Overhauling Japan's High-Stakes University-Admission System
The Ministry of Education is on a mission to save the country's economy—and the effort could be a boon for kids’ mental health, too.
Education
Is School-Discipline Reform Moving Too Fast?
In some districts, efforts to curb suspensions result in rushed solutions and even a loss of teachers.
Is the ‘War on Teachers’ as Dire as It’s Made Out to Be?
A decline in job protections isn’t pushing teachers out of all schools, a study suggests—just those schools that are already struggling.
The False Promises of Worker Retraining
Despite assurances from policymakers that retraining is the key to success, such programs have consistently failed to equip workers with the preparation they need to secure jobs.
Filling America's 6 Million Job Vacancies
Real-time data on the labor market promise to finally help employers and job-seekers make better decisions. Will it work?
Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents?
Children’s shows often use non-standard dialects to voice the "bad guys," sending a dangerous message to kids about diversity.
Why Is the U.S. So Bad at Worker Retraining?
The strategies used to help workers displaced by technology and globalization in the 1980s ultimately failed. So why do the country’s policymakers continue to resort to the same tactics?
9 Charts That Show What Education in America Is Like in 2017
Compelling visuals on the key issues of the past year
The Futility of College Interviews
They’re a stressful and often irrelevant component of the application process. Is it time to do away with them?
The Intrusion of White Families Into Bilingual Schools
Will the growing demand for multilingual early-childhood programs push out the students these programs were designed to serve?