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Education & Society

JSTOR Daily Education & Society stories encompassing education, lifestyle, philosophy, and religion, all featuring links to publicly accessible research on JSTOR.

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Social Sciences

Did You Hear the Joke about the Lawyer?

Why lawyer jokes typically involve the killing or maiming of lawyers.

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Public Schools, Private Profit

How for profit publications impact public schools

Grammar workbook

Dear Pedants: Your Fave Grammar Rule is Probably Fake

What constitutes ‘correct’ grammar in English seems to have a cyclical life, aided and abetted by new generations of enthusiastic grammarians.

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Donald Trump: The Id of Republican Politics

If Reagan is the Republican super-ego, the father figure that this latest generation looks up to, then Donald Trump is the id of Republican politics.

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Which Kids Get Help in Class?

Addressing which students receive the most help.

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Three Summer Studies to Beat the Heat

The dangers of summer vacation.

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Social Sciences

Cashing In on the Afro

The Afro became a big money maker as it became more popular. Did that transformation rob the style of its political meaning?

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What Students are Forgetting this Summer

The gap between students when it comes to educational achievement may come down to more than schools.

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Social Sciences

Gender Roles in Early Parenthood

Parenting roles have changed enormously over a generation, but gender roles are still being propped up in some ways.

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Social Sciences

Panhandling and Other Jobs

A ban on panhandling simply ignores the issues behind the practice.

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Education & Society

The Wild West of Papal Conclaves

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the death of a pope led to all sorts of chaos, from the destruction of art to armed violence in the streets.

Science & Technology

He Spoke for the Trees (and Also the Soil)

A champion of agroforestry, J. Russell Smith argued for the restoration of forests as key to sustainable agriculture in his seminal work Tree Crops.

Politics & History

Birth of A National Immigration Policy

Until the Civil War, regulating immigration to the US was left to individual states. That changed with Emancipation and the legal end of slavery.

Education & Society

Tips from a Librarian on Using JSTOR for Research

Follow these first steps toward success with your new research project.

Science & Technology

Caitlin D. Wylie on the Hidden Labor of STEM Research

An interview with Caitlin D. Wylie, a social scientist who analyzes “behind-the-science work” to understand how knowledge is produced and who produces it.