What Immigration Raids Mean for Students
An immigration-law expert chimes in on how the recent detention of Daniel Ramirez Medina could affect students around the country who still benefit from the Obama-era policy.
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Guillermo del Olmo / Shutterstock / Zak Bickel ... The Failing Grade for Tests
In the final installment of our series, a panel of education experts describes what evaluation and accountability look like in the perfect world.
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AP / LOC / Getty / Shutterstock / ... Using Historical Fiction to Connect Past and Present
The novels offer more than a good story—they can also be integral to critical-thinking skills, especially during periods of political turmoil.
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Maria Danilova / AP What Could Reverse D.C'.s Intense School Segregation?
Not more charter schools
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Does Grammar Pedantry Perpetuate Ignorance About Language?
That’s the charge leveled by one reader, J., who responds to my grammar confession from earlier this week by advising…
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Jeffrey Phelps / AP The Catholic Schools Saved by Vouchers
Parishes staved off closures by participating in a school-choice program, but that also resulted in fewer donations to the church.
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Bob Child / AP How Donald Trump Changed Yale
According to some observers, the university announced it would update the name of Calhoun College to appease its liberal community members and distance itself from the president.
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Kacper Pempel / Reuters Are Teachers Becoming Obsolete?
A veteran educator reflects on the personalized-learning trend that’s left him wondering if a computer is more capable of doing his job than he is.
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Alex Brandon / AP The School-Voucher Paradox
In Louisiana, an initiative reduced segregation in the education system, but the families who took advantage of the program did not experience the newfound integration.
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Steve Helber / AP States Are Investing More in Higher Education
Though some have cut funds, budgets across the country have allocated an average of 3.4 percent more money toward campuses this fiscal year.
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A Grammar Geek’s Confession
Forgive me, dear readers: I have sinned against grammar and in thy sight, and, as I might have expected, you’ve…
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Charles Dharapak / AP The Glue Helping At-Risk Students Stick With School
Washington, D.C., added pathways coordinators to its high schools to try to help kids who are behind on credits catch up.
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Dylan Peers McCoy The School for Refugees
A public school in Indianapolis is more than just open to students new to America—it was made for them.
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Noah Berger / Reuters Deconstructing the 'Liberal Campus' Cliche
Uniformly labeling higher education as a community of hypersensitive, radical leftists is not only a false portrayal, but also undermines intellectualism.
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Aly Song / Reuters Solving the Substitute-Teacher Conundrum
A startup is empowering community members to bring their talents to classrooms and revolutionizing substitute teaching in the process.
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USA Today Sports / Reuters From Legal Lows to Court-Side Foes: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
The best recent writing about school
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Stephane Mahe / Reuters Why Forced Secularism in Schools Leads to Polarization
In France, the governmental devotion to a national culture has left some students fighting for their identities.
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Salvatore Laporta / AP Does Religion Have a Place in Public Schools?
“The question of what to do with religion in school-choice programs is how, or whether, to keep the baby while ditching the bathwater.”
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Meredith Kolodner The Convoluted Path to Improving New York City's Schools
New York City has invested millions to help turn around failing schools. Will it payoff?
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Rachel La Corte / AP The Benefit of Racial Isolation
The charter schools praised by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are notoriously segregated. In some cases, that’s a benefit.
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Christine Armario / AP The Myth of Immigrants' Educational Attainment
Those who move to the United States tend to have higher socioeconomic standing in their native countries than what they settle for when they arrive.
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Don Ryan / AP Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Has Already Affected Public Education
Never before has the Cabinet position aroused so much controversy. Could her confirmation be a boon for schools?
