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OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back
04/23/2025

OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back

President Trump is aggressively stepping up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The new policies sweeping the nation deeply affect and harm our children. Educators should do whatever they can to...

OPINION: America’s promise of free education should include all children, regardless of immigration status
04/23/2025

OPINION: America’s promise of free education should include all children, regardless of immigration status

President Donald Trump has rescinded key protections that limit immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations. This reversal now threatens a fundamental American promise: that every...

COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep climate change education alive as federal government defunds it
04/22/2025

COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep climate change education alive as federal government defunds it

Climate anxiety is real, and it coexists with ignorance about climate change among America’s students.

Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches
04/22/2025

Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches

This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by making...

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
04/21/2025

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat

Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week

Schools push career ed classes ‘for all,’ even kids heading to college
04/21/2025

Schools push career ed classes ‘for all,’ even kids heading to college

Backers say the academy model engages students and prepares them for the future, but others worry it comes at a cost.

Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools
04/19/2025

Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools

Analysis: The cases — over a district’s opt-out policy and a religious charter school — could have ramifications for school systems nationwide.

COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back
04/18/2025

COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back

Patricia McGuire has always been an outspoken advocate for her students at Trinity Washington University, a small, Catholic institution that serves largely Black and Hispanic women, just a few miles from...

College Uncovered: The Demographic Cliff
04/18/2025

College Uncovered: The Demographic Cliff

Most Americans would probably rather forget the Great Recession that began in 2007. But as long ago as it may seem, it triggered something that is about to become a big problem: Americans started having...

States try to tackle child care shortages — by lowering standards
04/17/2025

States try to tackle child care shortages — by lowering standards

Bills proposed in a handful of states would lower training requirements, loosen ratios

College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In!
04/17/2025

College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In!

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? This story also appeared in National Public Radio The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth...

OPINION: For our republic to survive, education leaders must remain firm in the face of authoritarianism
04/16/2025

OPINION: For our republic to survive, education leaders must remain firm in the face of authoritarianism

Across the country, education leaders are being forced to make some tough decisions — to choose between defending core values such as equity and historical truth, or yielding to political coercion in...

International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT
04/14/2025

International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT

The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 changed the world. A chatbot could instantly write paragraphs and papers, a task once thought to be uniquely human. Though it may take many years to understand...

STUDENT VOICE: I’m thriving in my dual-enrollment program, but it could be a whole lot better
04/14/2025

STUDENT VOICE: I’m thriving in my dual-enrollment program, but it could be a whole lot better

My experience in dual enrollment has been generally positive, but the program could be even better if high schools and colleges worked together to provide what students say they need most.

After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned
04/10/2025

After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned

The dispute between the Beverly Hills district and some Palisades parents raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.

In a world of tech, human-led efforts may be the best school safety tool
04/09/2025

In a world of tech, human-led efforts may be the best school safety tool

In Rigby, Idaho, educators have found more success with a ‘threat assessment team’ than with digital tools.

A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry
04/09/2025

A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

A new Alabama law will allow high school students to replace upper level math and science classes, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry, with career and technical education courses, like cosmetology or architecture....

As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students
04/08/2025

As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students

Among high school grads, a long-neglected group is getting bigger: Hispanic students

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