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Here's Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on Education Policy

Common Ground / August 15th, 2022 / By Clare Ashcraft

Education is an issue that touches everyone – and can easily be divisive, especially when it comes to matters like whether teachers should be allowed to conceal information from parents about their child. So, where do Americans agree on education policy?

Common Ground, Bipartisanship, Education, School Choice, Higher Education, Public Schools

Bipartisan Group of Senators Hope to Fund Improved Civics Education

Recommended Reading / June 20th, 2022 / By Richard Perrins

The Senate is getting a second chance to pass a civic education bill that failed to make the grade two years ago. On Wednesday, a bipartisan group reintroduced the Civics Secures Democracy Act, with the hope of sparking a Senate-wide vote to improve American students’ understanding of civics and history.

Bipartisanship, Civics, Education, Government

How Media Bias Makes Polarization Appear Worse Than It Actually Is

News / April 6th, 2022 / By Joseph Ratliff

Why would a poll showing overwhelming bipartisan unity be reported as a picture of American polarization?

Media Bias, Polarization, Education

AllStances™: Teaching LGBTQ+ Topics In Schools

AllStances / March 22nd, 2022 / By Antonio Ferme

Explore all perspectives, stances, and arguments for and against teaching about LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom.

AllStances, Education, Free Speech, Civil Rights, LGBTQ Issues, Polarization, Woke Culture, Culture War

Media Bias Alert: Protecting Parents’ Rights or Silencing LGBTQ+ People?

Bias / March 15th, 2022 / By Henry A. Brechter

A Florida bill has consistently been framed as anti-LGBTQ+ by left-wing media outlets, and consistently defended as protecting parents’ rights by right-wing sources.

Media Bias, Florida, Parental Rights In Education, LGBTQ Issues, Education, Children, Parenting, Culture War, Woke Culture, Censorship

When Education Becomes the Newest Political Football

Recommended Reading / November 12th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

Conversations about education require nuance and negotiation, which is not the way American politics works today.

Education, Politics, Culture, Polarization, Critical Race Theory

Studying Political Science Motivates College Students to Vote, New Research Shows

Recommended Reading / November 2nd, 2021 / By "The Conversation" Contributor

Community college students who take political science classes are more likely to register to vote, turn out to vote and understand constitutional checks and balances.

Elections, Education, Politics, Voting Rights And Voter Fraud

AllStances™: Free Speech on Campus

AllStances / October 21st, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

Should hate speech be kept off campus, has it been defined too broadly, or is it not a valid concept at all?

AllStances, Free Speech, Campus Speech, Education, Higher Education, Culture, Cancel Culture, Polarization

Story of the Week: Students Return to Schools Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Story of the Week / September 9th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The return to in-person learning has been a focus of media coverage across the spectrum.

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Schools, Delta Variant, Education

More than Memorization: A New Civics Education Vision May Reduce Polarization

Recommended Reading / May 12th, 2021 / By Max Karlin

In the United States today, politics seems to be less about governing and more about finding the best way to demean the other side. The result: a partisan divide and an epidemic of affective polarization. Affective polarization is defined as “the extent to which citizens feel more...

United News Roundup, Polarization, Education, Schools, Civics, Culture

Meet Adam Hoffman, Key Figure Behind a Depolarizing Curriculum for 700,000 High Schoolers

Recommended Reading / February 18th, 2021 / By Jackson Lanzer

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. “We are all in this together” was a powerful message that I gleaned from my conversation with Adam Hoffman on the evening of January 6th, mere hours after a mob of Trump supporters stormed our nation’s capital, embodying the...

United News Roundup, Polarization, Education, Schools, Capitol Chaos

Will Breaking Up Big Tech Companies Reduce Polarization? This MIT Professor Argues a Different Approach

Recommended Reading / February 1st, 2021 / By Sukhayl Niyazov

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. In his 2020 book The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health — and How We Must Adapt , MIT Sloan School of Management professor Sinan Aral offers a comprehensive and insightful new...

United News Roundup, Big Tech, Social Media, Polarization, Technology, Education

Reopening Schools During COVID-19: Democrats, Republicans Both Care About Their Children's Well-Being

Recommended Reading / November 16th, 2020 / By Rolf Hendriks

With the 2020 election process winding down, focus should increase on issues facing communities such as managing school reopening and virtual learning during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In this time of hyper-partisanship and limitless access to information, it’s easy to find...

Coronavirus, Schools, Education, Public Health, Safety And Sanity During COVID-19, United News Roundup

Trump vs. Biden on Education Policy, Explained in 2 Minutes

News / October 29th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden 's stances on education policy, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings . Trump: President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda pledges to build...

Education, Colleges And Universities, Student Loan Debt, Culture, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump V Biden, Election 2020, Elections

Tools and Resources for Remote Learning

News / March 30th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

In these uncertain and challenging times, we are committed to helping teachers and students adapt and thrive. For educators and parents teaching remotely or from home as a result of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus , AllSides for Schools provides tools and classroom material suitable for...

Media Bias, Schools, Education

Students Meet Their Political "Other" Using Mismatch by AllSides

Bias / April 11th, 2019 / By Clara Nevins

Our current, polarized political landscape is reverberating through our classrooms. Today's students are tomorrow's leaders, and we are counting on them to forge a more positive path that is less divisive and less dysfunctional. How can teachers prepare students with the skills and...

Media Bias, Democracy, Education

Florida School Shooting

Story of the Week / February 15th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

A school shooting in Parkland, FL on Wednesday left 17 students and educators dead. In the wake of the tragedy, many lawmakers on the Left called for increased gun control, while several on the Right, including President Trump, advocated for better awareness surrounding mental health...

Gun Legislation, Education, Mental Health, Story Of The Week, News

Living Room Conversations for Inclusive Campus Environments

News / January 19th, 2018 / By Jessica Shryack

Minnesota has some of the worst gaps in educational attainment in the country. That’s not really news anymore. What may be news to people living outside the state, however, is the degree of ethnic and class segregation in our apparently progressive “best places to live” Twin Cities. Our...

Education, Living Room Conversations, Civil Discourse, News

Bridging the Divide on Free Speech

News / January 18th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

Should all speech be protected? Is some speech too hateful for the public sphere? When it comes to free speech on campus, the left and right diverge on how to move forward. But is there common ground? This article is the first in a series representing a collaboration between The Saturday...

Free Speech, 1st Amendment, Education, News

Popping Filter Bubbles in Higher Education

News / November 10th, 2017 / By John Kesler

Editor's Note: At AllSides, we have several educational programs that expose students to different ideas because we view diversity of thought as an integral part of the educational experience. This blog post explores the pros and cons of the current higher ed system and how, overall,...

Education, Schools, News

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