What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

As the U.S. becomes more racially diverse, K-12 classrooms are too. But, the discussions surrounding diversity in history classrooms are advancing at a much slower pace. Often, the history taught in ...

School – and the federal government's role in it – has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created. School and the federal government's role in it has ...

Why is most thinking about higher education's future mostly mediocre? Lots of reasons. Uncritical acceptance of applying (mostly discredited) business theories to academia. (Hello, disruptive ...

I don’t know what you think, but I’m convinced that college faculty members ought to know much more than they do about the history and distinctiveness of American higher education. I think it’s fair ...

Americans are increasingly polarized and public distrust in government is at record levels. What if the inability of Americans to agree on our shared history—and the right way to teach it—is a cause ...

The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who ...

When we see that children everywhere are required by law to go to school, that almost all schools are structured in the same way, and that our society goes to a great deal of trouble and expense to ...

"Education, education, education" was at the heart of Tony Blair's pitch to the British public in the run-up to the 1997 general election. Now, 27 years on, the issue is still a central plank of ...