Education
What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Education experts weigh in on the content areas children should have mastery over by the time they graduate.
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Cheryl Gerber / AP The Myth of the 'Miracle School'
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan examines the issues at the heart of the charter-school debate.
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Guillermo del Olmo / erashov / Shutterstock / ... Fixing America's Broken School Calendar
We asked education experts how much time they think kids should spend in class. Here's what they had to say.
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Alexia Fernández Campbell Can a Private Company Teach Troubled Kids?
At the Richmond Alternative School in Virginia, 97 percent of students are black and 87 percent are poor, and the city just outsourced their education.
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Mark Zaleski / AP From Convict to College Student
California’s public universities are starting to embrace a program that helps transition people from prison to campus.
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Butch Dill / AP Poor and Uneducated: The South's Cycle of Failing Higher Education
Colleges in the region are disproportionately losing funding and students.
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Alana Semuels / The Atlantic Good School, Rich School; Bad School, Poor School
The inequality at the heart of America’s education system
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Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters How Finland Starts the School Year
The global education pioneer eases students into the classroom.
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Carlos Osorio / AP The Most Segregating School-District Borders in America
A new report identifies 50 places where schools are geographically adjacent but resourcefully juxtaposed.
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Pascal Lauener / Reuters What Improv Can Teach Tomorrow's Doctors
Thinking quickly and occasionally abandoning the medical-school script are critical for quality patient care.
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Marcelo del Pozo / Reuters Why School Funding Will Always Be Imperfect
In 2013, California passed a law that was widely anticipated to better distribute resources to children in need. Now, critics say it's only making things worse.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Unionizing of Graduate Students
According to a new federal ruling, those who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities can now collectively bargain.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Janet Napolitano: Risk, Resolve, and Running a Major University System
The former Homeland Security secretary sits down for a Q&A; on women and leadership
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Lillian Mongeau / The Hechinger Report Why Britain Said 'Yes' to Universal Preschool
Divided by Brexit, the country is nonetheless united in offering universal early education for 3- and 4-year-olds.
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Ted S. Warren / AP Why a Court Blocked the Obama Administration’s Guidelines on Trans Students
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Department of Education didn’t follow proper rule-making procedures in sending a letter about bathrooms to schools.
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Jim Young / Reuters Chicago's Inescapable Segregation
The racial separation that permeates nearly every aspect of life in the Windy City is inexcusable.
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Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters Across the Border and Into School
Thousands of Central American children made a harrowing journey to the United States. Now they are navigating the arduous process of getting an education.
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Scott Iskowitz / AP The U.S. Olympians Who Won Gold—But Not in Rio
An American team triumphed at the International Math Olympiad for the second-straight year, despite concerns of student diversity in STEM.
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The Fine Line Between Safe Space and Segregation, Cont'd
Emily DeRuy examines the growing culture of “safe space” environments on campus and how some colleges are even…
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Matt Sayles / Invision / AP How Colleges Would've Handled the Nate Parker Case Today
Campus sexual-assault guidelines have changed significantly since the '90s.
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John Gress / Reuters A New Effort to Teach Low-Income Students Marketable Skills
The Department of Education is encouraging corporations in high-demand fields to partner with universities.
