Special Reports

Math Achievement

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PROOF POINTS: How to get teachers to talk less and students more

How many Cardi B Birkin bags does it take to improve math scores?

OPINION: Why artificial intelligence holds great promise for improving student outcomes

Rural Education

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The shuttering of a rural university reveals a surprising source of its financing

Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

Middle School

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OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

OPINION: Starting earlier will create better student pipelines into STEM fields

COLUMN: Can we find the solution to middle school math woes in a virtual world?

Race and Equity

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Los padres de estudiantes de educación especial que no hablan inglés se enfrentan a otro obstáculo

OPINION: Standardized tests can be great predictors of college success and should not be seen as a cause of inequity

STUDENT VOICE: The end of affirmative action is slamming doors for students like me

Divided We Learn

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OPINION: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation and the end of affirmative action signal to Black people that they will never belong

How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

College advisers vow to ‘kick the door open’ for Black and Hispanic students despite affirmative action ruling

Climate Change: Are we ready?

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Climate change is a health crisis. Are doctors prepared?

How some Mississippi teens are saving their town from climate change

The West

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The (mostly) Republican moms fighting to reclaim their Idaho school district from conservatives

COLUMN: A creation story for Indigenous and nature-based learning

The South

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Mississippi child care workers barely earn ‘survival wages’

Early Childhood

Elementary to High School

Higher Education

Future of Learning

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How the anti-CRT push has unraveled local support for schools

OPINION: Political gridlock is real. Bolstering education and the workforce can provide consensus

OPINION: Banning tech that will become a critical part of life is the wrong answer for education

Gifted Education’s Race Problem

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PROOF POINTS: How do you find a gifted child?

PROOF POINTS: What research tells us about gifted education

PROOF POINTS: Gifted programs provide little to no academic boost, new study says

Coronavirus and Education

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PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

PROOF POINTS: Schools’ mission shifted during the pandemic with healthcare, shelter and adult ed

PROOF POINTS: Three views of pandemic learning loss and recovery

Guidance Gap

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Middle schools are experimenting with ‘themes’ like math, sustainability and the arts. But is it all just branding?

The newest benefit at top companies: Private college admissions counseling

High School Reform

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

PROOF POINTS: The best way to teach might depend on the subject

Immigration

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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

Seeking asylum in a time of Covid

Map to the Middle Class

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Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

Community college-to-UC pipeline gets a boost as California ‘guarantees’ transfers

OPINION: Here’s why a costly college education should not be the only path to career success

Mississippi

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In this tiny and shrinking Mississippi county, getting a college degree means leaving home behind

OPINION: Why segregation and racial gaps in education persist 70 years after the end of legal segregation

OPINION: Historically underserved school districts in Mississippi were hit hard in the pandemic and need immediate help

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: Our college students are struggling emotionally. We need to understand how to help them

OPINION: A hopeful note for early childhood education in 2024 — Some states are stepping up investment

COLUMN: Colleges must give communities a seat at the table alongside scientists if we want real environmental justice

Student Veterans

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Getting educated while on active duty is getting harder as military rolls back benefits

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

Universities, Inc.

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A campaign to prod high school students into college tries a new tack: Making it simple

MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

When a Hawaii college sets up shop in Las Vegas: Universities chase students wherever they are

Hechinger en Español

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Se acerca un precipicio de cierres de escuelas. Los estudiantes hispanos y afroamericanos son los más propensos a sufrir las consecuencias.

Estudiantes con discapacidades a menudo son excluidos de populares programas de ‘lenguaje dual’

¿Son las dificultades de las escuelas en Puerto Rico un avance de lo que enfrentarán otros distritos?

COLUMNISTS

Jill Barshay

MORE SPECIAL REPORTS

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