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multimedia icon Fighting back

Bullying is epidemic in American schools—but it can be prevented.

Whence Your IQ?

Are people smarter today than 60 years ago? A team of education researchers says yes, and the evolution in grade school math books may be a primary reason.

Moral Literacy

Reading, writing, and arithmetic have always served as the basis of education, but ethicist Nancy Tuana believes it is time to add a fourth dimension, moral reasoning.

A Tattle Tale

Gabby and Joey are just like any other kindergartners. They're curious, they like to play, and they sometimes tattle on each other. Oh, and they're also puppets.

The Art Diaries

Imagine an art class where you're graded not on the final product, but on the steps you've taken to achieve it.

World of Opportunity

The driving idea of the Worldwide Universities Network is to gather teams of experts with the collective know-how to tackle major global issues in ways that individual institutions can't.

Seeds of Discovery

Following the diverse paths of their curiosity, undergraduates in all areas of study are pursuing their studies even further, by traveling to places around the world, exploring, creating, and discovering.

Dispatches from the Field

Research is not just the simple process of seeking, assessing, and arranging facts. It is a process, a human endeavor, complete with obstacles, false starts, triumphs, disappointments, surprises, in short, all sorts of difficulty and excitement.