Earlier this month, Yale University’s ten-member Committee on Trust in Higher Education issued a bracing, 58-page report on what’s driven plunging trust in higher ed. The committee was formed a year ago by Yale…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that’s faster and higher-resolution than existing technology. They discovered that, under the right…

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K-12 Dive Technology·higher-ed

Week In Review: Web accessibility rules and federal school choice

Most-clicked story of the week: K-12 schools and colleges have another year to comply with a new web accessibility rule after deadlines were extended under an interim final rule issued April 20 by the U.S. Department of…

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Higher Ed Dive Online Learning·higher-ed

The library’s next chapter: a strategic role in solving higher education’s affordability crisis

Affordability remains one of the most pressing challenges facing higher education leaders. The value of a degree is under increasing scrutiny, driven by rising costs, shifting student expectations and the growth of…

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K-12 Dive Policy·policy

5 shifts schools must make now so students can earn a living wage

When Ashley Marroquin, a senior in Houston, Texas, began planning for life after high school, she had already taken rigorous courses and set ambitious goals. But like many students, she found herself navigating key…

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Higher Ed Dive Finance·higher-ed

Week in review: Michigan State, University of Michigan face proposed huge cuts

Most clicked story of the week: Michigan State University and the University of Michigan both face massive state funding cuts under a plan advanced by Republicans in the House’s appropriations committee last week.…

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Reason

Brickbat: Partners in Crime

In California, former Rohnert Park police officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Tatum will be sentenced together in May after a judge denied Huffaker's request for a new trial. The case involves a scheme where the…

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Reason·research

What To Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: Part 2

As I explained in my previous post , I recently tasked AI with comparing two transcripts of the 1807 treason trial of Aaron Burr. My ultimate question is, what do I do with the document that resulted? And that breaks…

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The College Fix

Americans with graduate degrees twice as likely to support political violence: survey

‘More education = higher support for political violence‘ Part of an American political perspectives survey from 2025 went viral on Sunday in the wake of the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.…

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The Hechinger Report·higher-ed

OPINION: The standards-driven pressure cooker of public education is the real crisis we must address

Over the last several years, much has been written about the surge in mental health problems among American youth, reinforced by the 2021 public advisory from the U.S. surgeon general that labeled this situation a…

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The Hechinger Report·higher-ed

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district — from the youngest…

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James G. Martin Center·higher-ed

Professors Like Democrats. But Do Democrats Like Them Back?

It is well known that college professors vote overwhelmingly Democrat. But do the Democrats return their love? The question is rarely asked. Common sense implies that if a group votes a certain way, they have an…

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MIT News·higher-ed

A faster way to estimate AI power consumption

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028 , according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.…

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Disability Scoop·policy

Ed Department Funding For Special Education Research May Soon Lapse

Congress mandates that millions of dollars each year go toward researching best practices in special education, but a new analysis warns that the vast majority of the funds could go unspent this year. The post Ed…

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Reason·policy

Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment

Among other things, Otis responds to my post from yesterday; an excerpt: The main criterion in a democratic system is not whether a given prosecution is common, but whether in this particular case fairly evaluated , the…

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Reason·policy

What Do You Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: An April 2026 Question

I have a question about how to present the results of legal scholarship generated in part with AI. I pose it as "an April 2026 question" because what AI can do is changing quickly. I would guess that how we think about…

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Reason·higher-ed

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

On April 15, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a lecture at the University of Texas at Austin in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Here's a taste: The second paragraph of the Declaration…

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Reason·policy

Shooter Reportedly Targets Trump Officials at White House Correspondents' Dinner

The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner burst into chaos last night when a man armed with what was reportedly a shotgun and other weapons stormed the security checkpoint. After shots were fired, the man was…

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Reason·policy

Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, the explosion was…

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Visual Arts Teacher

Education news for this role

CTE for All: How One School Board Builds Future-Ready Students

Hope or Hype? What to Make of Yale’s Report on Trust in Higher Ed

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

Week In Review: Web accessibility rules and federal school choice

The library’s next chapter: a strategic role in solving higher education’s affordability crisis

5 shifts schools must make now so students can earn a living wage

Week in review: Michigan State, University of Michigan face proposed huge cuts

Brickbat: Partners in Crime

What To Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: Part 2

Americans with graduate degrees twice as likely to support political violence: survey

OPINION: The standards-driven pressure cooker of public education is the real crisis we must address

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

Professors Like Democrats. But Do Democrats Like Them Back?

A faster way to estimate AI power consumption

Ed Department Funding For Special Education Research May Soon Lapse

Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment

What Do You Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: An April 2026 Question

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

Shooter Reportedly Targets Trump Officials at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

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