The Closing of the Republican Mind on For-Profit Colleges
In working to loosen proprietary-college regulation, contemporary politicians break decades of GOP precedent.
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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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Teresa Mathew When Nuns Tried to Kick-Start India's First Transgender School
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
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Reuters ‘The Collapse of the White Working Class’
A new study explains why economic distress has led to mortality-rate spike for white, middle-age Americans without a college degree.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Will Historically Black Colleges Fare Under Trump?
HBCUs will still get federal funding, but not much else.
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Reuters Sesame Street Diversifies and Basketball Gentrifies: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
The best recent writing about school
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Wellesley College / PRNewsPhoto Why Banning Laura Kipnis Would Betray Wellesley's Academic Mission
Six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students “damage” or “injury.”
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Lynne Sladky / AP How a New Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect Special Education
Advocates for students with disabilities argue the decision could help millions of children.
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Jason Redmond / Reuters Examining Poor School Performance in the U.S.
International students are critical of American education. Brookings explains why.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Boston Puts a Better Map in the Classroom
The old Mercator world map, riddled with inaccuracies, has been replaced with a less Eurocentric version.
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David Goldman / AP Do After-School Programs Positively Impact Children?
Proponents of President Trump’s budget say no. Their evidence may be faulty.
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Bebeto Matthews / AP Measuring College (Un)affordability
As many as 95 percent of schools are out of reach for low-income students.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP Do Private-School Vouchers Promote Segregation?
A new report from the Century Foundation evaluates the claim.
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Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters Do Healthy Lunches Improve Student Test Scores?
A new study identifies a link between food quality and achievement.
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Cliff Owen / AP How Universal Child Care Affects Boys vs. Girls
A case study from Quebec reveals surprising differences in how children—and their parents—respond to subsidized care.
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Jesse Pratt Lopez The Separate, Unequal Education of Students With Special Needs
Georgia’s system to teach children with disabilities falls vastly short of its promise.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters British Schools Hope to Improve Performance With Chinese Textbooks
The United Kingdom remains increasingly concerned about low math scores among students.
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Elise Amendola / AP How Betsy DeVos Could End the School-Integration Comeback
Federal attention to classroom diversity made a resurgence in the final months of the Obama administration. Will the established programs peter out?
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Kathryn Haake / AP What If Students Only Went to School Four Days a Week?
An increasing number of rural districts are moving away from the five-day model.
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Mel Evans / Reuters Trump Reverses Obama-Era Protections on Student Debt
This clears the way for debt agencies to charge higher fees on overdue loans.
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Lisa Rathke / AP Conflicting Views on the Middlebury Controversy
Statements in support of free speech garner thousands of signatures, but also some dissent, among educators.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty The University of Michigan’s Plan to Increase Diversity
The administration has launched a multiyear racial and socioeconomic diversity plan, but a lot of students aren’t pleased.
