Education

Bintou Baysmore in front of her school in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Dec. 10, 2020.

‘I’m Going to Say It From the Heart.’ America’s Reckoning on Race Has Come to High School Speech and Debate

A group of Brooklyn students are on the vanguard of change in the once-stai...

A group of Brooklyn students are on the vanguard of change in the once-staid world of competitive oratory—even if not everyone wants to hear what they have to say

Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school on Jan. 28, 2020.

Biden Names a Former Teacher to His Cabinet to Oversee Schools 'In a State of Crisis'

If confirmed as Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona will face pressure to f...

If confirmed as Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona will face pressure to fix schooling upended by COVID-19 and to roll back some of Betsy DeVos's policies

Honors civics teacher Mike Brown discusses the U.S. presidential election with masked students on the first day of school at Stamford High School on Sept. 8, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.

'You Can’t Be Silent.' Schools Brace for the Presidential Election Aftermath

Educators face the challenge of trying to teach civics and explain the unpr...

Educators face the challenge of trying to teach civics and explain the unprecedented to students

School boycott pickets march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route from City Hall to the Board of Education in Brooklyn on Feb. 3, 1964, to continue their demonstration against de facto segregation in the city's school system.

Nearly Half of New York City’s Public-School Students Stayed Home to Protest Segregation in a 1964 Boycott. That Fight Is Still Unfinished

Historians say that a major milestone in the history of school integration ...

Historians say that a major milestone in the history of school integration is often left out of the civil rights story

A student at Wheat Ridge High School takes notes during sophomore AP U.S. History class on Sept. 25, 2014, in Wheat Ridge, Colo., amid what was then a debate over the Advanced Placement curriculum.

Trump's Threat to Pull Funding From Schools Over How They Teach Slavery Is Part of a Long History of Politicizing American History Class

"Is the point of history class to introduce young Americans to their herita...

"Is the point of history class to introduce young Americans to their heritage of heroes, the glories of American history?"

Circa 1621, Massasoit or Ousamequin, chief of the Wampanoag of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, pays a visit to the Pilgrims' camp at Plymouth Colony with his warriors after signing the earliest recorded treaty in New England

400 Years After the Mayflower Set Sail, a New Exhibit Acknowledges the U.K.'s Impact on Native American Communities

Historians are now working to make sure the impact on the Wampanoag isn't w...

Historians are now working to make sure the impact on the Wampanoag isn't written out of the story of the Mayflower's journey

The Save California Ethnic Studies Coalition, pictured on September 2019.

California Plans to Make Ethnic Studies a Requirement for Public-School Students. Here’s the History Behind the Idea

A bill making ethnic studies a graduation requirement for California public...

A bill making ethnic studies a graduation requirement for California public-school students is expected to be signed by Governor Newsom