Now is the time to pilot a knowledge commons that allows communities to share data and policy advocacy information.

By using a few public policy levers, the federal government can help increase public data use in targeted ways.

Lessons resonate more with students when they can see that what they are learning in class has real, tangible meaning.

Far from being passive recipients of federal research dollars, universities pour in substantial resources of their own. It’s time to do a better job of documenting those investments. The US research ...

When I was six or seven years old, an elementary teacher asked me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I listed three options: doctor, teacher, and engineer. My teacher was surprised I ...

When Korea launched its industrialization drive in the early 1960s, it was a typical developing country, with poor resource and production bases, a small domestic market, and a large population ...

Hyped by many as the key to improving the quality of education, testing can do more harm than good if the limitations of tests are not understood. With the nation about to embark on an ambitious ...

When students can understand and make connections across a diverse array of knowledge and skills, they embark on a path to more rewarding lives and employment opportunities. Higher education can and ...

For space exploration to benefit all of humanity, it needs a philosophy—a rigorous engagement on values, impact, and meaning. I increasingly suspect he was on to something. For space ...

In 1986, a Buddhist nun named Cheng Yen started a hospital in Hualien, a rural, mountainous region in eastern Taiwan, a half-day’s journey from population centers like Taipei. A few years later, after ...

Bringing sociology into civil engineering helps explain how Ukraine’s social and physical systems work together to keep the lights on amid constant attacks. Our point here is not to minimize the pain, ...