K-12

School founder Howard Fuller visits with students at the Milwaukee Collegiate Academy charter school.

Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

A longtime advocate for black-controlled schools in Milwaukee found an unlikely home among conservatives pushing school choice

High School Reform

by  Amadou Diallo  – November 16, 2018

Designing accessible ed tech can be costly, but demand is on the rise

Schools are putting more pressure on developers to think about access

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – November 15, 2018

OPINION: These governors favor a group that didn’t vote for them: small children

Democrats and Republicans who got a boost on early education policies

Early Education

by  Katie Hamm  and  Cristina Novoa  and  Steven Jessen-Howard  – November 15, 2018

Mississippi

The largely poor and rural state of Mississippi suffers from the highest rate of childhood poverty in the country, along with some of the lowest scores on standardized tests. A legacy of racism and segregation are among the roadblocks that keep the children of Mississippi from reaching their full potential.
A man watches an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor from a state-controlled news broadcaster, on his computer in Beijing on November 9, 2018. - China's state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view.

COLUMN: The future includes good (human) teachers

Some things just can’t be automated, and a teacher who makes you think is one of them

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – November 13, 2018

TEACHER VOICE: Why that chatty student driving you nuts could become president of the United States

Three ways that kids learn to develop their interpersonal skills

Future of Learning

by  Carma Hobgood  – November 12, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don't have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school.

Will a new push for free wireless internet help rural students get online?

Pending FCC rule change could help close the ‘homework gap’

Future of Learning

by  Chris Berdik  – November 12, 2018

Clarissa Santana is a mother of three who is frustrated when she returns to college at the University of Akron and learns her credits from a for-profit school don’t transfer. She tells her story in the new documentary “Unlikely.”

COLUMN: Two new documentaries showcase a long and winding road to college

‘Personal Statement,’ and ‘Unlikely’ hit the film festival circuits with stories of real-life obstacles and struggles

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – November 12, 2018

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Oliver Francis, of Philadelphia, was placed in foster care because he was truant. He graduated from George Junior Republic, a residential school in Grove City, Pennsylvania, this spring.

Institutions for foster kids aren’t doing enough to educate them

Missing credits and easy, worksheet-based education add to the learning challenges of children in foster care

Twice Abandoned

by  Caroline Preston  – November 10, 2018

OPINION: ‘Remaining silent is a political act’

Creating opportunities for parties to come together while teaching in trying times

K-12

by  Erika Kitzmiller  and  Adele Bruni Ashley  – November 8, 2018

Girls Coach Katie Lucky-Heard (left, white shirt) delivered a half-time pep talk to her team. “Tú puedes,” she said. You can do it.

Immigrant students find hope in soccer, but some states won’t let them play

A charter school’s teachers discover sports help them reach struggling students, but the state athletic association won’t let them play without social security numbers

Immigration

by Casey Parks  – November 7, 2018

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