Education News and Blog Posts

Education is an issue that touches everyone – and can easily be divisive, especially when it comes to matters like whether teachers should be allowed to conceal information from parents about their child. So, where do Americans agree on education policy?

The Senate is getting a second chance to pass a civic education bill that failed to make the grade two years ago. On Wednesday, a bipartisan group reintroduced the Civics Secures Democracy Act, with the hope of sparking a Senate-wide vote to improve American students’ understanding of civics and history.

Why would a poll showing overwhelming bipartisan unity be reported as a picture of American polarization? 

Explore all perspectives, stances, and arguments for and against teaching about LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom.

A Florida bill has consistently been framed as anti-LGBTQ+ by left-wing media outlets, and consistently defended as protecting parents’ rights by right-wing sources.

Conversations about education require nuance and negotiation, which is not the way American politics works today.

Community college students who take political science classes are more likely to register to vote, turn out to vote and understand constitutional checks and balances.

Should hate speech be kept off campus, has it been defined too broadly, or is it not a valid concept at all?

The return to in-person learning has been a focus of media coverage across the spectrum.

In the United States today, politics seems to be less about governing and more about finding the best way to demean the other side. The result: a partisan divide and an epidemic of affective polari...