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High schools aren’t serving their purpose anymore. Students are tired, stressed, and bored. Nearly a quarter of high schoolers are chronically absent, and many leave school unprepared for the workforce. So how do we fix it?
Luckily, James Kvaal has steps that the next presidential administration can take to correct course and prepare our students, and our country, for the future.
Kvaal, who was under secretary of education in the Biden Administration, points to high schools across the country that are pioneering better approaches. It’s time to make those schools the standard.
Learn exactly what Kvaal is calling for: buff.ly/R5bbWlC
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Election integrity is undeniably important, but a serious plan to protect it would look very different. Two years ago, Barbara Comstock and Tim Roemer—both former congresspeople—took to our pages to provide just that.
We invite you to take a look at this article from our archive that lays out how the federal government can support election integrity by improving the system from the ground up. buff.ly/9mal3fN
There’s a long historical link between concentrated corporate power and the rise of fascist states, argues Ron Knox, senior researcher and policy advocate at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
As Knox notes, those “who would eventually take power pushed pro-monopoly ideas into the mainstream.”
Now, the Big Tech monopolies and their billionaire executives are gaining influence over government faster than we can comprehend. Just look at Trump’s inauguration guest list.
But Knox doesn’t think that all hope is lost. To find out why, read “How Monopoly Fascism Rose Again”: buff.ly/Q07ifDY
The kids aren’t okay. Four in ten high school students report persistent sadness or hopelessness, and almost two in ten say they have seriously considered suicide.
What can be done? Andrea Clyne, former president of the National Association of School Psychologists, says we should look to the place young people spend most of their time: school.
Good schools can make a huge difference for student mental health, and we do actually know what makes schools good. Now we just need to implement it.
🔗 Read all about Clyne’s plan in “Tackling the Youth Mental Health Crisis”: buff.ly/iv0aMzP
Parents and teachers everywhere are worried about kids using generative AI to cheat in school. But is cheating the real problem?
For Rebecca Winthrop (@RebeccaWinthrop), director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, the answer is no.
The much bigger issue is that general-purpose chatbots and AI “friends” can take over the mental effort of schoolwork, potentially stunting young people’s cognitive development.
AI can be helpful in education—but only if policymakers and educators take action.
🌐 Read Winthrop’s suggestions for the government, our schools, and more in “How to Rein in the Bad of AI”: buff.ly/6N6xyHn
Donald Trump has plunged the civil service into crisis, but we shouldn’t forget that it had been struggling for decades by the time Trump entered the Oval Office.
By decentralizing our civil service and turning away from a one-size-fits-all model for our public agencies, the United States can create a civil service that fulfills its mission and regains public trust.
🔗 Read all the details in “How to Fix the Civil Service”: buff.ly/TmLkXrQ
