Education
Analysis and reporting on America’s schools, from kindergarten to college.
Two women accused a University of Texas Austin professor of sexual misconduct after he wrote an essay for Vox.
He also claimed that “somewhere ... a child was physically harmed or ingested poison” because of the strike.
He just doesn’t know where the money will come from yet.
The state’s largest school districts remained closed Friday.
An Oklahoma first-grader is excited that country star Blake Shelton used her textbook — 36 years ago.
Three charts explain how this fight was a decade in the making.
The full interview from the Recode MSNBC “Revolution” special.
Kara Swisher and MSNBC’s Chris Hayers interviewed Cook in a school auditorium in Chicago in front of a live audience.
Why Oklahoma public school teachers are mad as hell, explained in a podcast
Teachers are now five times more likely to have a side gig than the average full-time worker.
Scenes from a red-state rebellion.
Arizona could be next.
Tech can help equalize opportunities in education, the mayor says.
Chromebooks represented about 60 percent of the U.S. K-12 school market last year.
It’s back to liveblogs, like in old times.
New iPads and classroom software. What else?
“I just reject the idea that only progressive ideas have to be paid for. We can work on that as we go through the process, but I think it’s a trap.”
“Shame on all of us for running on this without fixing it.”
The West Virginia teacher strike highlighted a nationwide problem.
The First Amendment gives students some free-speech protections.
She keeps giving her critics reasons to question her competence.
GoNoodle makes free software your kids may have used at school; he wants them to watch it at home, too.
It’s not a meritocracy.
A backlash is brewing against the Republican tax-cutting frenzy.
“You could call what we do consulting, but it isn’t really.”
The Constitution might not be on Dayanna Volitich’s side on this one.
GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand explains how the company works on the latest Recode Decode.
This is ultimately a disagreement over how we talk about school segregation.
“A school is a place to learn and grow educationally, emotionally and morally. A disruption of the school will not be tolerated.”
The former USA Gymnastics doctor will spend the rest of his life in prison.
School’s never out for summer.
Lou Anna Simon stepped down amid scrutiny over the university’s handling of allegations against the doctor.
So says tech critic Andrew Keen, whose next book “How to Fix the Future” is about finding real solutions.
Coding alone will not prepare workers for our tech-filled future.
Some say universities haven’t had the same reckoning around sexual harassment as Hollywood or media. Students and faculty are trying to change that.
What almost everyone gets wrong about the campus free speech debate.
Karissa Fenwick says her university’s response to her harassment report was insufficient. She’s not alone.
The bill will discourage people from pursuing higher education.
Berlin’s new book, “Troublemakers,” tells the stories of seven men and women who made the tech industry what it is today.