Special Reports

Middle School

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PROOF POINTS: Later school start time gave small boost to grades but big boost to sleep, new study finds

OPINION: Ninth graders do better with fewer classes, new research shows

When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

Race and Equity

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COLUMN: If you don’t want critical race theory to exist, stop being racist

PROOF POINTS: Test-optional policies didn’t do much to diversify college student populations

Divided We Learn

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Some colleges stop holding transcripts hostage over unpaid bills

OPINION: It’s time to change the way students are disciplined in school

Some universities’ response to budget woes: Making faculty teach more courses

Climate Change: Are we ready?

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Climate change is a health crisis. Are doctors prepared?

The West

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En busca de asilo en tiempos del Covid

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

Coronavirus means school food is free across the U.S. What if it stayed that way?

The South

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COLUMN: Rewrite the history textbooks, or the white supremacist violence will continue

‘They’re so weary’: Louisiana teachers recover from back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic

Early Childhood

Elementary to High School

Higher Education

Future of Learning

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

STUDENT VOICE: Once schools reopen fully, some lessons from distance learning will endure

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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Seeking asylum in a time of Covid

OPINION: Child care is just as important as preschool

A multilingual, multicultural call center helps families of color cope with remote learning

Guidance Gap

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

OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

‘Right now is not my time’: How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most

High School Reform

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OPINION: We need a SpaceX for assessment

PROOF POINTS: Slim research evidence for summer school

PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

Immigration

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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

COLUMN: Trump’s disastrous immigration policies will continue to destroy lives

Map to the Middle Class

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OPINION: How targeted internships are helping students and nonprofits get through the pandemic

OPINION: As we eye post-pandemic life, it’s time to unclog the pipeline between education and work

Poll: Nearly half of parents don’t want their kids to go straight to a four-year college

Mississippi

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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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OPINION: How a new generation of students are responding to Black America’s echoes

TEACHER VOICE: One teacher’s advice to help students not just survive, but thrive in remote learning

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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OPINION: Profits grew while students were hurt by a law intended to protect them

From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

Left in the lurch by for-profit college direct loans

Hechinger en Español

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OPINION: Let’s change our approach to traditionally overlooked students

New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

Olvídese de la clase de educación cívica y de la junta de gobierno estudiantil: los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones que dan forma a su educación.

COLUMNISTS

Jill Barshay

Andre Perry

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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