Learning

Fifteen countries now have higher college graduation rates than us, and our average test scores are lower than those of not just peer countries but also less wealthy places such as Slovenia and Poland. more »

Whether we look at metrics in the workplace such as the gender gap in wages, or the participation of women male dominated fields, the paid labor market, and state-level politics, measures of equality have remained relatively constant since the mid 1990s more »

This project seeks to tell the stories of people who have not been included in earlier accounts: technical writers who created the documentation for the Mac; marketing people; enthusiasts who organized user groups; industry analysts and journalists who wrote about it more »

Nine Republican presidential candidates debated for two hours in Orlando, Fla., and they served up more exaggerations and falsehoods — about Obama, each other, and even Thomas Jefferson more »