This essay was originally published in September, 2023 as part of the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s “State of the American Student” report. As part of the effort, CRPE asked 14 experts from various sectors to offer up examples of innovations, solutions or possible paths forward as education leaders navigate the current crisis. (See all … Read more
On a peninsula in the Back Bay of Biloxi, waves lap onto a barren stretch of shoreline, rotten remains of trees rising from the sand. Here, erosion has eaten away at the marsh, and only a few oysters remain where they once thrived. Tuesday, Virginia Schweiss, a University of Southern Mississippi lecturer of marine conservation, … Read more
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption in education systems worldwide due to closures of schools and universities and forced changes in educational administration (1). Among the measures to prevent contagion that institutions had to implement, the transition from in-person teaching to remote or hybrid instruction was unquestionably the most impactful (2). This rapid … Read more
On the first day of her class, Annika Martin asks the assembled researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland to roll out their yoga mats and stand with their feet spread wide apart. They place their hands on their hips before swinging their torsos down towards the mat and back up again. The pose, … Read more
More often than not in recent months, college and universities were in the news, due to student protests, encampments and in some instances on-campus arrests. Despite that upheaval, a more routine occasion — the annual student fashion show — continued as it has for years on end for some learning institutions like Pratt Institute and … Read more