Education

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

Christopher Maximos, previous Education & Society intern and current sophomore at Stanford, speaks powerfully to the reality that schools “have not returned back to normal, therefore we should not reinstate normal modes of assessment.”

Christopher Maximos, a sophomore at Stanford describes the personal connection between SEL and his speech & debate career while underlining the importance of the arts in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s no secret that Generation Z students are under an inordinate amount of pressure. Shreya Joshi, a student and mental health advocate, discusses the gaps in mental health care in schools.

In this blog post, Chloe Pressley, a student from Woodbridge, VA identifies the critical inequities surrounding standardized testing and offers solutions as to how schools and state boards of education can build more equitable assessments.

Ashley Lin a student from Vancouver, Washington urges policymakers to integrate some of the elements of CTE assessments into statewide assessments.

Remote learning has dramatically changed the face of education. In his article, Sojas Wagle, a sophomore at Brown and psychiatric researcher, offers specific solutions to some of the most prescient issues with remote learning.

Dr. Billie Jo Kipp advocates for better school structures and community coordination to improve the lives of Native youth.

Once we understand the part that schools play in society, we can have a conversation about what they need to be doing now.

Ranen Miao’s passion for public service inspired him to serve in both high school and college student government. In this essay, Ranen contrasts his experiences and offers suggestions on how high schools can adapt student governance.