LGBTQ advocacy groups are slamming the re-filing of a so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill ahead of the upcoming Alabama 2026 ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching, it is important to remind our students about his message and how it applies to ...

The case illustrates the extent to which campus censorship has run amok in Texas: If some of Plato’s texts can’t be taught in ...

Empowering students to address social issues doesn’t require a classroom overhaul. Simple, everyday activities can be ...

Readings from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato were among the items flagged by university leaders as part of their review.

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When I first started teaching, my attitude toward students who remained silent in discussion classes could be summed up with the words of Bernard Hopkins, the fistic sage of Philadelphia: “Bernard ...

When Shira Hoffer arrived at Harvard in 2021, she was full of hope, not just about academics or independence, but about connection. As a graduate of a pluralistic Jewish day school, she had grown up ...

The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in the teaching of writing, a new study shows. The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in ...

One of Kevin Gannon’s favorite class discussion activities doesn’t involve much talking. Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous ...

I read with interest Anna Broadbent’s essay on the benefits and pitfalls of class participation grades. From my perch as a provost, former dean and former department chair, I find that the grade for ...

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...