In the Media

Professor Mitchell Stevens talks about the uncertainties facing colleges in re-opening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A hashtag ethnography of the Ferguson protests by Associate Professor Jonathan Rosa notes that social media participation becomes a key site from which to contest mainstream media silences and the long history of state-sanctioned violence against racialized populations.

Linda Darling-Hammond, professor emerita, presents a list of 10 policy proposals to re-open schools safely and equitably.

Treating online and in-person instruction as essentially equal puts residential universities in an awkward position, says Associate Professor Mitchell Stevens.

Professor Sean Reardon's research on achievement gaps between poorer and wealthier children is cited in this article about online schooling during COVID-19.

Professor Deborah Stipek discusses the importance of early mathematical thinking for developing cognitive abilities later in life.

Associate professor Jelena Obradović says taking time to unplug can feel urgent as many parents are working double or triple duty right now.

The coronavirus pandemic lays bare two major weaknesses in traditional approaches to teaching civics and history — what students are expected to learn and how we measure that learning, writes Assistant Professor Antero Garcia.

When humanity is under threat, humans crave the humanities—and that ethos should guide higher education as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, writes Associate Professor Emily Levine.

Dean Dan Schwartz addresses the challenges of gauging whether students are engaged during online lessons.

The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the long-term underinvestment in our educational system, writes Heather Hough, executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education.

Senior Lecturer Denise Pope advises parents to think about the big picture of their children’s learning.

Professor Sam Wineburg gives advice on how to fact-check news about the coronavirus.

In an op-ed, Professor Deborah Stipek outlines steps that California could take to improve early childhood education.

In an EdSurge podcast, Associate Professor Mitchell Stevens discusses how to safeguard privacy as data and algorithms become central to learning in higher education.