Education
Why a Mississippi City Is Just Now Being Forced to Desegregate Its Schools
A federal judge says Cleveland, Mississippi, must finally comply with a historic ruling the U.S. Supreme Court made more than 60 years ago.
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Stephan Savoia / AP Being Black at America's Elite Public High Schools
The complacency and inaction of school administrators following incidents of racism isn’t confined to colleges campuses.
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Gillian Laub / Getty How Kids Learn Resilience
In recent years, the idea that educators should be teaching kids qualities like grit and self-control has caught on. Successful strategies, though, are hard to come by.
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Wilson Ring / AP What Killed Burlington College?
The small Vermont liberal-arts college will close up shop this month, and a controversial real-estate deal made by Jane Sanders, Bernie Sanders’s wife, may be to blame.
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Emily Jan / The Atlantic The Tricky Pursuit of Diversity at the U.S. Air Force Academy
The school faces the complicated task of increasing the number of minority students while preserving order and tradition.
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What's the Point of College? Cont'd
This reader struggles to find a straightforward answer to the question at hand: What’s the point of…
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Umit Bektas / Reuters Losing Identity During the Refugee Crisis
The difference between assimilation and integration in the classroom
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What's the Point of College?
It’s a question my colleague Steve Clemons is planning to discuss with a panel of experts at The…
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Seth Perlman / AP What Teachers Lose to Pension Debt
States have fallen behind in their obligations, spending more on retirement debt and less on educators’ pay.
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Chor Sokunthea / Reuters The Partnership Between Colleges and Helicopter Parents
Many public universities now rely heavily on parents—particularly those with money, time, and connections—to meet their basic needs.
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters Schools Are Put on Notice to Respect Transgender Rights
In a letter sent Friday, federal officials warn local districts not to discriminate against students using restrooms.
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Maryland GovPics / Flickr Bringing College to Students Who Can’t Leave Home
More people are earning degrees from far-away schools through regional campuses.
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Paul Vernon / AP How Hard Is the New SAT?
The scores from the new version of the standardized test have just come out—and they’re significantly higher.
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Andrej Isakovic / AFP / Getty A Brief History of Skimpy Clothes
It’s 2016, and kids are being thrown out of prom for inappropriate clothes. Where do dress codes come from?
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A Gender-Based Hypocrisy
Upon reading some of the comments and responses to the piece I published yesterday on Harvard’s recent sanctions against single-gender…
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Sheng Li / Reuters The Genetics of Staying in School
A huge study found 74 gene variants that are associated with years of formal schooling—but that doesn’t mean there are “education genes.”
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Dylan Peers McCoy / Chalkbeat Indiana High Schools for Addicts
The United States is home to a growing number of “recovery high schools” that help students both stay sober and graduate—free of cost.
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters A More Inclusive Harvard
The university’s new sanctions against single-gender social groups are deeply flawed—but promising in their intentions.
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Carlos Osorio / AP Detroit's Educational Catastrophe
Two radically different bills aim to overhaul the city’s beleaguered school system. Will the legislation do more harm than good?
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Jae C. Hong / AP When All Kids Eat for Free
Congress is considering a rule change to the school-nutrition law that would bar thousands of schools from offering complimentary lunch to all students.
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Jessica Hill / AP Navigating Campus Together
First-generation faculty can steer first-generation college students toward success.