL Act of 2019,” seeks to reinstate federal Pell […]

Parents collectively spend billions on tutoring. Is it money well spent? New Africa from www.shutterstock.com Private tutoring is a growing business, with people spending hundreds of billions of dollars. But is it worth it? And how does a person pick among all the options? If you are considering hiring a tutor, here are five tips […]

Students leave Columbine High School late April 16, 2019, in Littleton, Colo., following a lockdown at the school and other Denver area schools. David Zalubowski/AP When 12 students and one teacher were killed in Littleton, Colorado 20 years ago, it not only became what at the time was the worst high school shooting in U.S. […]

Most of the nation’s top schools experience a major scandal that causes applications to fall, new research shows. EQRoy from www.shutterstock.com When a scandal lands a college at the center of media attention, students and families are often repulsed – quite literally. That’s what we discovered when we examined admissions data at dozens of schools […]

LeBron James speaks at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio. Phil Long/AP When it comes to dealing with issues of race and social justice, LeBron James has never been shy to speak his mind. For instance, in a recent HBO series, “The Shop,” LeBron laments how in the NFL, “they […]

Teachers rally outside the Arizona Capitol in April 2018 during a strike over low salaries. Matt York/AP In the spring of 2018, thousands of public school teachers walked out of their classrooms in a half-dozen states, protesting low salaries, rising class sizes and cuts to school budgets that have prompted most teachers to buy their […]

More states are passing laws that deal with campus free speech. Chad Zuber from shutterstock.com Continuing a recent trend, more states are passing laws that deal with free speech rights on college campuses. Action has also come at the federal level with President Donald Trump’s March 21 executive order on campus free speech. There have […]

College athletes are prohibited from profiting from their performance. Jessica Hill/AP As millions of people tune in to watch the Final Four, much of their focus will be on the numbers on the scoreboard. But a March 2019 report from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, calls attention to numbers of a different […]