Special Reports

Middle School

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COLUMN: We’ve learned a lot so far. Let’s apply those lessons in the difficult month ahead

COLUMN: Surrounded by pandemic angst, what do middle schoolers want? A welcoming, safe place to learn

OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

Race and Equity

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This Texas community college group is offering free tuition – and much more

OPINION: Pennsylvania’s school funding is a case study in the future of inequality

PROOF POINTS: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement

Divided We Learn

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OPINION: Why we need a proactively anti-racist scientific method

OPINION: Why college majors are another form of implicit bias in higher education

A surprising reason keeping students from finishing college: A lack of transportation

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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States’ urgent push to overhaul reading instruction

Battling pandemic reading woes through teacher support, training

PROOF POINTS: What research tells us about gifted education

Early Childhood

Elementary to High School

Higher Education

Future of Learning

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How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

OPINION: We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment

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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PROOF POINTS: Combining remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds

A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough

Guidance Gap

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OPINION: The pandemic has dashed and deferred too many college dreams

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

High School Reform

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

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

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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OPINION: A master’s degree gives students an edge with fast-moving technology

Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion

More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

Mississippi

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OPINION: How targeted federal action could finally chip away at the broadband racism faced by Black students

OPINION: Banning critical race theory ignores truths all students must hear

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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OPINION: A former middle school principal looks back on ‘gimmicky mistakes’ and vows to do better

How schools that kept Covid cases low are battling new variants

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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Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something rare for them — adapt

Credential chaos: Growing “maze” of education credentials is confusing consumers and employers

A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

Hechinger en Español

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Como se hace bien el aprendizaje virtual? Un distrito en California ofrece algunas respuestas

Por qué los estudiantes blancos tienen 250% más probabilidad de graduación en universidades públicas en comparación a los estudiantes afroamericanos

COLUMNISTS

Jill Barshay

Andre Perry

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A Promise to Renew

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Common Core

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First Step to the Middle Class

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Learn and Earn

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Mississippi Child Care Crisis

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State of the Union

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Terrible Twos

Time to Learn

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Willing, able and forgotten

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