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Houston, David M.; Peterson, Paul E.; West, Martin R. – Education Next, 2023
Activists fed up with school closures, masking policies, and curricular choices interrupted school-board meetings around the nation. The parental protests, together with school responses to the COVID pandemic, acquired a partisan edge. Republican and Democratic governors regularly disagreed about the necessity of mask wearing, social distancing,…
Descriptors: Parents, Anxiety, Students, Academic Achievement
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Conn, Katharine M.; Lovison, Virginia S.; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung – Education Next, 2020
Does the experience of teaching in low-income schools through Teach for America (TFA) affect individuals' views on education policy and reform? And if so, how? For this article, the authors surveyed TFA applicants for the 2007-15 cohorts to find out. The survey targeted the set of applicants who had advanced to the competitive program's final…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Disadvantaged Schools
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Greene, Jay P.; Kisida, Brian; Bowen, Daniel H. – Education Next, 2014
The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of cultural institutions, including art, natural history, and science museums, as well as theaters, zoos, and historical sites. Schools gladly endured the expense and disruption of providing field trips…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Museums, Art Education, Evidence