An opinion essay arguing colleges should not abandon diversity work without understanding legal requirements. The authors draw on and link to their own interview study of faculty across 38 states on how anti-DEI politics dismantle faculty equity infrastructure.
A Proof Points column contrasting two new AI-in-education studies led by Jing Liu of the University of Maryland. It links to both papers: one on the Goblins AI math platform for middle schoolers and one randomized trial of an AI assistant in college courses.
A Proof Points column questioning whether tutoring meaningfully improves school attendance. It discusses the paper by Monica Lee and colleagues analyzing tutoring schedules in Washington, D.C., which found students were less likely to be absent on tutoring days.
An early-childhood newsletter column on gifted testing for young children that closes with a research quick take. It summarizes the Annenberg working paper by Megan Kuhfeld and Margaret Burchinal on early-grade gender gaps in reading and math, linking to the paper.
Hechinger's key takeaways from its school-closures reporting with AP and Big Local News at Stanford. Among them, Thomas Dee and Jaymes Pyne's analysis shows closures are lagging well behind enrollment declines.
The Hechinger Report, reporting with AP, follows districts such as Vallejo, California, that are closing schools as enrollment drops, and asks whether closures actually save money. It cites Thomas Dee and Jaymes Pyne's finding that the number of schools is back only to pre-pandemic levels while enrollment fell by more than 1.4 million students.