Special Reports

Middle School

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How Minecraft YouTubers made me a better parent during the pandemic

TEACHER VOICE: Through tutoring, I discovered I love teaching middle schoolers

Race and Equity

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College degree doesn’t pay off as well for first-generation grads

OPINION: Far too many college students go hungry. Here’s how colleges and policymakers can help

Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion

Divided We Learn

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STUDENT VOICES: Please listen to us. The time has come to fund education, not incarceration

OPINION: We can help low-income students, first-gen students and students of color succeed in college, but not without support

TEACHER VOICE: We’ll need a lot more than academics to help students recover from the pandemic

Climate Change: Are we ready?

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Climate change is a health crisis. Are doctors prepared?

The West

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Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. More public funding could speed things up

En busca de asilo en tiempos del Covid

One of the fairest school funding models in the nation might be about to fail

The South

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COLUMN: New Orleans students are still vulnerable to Ida and other future storms

COLUMN: Universities are finally acknowledging their complicity in slavery, but they must offer reparations, too

Early Childhood

Elementary to High School

Higher Education

Future of Learning

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Helping science teachers tackle misinformation and controversial topics

OPINION: Why attacking educators for antiracist teaching is dangerous

OPINION: Liberal arts colleges must be partners in workforce development

Gifted Education’s Race Problem

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PROOF POINTS: Gifted programs provide little to no academic boost, new study says

Opening the doors to elite public schools

An Illinois district proved gifted programs can be racially diverse

Coronavirus and Education

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A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’

The science of catching up

When kids pick their ‘trusted adult,’ it pays off

Guidance Gap

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Photo Essay: Leaving a reservation for college, but also staying close to home

STUDENT VOICE: Why rural students like me are ‘meant to be here’ in college

OPINION: The power of unfair standardized tests is finally, thankfully diminishing

High School Reform

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

Cuidado infantil, asientos para bebés y otras maneras simples de mantener a madres adolescentes en la escuela

PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

Immigration

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Seeking asylum in a time of Covid

OPINION: Now is the time to hire and promote Asian Americans into leadership positions

‘Mochilas llenas de piedras’: Cómo un distrito maneja el trauma que los niños indocumentados traen a la escuela

Map to the Middle Class

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COLUMN: Changes to come should be ‘music to your ears,’ higher education innovators say

OPINION: Doubling Pell Grants is just one side of the college cost coin

For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

Mississippi

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Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

OPINION: Sorry, Sam Zell, college students absolutely need those stimulus checks

When schools reopen, we may not have enough teachers

New Orleans

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COLUMN: School reopening plans must ensure safety of custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and substitutes

COLUMN: Defund the private schools

The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely

Solutions

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How the local public library helped one school district cope with Covid

There’s no such thing as over-testing — or over-communicating — when it comes to Covid and schools

11 lessons from schools that kept Covid cases low

Student Veterans

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OPINION: If you really want more equitable schools, you must first ask some questions

OPINION: How to keep our most vulnerable students from losing ground in the pandemic

Michael Bloomberg unveils ‘progressive’ higher education plan

Universities, Inc.

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Tuition freezes cool prices for some while affecting financial aid

In Massachusetts, public colleges send debt collectors after nearly 12,000 students

Colleges fight attempts to stop them from withholding transcripts over unpaid bills

Hechinger en Español

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Lo que los estudiantes de inglés necesitan es enamorarse de la escuela otra vez

En una casa, dos hermanos con discapacidad tuvieron experiencias pandémicas opuestas.

Cinco maneras de combatir la pérdida de aprendizaje causada por el Covid-19

COLUMNISTS

Jill Barshay

Andre Perry

MORE SPECIAL REPORTS

A Promise to Renew

Arts Education

Building A Better Teacher

Common Core

Community College

Districts in Debt

First Step to the Middle Class

For-Profit Colleges

Graduate Students

Immigration Crisis

Lessons From Abroad

Learn and Earn

Math Achievement

Mississippi Child Care Crisis

School Improvement Grants

State of the Union

Student Voices

Teacher Effectiveness

Teacher Preparation

Terrible Twos

Time to Learn

Twice Abandoned

Willing, able and forgotten

The Worrying State of Science Education