Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria
Many families in Nigeria are already skeptical about women’s education. The government’s failure to protect schoolgirls makes it worse.
May 9, 2014 / Zoe Blumenfeld and Foreign Policy In Focus
1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It 1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It
Sexual assault survivors forced campus officials to listen up. Last week’s news shows the feds picking up what’s been their work all along.
May 9, 2014 / Dani McClain
Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program? Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program?
Long advertised as a flaship program for American cultural diplomacy, the Fulbright Program is now facing devastating budget cuts.
May 8, 2014 / Ann Jones
Should New York Teachers Reject de Blasio’s Proposed Contract? Should New York Teachers Reject de Blasio’s Proposed Contract?
Teachers’ contract vote will depend largely on whether they feel they can rely on this administration to steer the education system in a more progressive direction
May 7, 2014 / Michelle Chen
University Presses Under Fire University Presses Under Fire
How the Internet and slashed budgets have endangered one of higher education’s most important institutions.
May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment
From Richmond to Los Angeles, students take direct action for educational justice.
May 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most
An alternative education that makes sense would go beyond test prep
May 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’ Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’
Using sex as an excuse, Los Angeles has created a disciplinary limbo in which hundreds of teachers languish.
Apr 30, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment
The school would have to pay $35,000 per violation under the Clery Act.
Apr 29, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider