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In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of…

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It began with gastropods. Last Tuesday, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, told a conference of tech executives that she’d intervened to help a developer build about 20,000…

September 16, 20253 min readThe Problem with Billionaire ScienceScience may need to increasingly rely on wealthy patrons, but privately funded projects don’t always pan outBy David…

For as long as anyone can remember, drinking has been a key part of the student experience – but this is changing. An increasing number of…

The judge who delivered a legal win to Harvard University in its battle with the Trump administration wrote in her opinion last week, “We must fight…

Only a small fraction of state education technology officials—6%—say their states have plans to continue financing ed-tech initiatives previously funded through federal emergency pandemic aid, according…

State policymakers across the political spectrum are grappling with how to help K-12 schools respond to mounting cybersecurity threats, even as the Trump administration rolls back…

The Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan was once known for his charming, sometimes surreal sitcoms—Father Ted, Black Books, The IT Crowd—on British TV. These days, however,…

The Trump administration and its allies are upending American higher education: freezing funding, launching investigations, ratcheting up taxes, and threatening to do much more. Not so…