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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: Guidance Gap

Counselors are key to helping students navigate school, apply to college and map out careers, but there’s a critical shortage of them in our nation’s schools. We look at how the school counseling crisis is affecting kids.

Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills will make it harder for teachers to support students like me

by Amaris Ramey June 27, 2022June 23, 2022

On the day my state introduced a bill that would limit conversation around gender and sexual orientation in the classroom, I reposted the news to Twitter and cried myself to sleep. Later that night, my phone buzzed. I squinted my eyes, trying to make sense of the words on the screen. “I’m sorry that I […]

Posted inOpinion

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

by Julia Freeland Fisher and Nichole TorpeySaboe October 27, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inGuidance Gap

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

by Charlotte West and Shae  Hammond  August 10, 2021February 10, 2022
Posted inOpinion

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

by Lily Nagengast May 21, 2021February 9, 2022
Posted inOpinion

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

by Andrew Palumbo April 19, 2021April 15, 2021
Posted inOpinion

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

by Roslyn Clark Artis and Jamila Lyn March 11, 2021July 8, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus and Education

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

by Laura Pappano March 4, 2021March 3, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

As admissions season descends, wealthier applicants once again have the advantage

by Jon Marcus February 19, 2021February 9, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local

by Laura Pappano December 4, 2020February 9, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: The pandemic exposes just how much support college students need

by Kevin Kruger and Dave Jarrat October 1, 2020October 20, 2020

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