Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improvin
A deep dive into the test’s framework reveals it was designed to fail about the same share of students every year, even…
A deep dive into the test’s framework reveals it was designed to fail about the same share of students every year, even…
A campaign hat and a partisan speech are unusual in a military setting in the United States.
The Great Society’s Model Cities Program wasn’t perfect. But it offered a vision of what democratic, community-based…
LGBTQ+ musicians have always played a part in country music, but even today they are being kept just outside the spotlight.
The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant…
There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval…
Mountain chickadees follow systematic grammarlike rules to share important information, stringing together syllables like…
The FAA is expanding its intense air traffic controller training to universities as part of an effort to alleviate a shortage…
Park and forest managers can’t rely on the past any longer to understand future risks. Fires, pests and climate change…
Doctors had believed that going over the maximum dose of one lifesaving drug could lead to more abuse. But after patients…
Since 2005, the US has lost over one-third of its local newspapers. A scholar found out why some communities can keep their…
The Trump administration has signaled that its support for NATO countries might not be absolute. This worries European observers,…
The majority of children’s diets in the US consist of ultraprocessed foods, which a growing body of research suggests…
The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students.
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when…
After protests over state violence, news coverage tends to focus on negative stories that can delegitimize dissent. Over…
An education law professor unpacks what the Supreme Court’s 4-4 order does and doesn’t say.
Science has done many things that seem miraculous. Why not transfer your consciousness to a machine?