Daniel Mollenkamp

Explore how different generations define the American Dream and the factors influencing their perspectives in today’s economic landscape.

As tech and government leaders gathered in recent days to debate the existential threat that artificial intelligence could one day pose to humanity, for many Black and Brown communities across the country, the infrastructure powering AI is already an environmental threat.  “Energy demand has spiked nationwide thanks to data centers, and we must ensure that […]

The pandemic disrupted learning for millions of American students. But are we over-focusing on younger students at the expense of those most hurt by ...

In Maryland, a Baltimore County student was handcuffed by police last year after an AI system misconstrued a Doritos bag as a weapon. The calls for reconsidering how the student’s high school uses the technology were not new. Only two years ago, the federal government went after one company that sells artificial intelligence-powered systems to […]

The death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, has drawn “strange fruit” comparisons as details emerge during an ongoing investigation. “She did not do this to herself. I know my daughter, and she did not do this to herself,” Fortune’s mother told ABC News.  Last week, Kenneth […]

A review of how immigration affects wages (especially for low-skilled jobs), productivity, government revenue, and the aging of America.

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

Explore how caste discrimination affects global communities, impacting access to education, jobs, and social opportunities despite being outlawed in some regions.

Discover how industrialization transformed economies with rising wages and social shifts. Explore industrial history's effect on current global economic trends and living standards.

Explore how racial bias affects home appraisals, leading to devaluation and $156B in losses, and discover proposed solutions for equitable valuation.

Mathbots haven’t done much for K-12 math instruction. Can more sophisticated uses of AI succeed in turning around American students’ falling scores?

A magic trick that nobody wanted: the reappearing gender gap in K-12 students’ science and math scores. Beset by problems and starved of funding, can ...

Social justice is a concept that holds all people should have equal access to wealth, health, well-being, privileges, and opportunity.

After talking with teens lobbying against the dark sides of AI, EdSurge asks: “What’s known about the companies that schools use to monitor students?” ...

Exasperating. Depressing. Predictable.

Immigration raids have kept a large share of K-12 students from going to school, according to a new report.

As schools struggle to find teachers, is relaxing the credential rules a good idea?

Does the recent Supreme Court decision ease the charter school movement’s identity crisis?

With natural disasters becoming more common, should schools double down on efforts to prepare teachers for handling trauma? With federal uncertainty, ...

Have federal cuts made protecting student data tougher?