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Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs try to ride out the legal, administrative and economic headwinds of the Trump administration

Students didn’t get answers from Khanmigo. They didn’t want its questions, either

A large study of Khan Academy’s math program found no extra benefits from AI

The emerging fight against grade inflation in K-12 classrooms

South Carolina bans minimum grade policies as scrutiny around grades grows

OPINION: Colleges should not be punished for trying to give every student a fair shot

Parents of students with disabilities find private school vouchers come with a catch

Record high waitlists for child care assistance have shut women out of work, promotions

More degrees but not higher earnings: Puzzling data from CUNY’s famed ASAP program

Tracking Trump: How he’s dismantling the Education Department and more

A week-by-week look at what the president has done so far on education

Colleges are scrambling to figure out new student loan rules. Students are paying the price

California encourages undocumented students to go to college. But some are losing hope

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OPINION: We need more Black professionals in STEM fields

OPINION: I’m a college president, and I think higher education has to do a better job of controlling costs

OPINION: We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students

OPINION: Our children need more protection from the AI that is teaching them

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Parents of students with disabilities find private school vouchers come with a catch

OPINION: I’m a college president, and I think higher education has to do a better job of controlling costs

Trump proposal could shift child care subsidies to stay-at-home parents

The emerging fight against grade inflation in K-12 classrooms

Students didn't get answers from Khanmigo. They didn't want its questions, either

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States turn to parents to fill a home care workforce gap

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Who gets held back? Black boys, by a 3-1 ratio compared to white boys

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Business, government and education leaders try to reinvent college from scratch

Top-level nurses can’t finish their degrees because of a severe shortage of mentors

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Math Matters

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

Students didn’t get answers from Khanmigo. They didn’t want its questions, either

Slow math: Kids may learn more when AI makes them review mistakes

Faster solutions, lower test scores: How AI is eroding math skills

SURVEY: What do you want to learn about math education? What are journalists missing when they write about math education?

Remembering our friend and colleague Fazil Khan, a year later

Khan, who moved to the U.S. from India to attend Columbia Journalism School, was a beloved colleague and star data journalist dedicated to exposing injustice

Climate change vs. schools

The toll of climate change on kids and how education adapts.

How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

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Child care under strain

The American child care system is fragile.

OPINION: The leaders who are shaping early childhood education need better, more professional preparation

OPINION: It’s time to stop teaching the fun out of childhood and let kids be kids. Give them a ball and get out of their way

The island without child care for babies

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Texas fue pionero en dar matrículas estatales para los inmigrantes indocumentados. Ahora está dando marcha atrás.

El sistema de cuidado infantil de Estados Unidos depende de los inmigrantes. Sin ellos, podría colapsar

El College Board cancela programa de premios para estudiantes negros y latinos de alto rendimiento

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