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I wanted to follow up on a new survey I wrote about recently that asked students why they skipped school. I heard from a few readers (including some at The Atla...
For many school districts across the country, today is the first day of a new year. For education reporters, finding fresh angles on familiar turf can be a chal...
Digital education is here, so what do we do with it? Experts with varying levels of faith that digital education platforms will help students improve academical...
Instead of asking why their college failure rate was so high, Prof. Shaun Harper set out to see what could be learned from the students who were succeeding....
Five Questions For … Robert Schaeffer, Fair Test Public Education Director...
With Senate hearings underway today to discuss the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it’s a good time to look back at one of the ...
The school year is starting again. In the next few weeks, classes will kick off in districts around the country. So where are good story ideas lurking for educa...
The growth in the Latino school-age population contains the seed for countless education stories, about issues ranging from funding to curriculum to overcrowdin...
A study tracking the disciplinary records of nearly a million Texas students exposed some startling findings....
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