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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.

New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth

Advocacy groups call for Pennsylvania state government to step up oversight of residential facilities

K-12

by  Caroline Preston  – December 13, 2018

What expectations for the future mean we should do now

KnowledgeWorks Forecast 5.0 does more than simply imagine the future

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – December 6, 2018

COLUMN: For safer schools, we need more hugs, not more guns

Students who feel disconnected from their community are more likely to lash out

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – December 4, 2018

Rural Education

Rural disaffection has helped to drive the nation’s politics. Yet little attention has been paid to the role of education in this. We examine rural K-12 and higher education through the stories of rural schools and students.
High school students from Jackson Public Schools gather to discuss ways to improve district schools at Jackson Convention Complex in Mississippi last week.

Report outlines long road ahead for Jackson Public Schools

Improving services to students with disabilities, retaining teachers, top goals for district

Mississippi

by  Liz Willen  – December 4, 2018

Participants celebrate “Selena Day” as part of the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference.

COLUMN: Why does pride in blackness provoke such defensiveness?

The resistance to the idea of a woke academy at a higher ed conference shows how far we still have to go

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – November 20, 2018

The Hankinses with their son David. A family court judge rejected the New York City Department of Education’s allegation that the couple had neglected their child by keeping him out of school and having “unrealistic expectations” for his education.

When schools use child protective services as a weapon against parents

Many school employees are legally obligated to report any suspicion of child abuse and neglect, but sometimes that authority is misused

Race and Equity

by  Rebecca Klein  and  Caroline Preston  – November 17, 2018

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

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Young voters

COLUMN: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms

That’s why Republicans are trying to stop them

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – October 30, 2018

A child waits with his family outside of the emergency overnight shelter intake center in the Bronx borough of New York City.

COLUMN: Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

Fixing the achievement gap comes second to meeting kids’ basic needs

Early Education

by  Andre Perry  – October 23, 2018

Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn's P.S. 307 in New York. Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students.

COLUMN: Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

Internship programs that pair students with employers can help bridge the gap

Map to the Middle Class

by  Andre Perry  – October 16, 2018

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