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Summer Tutoring Is Not the Solution to a Lost Year of Schooling. It Might Hurt Kids More Than It Helps Them

Summer tutoring has become the rallying cry by politicians and pundits as a...

Summer tutoring has become the rallying cry by politicians and pundits as a way to address the learning loss from months of remote and hybrid learning. A frightening number of students did not show up...

The facade of Mission San Antonio de Valero, better known as The Alamo, on Dec. 9, 2018.

'The Myth Itself Becomes a Stand-in.' What Can the Alamo's History Teach Us About Teaching History?

Less than a month after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill h...

Less than a month after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill he described as "a strong move to abolish critical race theory in Texas"—which educators worry will limit how they can talk...

Nikole Hannah-Jones attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on May 21, 2016.

University of North Carolina Trustees Grant Tenure for Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones After Controversy

The 9-4 decision capped weeks of tension that began when a board member hal...

The 9-4 decision capped weeks of tension that began when a board member halted the process over questions about Hannah-Jones' credentials

If we can’t have these hard conversations, how can we possibly expect our children to? Shemia Reese with her family at Babler Elementary in Glencoe, Mo., on June 18.

'Critical Race Theory Is Simply the Latest Bogeyman.' Inside the Fight Over What Kids Learn About America's History

The national debate over how to teach the history of race in the U.S. is en...

The national debate over how to teach the history of race in the U.S. is entangling local school boards and engulfing national politics

Civil War cannons outside the barracks that
house Virginia Military Institute’s cadets in Lexington, Va. on May 6, 2021.

America's Racial Awakening Forces Virginia Military Institute To Confront Its Past—And Future

It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackso...

It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general...

An aerial view of the Yale University Campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

Higher Education Has a Tax Problem and It's Hurting Local Communities

On March 30, 2020, toward the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Ne...

On March 30, 2020, toward the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, New Haven citizens stormed the city’s Zoom budget meeting to vent their outrage at Yale University’s continued strain on city finances. Residents specifically...

Clockwise from top left: Lesya Bazylewicz, Cherryl Baker, David Rion, Tinika Campbell, Camilo Macias, Jennifer Segal

'A Big Asterisk on the Future.' High School Counselors on Challenges Facing the Class of 2021

The pandemic has altered life plans for many high school seniors, and couns...

The pandemic has altered life plans for many high school seniors, and counselors have had a close-up view of their anxiety