In the three subjects I teach at the local college, i.e., philosophy, world religions and ethics, I begin the semester’s classes with these words: “Students, if you have enrolled in this course to ...

Polykosmia is a universe dreamed up by students in two classes led this spring by Stephen Slota (he/him, they/them), Neag School assistant professor-in-residence of educational technology. The project ...

Roland Fryer’s op-ed “Jason Arday and What’s Wrong with DEI” (Aug. 26) is certainly right: The “opportunity [provided by DEI] alone didn’t produce these scandals. Refusing to hold anyone to a real ...

Real reform will occur only when enough people walk away from the conventional school system. Most people today are convinced that our current compulsory school system, or some version of it, is ...

The New York State Legislature has chosen to gut mayoral control of the city’s public school system, modifying, for dubious reasons, what has been an effective system. Enacted in 2002, mayoral control ...

An educational game has all the characteristics of a game. The ingredients common to all games are relatively simple and limited in number. A game must have these ingredients to be called a game; the ...

Real educational reform, in my view, is reform that provides those conditions. The most important condition is freedom. To learn on their own, children need unlimited time to play, explore, become ...