The two crowds gathered late last month on opposite sides of Leigh Street in Clinton, a usually quiet downtown in Hunterdon County. On the east side, in a local bakery, three school board candidates ...

Political polarization is on the rise in the United States. K-12 education has not been immune to this trend. In the summer of 2025, the EdWeek Research Center fielded a survey to explore the degree ...

Year of Superlatives. Few institutions were more affected by partisan politics and polarization than U.S. higher education.

Americans want civics — even the role of politically charged topics like immigration and gun control — taught in school. Since 2021, there’s been increasing bipartisan support for students to learn ...

There’s one skill that no 21st century leader can do without: the ability to skillfully mediate conflicts in the systems they lead. School leaders in the United States are no different. The role of a ...

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As I reflect on the current state of education in our city and state, I find myself increasingly concerned with the growing polarization that is dominating the conversation. We’re witnessing debates ...

Common sense has long been a running platform used in American government. The current administration claims that President Donald Trump is “restoring common sense to government,” and the President ...

The decline of civics education contributes to our political polarization, but our schools can help repair our social connections. Bigstock Many Americans feel that our politics are more polarized ...

Four Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty members discussed the increasingly prominent role of politics in education during an event Tuesday evening. The Askwith Education Forum hosted the ...

It's been a polarizing start to the year. Last month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day shared the same date as President Donald Trump's second inauguration, watching the nation's highest platform given to ...