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The school district where kids are sent to psychiatric emergency rooms more than three times a week — some as young as 5

Black students are targeted at a higher rate than other groups

College advisers vow to ‘kick the door open’ for Black and Hispanic students despite affirmative action ruling

PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

Middle schools are experimenting with ‘themes’ like math, sustainability and the arts. But is it all just branding?

Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

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Unequal offerings, unequal outcomes: We explore the nation’s math education crisis

PROOF POINTS: Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

Native American students have the least access to computer science

PROOF POINTS: Flashcards prevail over repetition in memorizing multiplication tables

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Se acerca un precipicio de cierres de escuelas. Los estudiantes hispanos y afroamericanos son los más propensos a sufrir las consecuencias.

Estudiantes con discapacidades a menudo son excluidos de populares programas de ‘lenguaje dual’

¿Son las dificultades de las escuelas en Puerto Rico un avance de lo que enfrentarán otros distritos?

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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

OPINION: Why segregation and racial gaps in education persist 70 years after the end of legal segregation

COLUMN: A creation story for Indigenous and nature-based learning

Holding transcripts hostage may get a lot harder, thanks to new federal rules

Early education coalition searches for answers to raise teacher pay, even as budgets are cratering

OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

PARENT VOICE: In a shortage, parents can be an untapped source of new teachers

PROOF POINTS: The myth of the quick learner

Climate change vs schools

Climate change is already affecting America’s children, disrupting their learning and devastating school infrastructure. We explore its future toll on kids and how the education system can adapt.

Coverage of climate change in college textbooks is headed in the wrong direction

COLUMN: New climate legislation could create 9 million jobs. Who will fill them?

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Child care in shambles

The coronavirus pandemic has strained the already fragile child care industry. Without government support, it’s likely to topple.

Transit for toddlers: More bus stops needed near Head Start centers

Back on the beat: A reporter’s view of early education

Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

EDUCATIon suspended series

When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class

Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class

Many schools find ways to solve absenteeism without suspensions

Inside our analysis of attendance-related suspensions in Arizona

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Six ideas to ease the early intervention staffing crisis

How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

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Parents feared Tennessee’s new reading law would hold back thousands of students. That didn’t happen

PROOF POINTS: Schools’ mission shifted during the pandemic with healthcare, shelter and adult ed

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College leaders refocus attention on their students’ top priority: Jobs after graduation

Often overwhelmed on big campuses, rural college students push for support

Community college-to-UC pipeline gets a boost as California ‘guarantees’ transfers

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OPINION: Politicians who come to our HBCU campuses must understand and recognize our storied history

OPINION: Why Americans should not blame their local college or university for the shortfalls of the elite

OPINION: To solve teacher shortages, let’s open pathways for immigrants so they can become educators and role models

OPINION: Left out: Dreamers miss too many education opportunities that could change their lives

OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving students

OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

OPINION: Historically underserved school districts in Mississippi were hit hard in the pandemic and need immediate help

OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us

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