The Latin root of education, educare, means to lead out. In a 'post-truth' world, teachers, the nation's curators and explainers of knowledge, are going to play an outsized role in holding our republic together...
A number of new initiatives are trying to bring red and blue Americans together. They're too little, too late, but there's no need to despair...
Contrary to the zero-sum trade philosophy of the current US administration, a comprehensive US-India trade agreement would benefit both parties, Frank argues...
Midst rising tensions over Kashmir, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made an extraordinary gesture for peace, writes Frank in the Daily Times...
Our civic engagement champions share their hard-won vision for what civics education should look like and include in the 21st century...
As a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University, Frank is keenly aware of the life and philosophy of its 19th century founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Never have his teachings been more relevant to the future of India than today...
Civic engagement champions come from all walks of life, but for those whose effects are most powerful, all roads lead to middle school...
When is enough enough? It's a question we must ask with respect to so many aspects of our lives in these times. In politics today, the query is with us daily, because impeachment is the Constitution's way of posing it...
Nationalism has been a source of division in the United States, but as Frank observes, in India it could be a source of badly needed unity...
The four middle school teachers who recently became our first Civic Engagement Champions all helped elevate student voices in their communities, each in their own way--they share their stories here...
