Education
Editors' Picks
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Betrayers of the Dream
Jul 12, 2015How sleazy for-profit colleges disproportionately targeted black students.
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It's All About the Money
May 21, 2015How America became preoccupied with higher education’s bottom line.
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Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Jun 22, 2014Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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Sex, Lies and Justice
Jan 12, 2015Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?
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When Adjuncts Go Union
Jun 30, 2015On campuses across America, contingent faculty are fighting back against low wages and precarious employment.
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Under Trump, Liberals Rediscover School Segregation
Aug 11, 2017The president’s racism has opened the door for a franker discussion of school choice.
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Teacher Tests Test Teachers
Jul 18, 2017The practice of evaluating teachers by their students’ performance on standardized tests is coming under serious challenge.
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‘Parents Involved,’ A Decade Later
Jun 28, 2017Contrary to reports, the fight for school integration was not derailed.
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School Suspensions, Test Scores, and Lead Poisoning
Jun 09, 2017Economists find new evidence that kids with higher exposure to lead are more likely to misbehave in school and do worse academically.
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Illinois Poised To Strip Rahm Emanuel’s Control over Chicago Schools
Jun 07, 2017After years of mayoral control, Chicago residents may soon get to elect their local school board.
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Why Do Billionaires Care So Much About Charter Schools?
May 30, 2017For the 1 percent, combating inequality is all about individual achievement, not systemic change.
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Black Is Beautiful, But Hair Is Still Political
May 26, 2017How a suburban Boston charter school’s dress code underscores whites’ obsession with African American hair
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Massachusetts Charter School Backs Off Exclusionary Hair Policies -- For Now
May 25, 2017Public outrage plus scrutiny from civil rights groups and the state attorney general draws attention to penalties imposed on black students.
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Fixing Our Infrastructure? How About Schools?
May 23, 2017Tens of millions of children report daily to run-down, sometimes unsafe school buildings. Two proposals for upgrading schools are now before Congress.
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Bernie, the Billionaires, and the School Board
May 12, 2017The pro-charter candidates in Tuesday’s Los Angeles election are backed by the Walton family, Michael Bloomberg, and Eli Broad. Their opponents are backed by Bernie Sanders, in the priciest school board race in U.S. history.
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Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap
May 08, 2017The impact of imprisoned parents on children shows how criminal justice policy is education policy.
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New Jersey Teacher Tenure Lawsuit Dismissed
May 05, 2017Education reformers targeting teacher job protections have been struggling in court.
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Q&A: The American Parent Trap
May 02, 2017A conversation with Sarah LeVine, coauthor of Do Parents Matter? Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax
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How D.C. Became the Darling of Education Reform
Apr 19, 2017Despite an absence of rigorous, independent evaluation, school officials and city leaders have framed D.C.’s new education policies as a great success.
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Maryland Showdown on Testing, Charters, and the Direction of Public Schools
Mar 29, 2017Federal law now gives states more power to shape school policy—and, predictably, conflict has ensued.
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