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In 2023, Arkansas legislators passed the LEARNS Act, a comprehensive education reform package that, among other goals, aimed to strengthen teacher recruitment and retention. The law raised the statewide minimum salary for classroom teachers from $36,000 to $50,000 and required that all current teachers receive at least a $2,000 raise.

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Classroom observations are often a significant component of teacher evaluations. But a new study by William Delgado of the University of Chicago and Lauren Sartain of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argues that observer bias may conflate classroom composition with teacher quality, potentially disadvantaging educators assigned to the most challenging classrooms.

There are moments in history when progress alters the landscape so fundamentally that it demands a pivot—not just in what we do, but in how we think about our work. For those of us who have devoted careers to education reform, this is one of those moments.

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In this episode of FutureU, Michael Horn and Jeff Selingo speak with NCAA officials Clint Hangebrauck and Mark Hicks about the rise of sports betting on college campuses. Roughly 60 percent of 18- to 22-year-olds now participate in sports betting, raising concerns among higher education leaders about student well-being, mental health, and gambling addiction. Student-athletes have been especially affected, with many facing harassment from angry bettors after losses.

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) ended the longstanding practice of considering race in college admissions. A new study by Michael D. Bloem, Ashley Edwards, and six colleagues affiliated with the College Board finds that the ruling reduced both the likelihood that high-achieving underrepresented minority students enroll in highly selective colleges and overall campus diversity at those institutions.

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