Sarah Gonser is a contributing writer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and numerous other media outlets. Her first job in journalism was as the obituary writer for a California daily newspaper. She attended public elementary and middle school in French-speaking rural Switzerland where field trips consisted of hiking, or cross-country skiing, from dawn until dusk.
Civic engagement matters today more than ever, yet social studies in the early grades are sidelined. To make up for this absence, some educators seek outside training on how to handle sensitive issues in the classroom
Children who can’t read well by third grade are more likely to become drop-outs. Research-based coaching could make a critical difference.
Early math skills, though critical to academic success, get far less attention than literacy in high-poverty classrooms. One Illinois school district is working to change that.
How Colorado is betting on counseling to vault low-income kids into good jobs and post-secondary education
How one New Hampshire school is preparing students in the face of a looming labor crisis
How high schools are trying to attract girls to this lucrative tech field
As automation disrupts the labor market and good middle-class jobs disappear, schools are struggling to equip students with future-proof skills
Working to support themselves and their families through the high school years hits undocumented teens disproportionally hard. Three young people describe their paths to higher education.
New Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows big employment gains in health care, social aid
‘We don’t know where our futures are going,’ as Washington debates whether to continue program for undocumented immigrant children
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