An Open Source project contains several economic goods.Its code, infrastructure, services, maintainer time, and commercial ecosystem each behave differently.…
Treating all of them as a single commons hides who pays today, who con…
Economists often classify goods along two dimensions.
The first is excludability: how easy it is to keep someone from using …
Opinion: Survey: 1 in 4 Kids Who Needed Mental Health Help Didn’t Get It
When a middle schooler sits down in math class, she might be thinking about the argument she had on the way to school, the stress at home she can’t escape or whether she’s going to eat today.…
She is probably not thinking about algebra.
Adults design policies for her future — the classes she takes, the pro…
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Early Childhood Educators Are Leveling Up at Community Colleges
When the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) revamped its childcare rules in 2019 to require educators to earn more credentials, Aida Rodriguez decided to pursue her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.…
When it was time to choose a school, she chose the less common path.
Rodriguez earned her bachelor’s degree in 2022 from North Seattle Coll…
That makes up less than 1% of all bachelor’s degree recipients.
The Case Against the Classroom Cellphone Crackdown
In 2025, my home state of Missouri passed a law, Senate Bill 68, that prohibits students from possessing any electronic communication device from the start of the school day until the end of the school day.…
“It’s simple — cell phones have no place in Missouri classrooms,” Miss…
Mike Kehoe posted on X, formerly Twitter.
It has become a concerning cycle in education: When any new technology…
Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Edtech Guidance for States and Districts
The U.S.Department of Education today issued new guidance about educational technology usage in the classroom but left rulemaking to states and school districts.…
Edtech should ensure that “technology use is purposeful, instructional…
“Responsible design is the floor.
Not only do we need to know if the tool works, but if it works; why do…