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Phil Noble/Reuters Messi and Ronaldo Are The Greatest Soccer Players in History
In the face of overwhelming evidence, it's time to admit the obvious.
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Shutterstock/The Atlantic Where School Dollars Go to Waste
"Why throw money at problems?" as Kurt Vonnegut once said. "That is what money is for."
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Mandel Ngan/Reuters/The Atlantic Obama and the Ongoing Expansion of Public Education
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president touched on his community-college proposal but failed to provide specifics.
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Cliff/Flickr Where the Sugar Babies Are
It's getting sweeter in the South—and at one university in particular.
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Marcos Vasconcelos/Flickr How to Deal With the Police
A workshop is teaching students how to handle confrontations with law enforcement, but some fear the class only reinforces negative stereotypes of cops.
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Michael Mandiberg/Flickr Wasting Time on the Internet 101
Stupid cat videos? Pointless tweets? Copying others' work? That's all fair game in this University of Pennsylvania class.
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DeShaun Craddock/Flickr J. Cole: Still a Classic Album Away From Greatness
The talented rapper's newest record 2014 Forest Hills Drive suggests that he might never find his throne in a genre of self-proclaimed kings—but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Eminem's ShadyXV: How a Rap God Lost His Powers
Fifteen years after he broke onto the scene, the legendary rapper often sounds like a caricature of his former self.
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Jirka Matousek/Flickr How Black Students Tend to Learn Science
Transforming a lecture into a more active experience is one possible way of fixing STEM's diversity dilemma.
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Eddie Keogh/Reuters Soccer's Unsolvable Piracy Problem
The sport's fandom is vast, fanatical, and fans want to watch however they can. So stopping illegal streaming is going to require more than strict regulations and software.
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Corrine Dufka/Reuters A Global System for Graduate Education?
An interview with the president of the Central European University, John Shattuck
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Terrance F. Ross Is It Ever Okay to Make Teachers Read Scripted Lessons?
American entrepreneurs have created a popular alternative to Kenya's dismal public schools. The key: handing out e-readers and making sure teachers recite every page.
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Trinacria Photo/Shutterstock How Middle East Studies Professors Handle Bias in the Classroom
As they teach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, instructors have to point out underlying assumptions—starting with their own.
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HBO/AP How John Oliver Beats Apathy
With a combination of humor and fearlessness, Last Week Tonight has done an unlikely thing: spurred action.
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National Journal Meet the 22-Year-Old Who Is Closing the Summer Achievement Gap
Karim Abouelnaga, the founder of Practice Makes Perfect, explains how he became obsessed with the knowledge kids lose during long vacations.
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Darren Staples/Reuters One Approaching to Closing the Summer-Achievement Gap
Karim Abouelnaga, the founder of Practice Makes Perfect, talks about his organization's efforts to help kids retain knowledge during long summer vacations.
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Reuters The Plight of Lionel Messi
The Argentinian star is one of soccer's greats. But he just narrowly missed out on an opportunity to cement his legacy and prove skeptical countrymen wrong.
