Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...

American scientific leadership was built by allowing evidence to prevail over ideology.

Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.

The term ‘gun violence’ makes murder seem abstract, not a tragic daily occurrence.

YouTube video by Russell Sage Foundation

Affordable Care Act plans are citing rising healthcare costs and falling enrollment.

For decades, William Darity has done the math that most policymakers won't touch. In this conversation, he breaks down the racial wealth gap household by household, makes the case for why neither entr...

The federal government is now proposing to fundamentally rewire scientific research review for no good reason.

Ethnic Studies (ES) has emerged as a promising approach to address this challenge. By centering the histories, cultures, and lived experiences of communities of color, ES is designed to make learning ...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

The Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Tolani Britton, in the school of education at the University of California, Berkeley James Chu,in the department ...

Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2026 Meeting of the American Education Research Association. Over the course of the week, staff and grantees of the Foundation will participate in seve...

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2026 Meeting of the American Education Research Association. Over the course of the week, staff and grantees of the Foundation will participate in seve...

Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.