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Although millions of US parents approve, decades of research shows that spanking is harmful.

An education scholar explains how some teachers and school counselors are quietly resisting what they see as political incursion into the classroom.

Educators must obey the law, meaning schools cannot impede a criminal investigation. But students and teachers have rights, too.

This hospitality course bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world skills.

Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.

Teaching young children is one of the most stressful occupations.

Lesson plans incorporating shark fossil teeth help prepare kids to live and work in an AI world.

There's an impulse by universities and media to inaccurately document hip-hop's history. The genre is, in part, a response to that imprecision, a professor of hip-hop writes.

US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice despite grave personal risk.

The LA wildfires may have faded from the headlines, but for thousands of children, recovery is only just beginning.