Mental health and trauma
Teaching global warming in a charged political climate
Their training doesn’t cover it, many textbooks don’t touch it, but teachers are taking on climate change anyway
The silence of school leaders on climate change
Some educators say school boards and education groups have a responsibility to speak out on climate inaction, but those calls aren’t always being well-received
Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?
In rural high schools, college guidance is often inadequate or non-existent. But new programs are popping up to help
Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged? How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities
Parents say it’s often impossible to find schools to educate bright kids who have disabilities. Now some are fighting to change that
Teachers go to school on racial bias
Boston-area schools are leading a shift toward culturally responsive teaching. Educators say the resulting conversations about race are difficult, uncomfortable — and absolutely necessary
COLUMN: To the survivors of school shootings
Your survival is the ultimate form of protest
Fighting teacher stress
A growing number of mindfulness trainings help teachers cope, but critics say the real problem’s much deeper
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Among preschoolers, bullies who get bullied are at high risk for depression
New research finds that 2- to 3-year-olds who both bully and are bullied by their peers are the most likely to show signs of childhood depression
Going to school when your family is in hiding from ICE
ICE allowed a Jamaican family to stay in the country for years, then suddenly ordered them deported last summer. Now, as the family seeks sanctuary in a church, the children are struggling to maintain their grades and dreams of college
COLUMN: Schools should not be battlegrounds for Trump’s fake war
Schools bear the brunt of the immigration crisis