Category: Education
Education / Health / Neurodivergence
Urgent Action Needed to Reverse Layoffs at OSEP and RSA to Protect 7.5 Million Neurodivergent Students
30 days and counting. Congress still hasn’t opened the US government. Due to widespread layoffs, now only a handful of staffers remain at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and Rehabilitation […]
Artificial Intelligence / Education / Technology
Preserving the Student Mind: Why Schools Should Ban ChatGPT
Imagine a student seated alone at a desk, confronted by the blank expanse of a page, grappling with the uncharted terrain of an original thought. This struggle emerges because reliance on ChatGPT […]
Culture / Education / Mathematics
Making a Case for Teaching Ethnomathematics
As I calculated the hypotenuse of a triangle in geometry class, I was intrigued that Pythagoreus could come up with such a simple theorem. While I appreciate the pure mathematical value of […]
Education / Gender / Inequities
The growing gender gap in STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—collectively known as the STEM field—are widely male-dominated, making up 73% of the workforce, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But what impact does the trend toward males […]
My Plan is to Study Without a Plan
My family members are highly organized people who stick to schedules. Take my elder sister as an example. During weekends, she wakes up at eight o’clock in the morning the second the […]
Diversity/Inclusivity / Education / Racism / School
More diverse history needs to be taught in American schools
Diverse history needs to be taught in U.S. schools to eradicate racism, and students of color could learn about something that actually relates to them. As a student of color, I find […]