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Ending COVID Emergency Could Doom Student Loan Forgiveness
By Solcyre Burga
How Martin Luther King Jr. Is Being Taught in New Ways
By Olivia B. Waxman
A New Student Loan Plan Could Reduce the Burden for 10 Million Borrowers
By Solcyre Burga
A New Student Loan Program Could Forgive Debt for Thousands
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The Case Against Private College Admissions Counselors
Wealth rules supreme at elite colleges, with private college counselors as their prime gatekeepers, writes Evan Mandery.
By Evan Mandery
December 2, 2022
University of California Strike Could Change Higher Ed
As a strike of 48,000 academic workers at the University of California stretches into a third week, schools across the country are watching
By Katie Reilly
November 28, 2022
How the Supreme Court Could Rule on Student Loan Forgiveness
Legal experts say that even if the court sides with the Biden Administration, there are still legal hurdles that will delay relief for borrowers.
By Katie Reilly
November 22, 2022
The Courts Will Probably Kill Student Loan Forgiveness
Student debt forgiveness for 40 million Americans is on hold indefinitely after another legal setback.
By Katie Reilly
November 16, 2022
Most Americans Think Parents Should Be Able to Opt Their Kids Out of Learning Things They Disagree With. That's Terrifying
Support for families opting out of school for differing politics is growing ahead of the midterms
By Daniel Silver
November 4, 2022
How School Boards Became the Hottest Elections of 2022
In school-board elections across the U.S., candidates are debating how to deal with teaching history, book bans, sex education, and transgender rights.
By Katie Reilly
November 3, 2022
How L.A. Schools Improved Students' Test Scores
Of the 26 large urban districts where NAEP assessments, "the Nation's Report Card," were given, Los Angeles was the only one to make gains in eighth-grade reading.
By Katie Reilly
October 28, 2022
What's Next in the Fight Over Student Loan Forgiveness
Legal experts are skeptical that current challenges will ultimately prevail in court—but it only takes one victory to throw a wrench in the student loan forgiveness program
By Katie Reilly
October 25, 2022
Not a Single State Has Improved Students' Test Scores Since 2019
“If left unaddressed, this could alter the trajectories and life opportunities of a whole cohort of young people,” said National Center for Education Statistics official Daniel McGrath.
By Katie Reilly
October 24, 2022
All Your Questions About Applying for Student Loan Forgiveness Answered
The Biden Administration’s application for debt cancellation has officially launched. Borrowers can apply for forgiveness anytime before Dec. 31, 2023.
By Katie Reilly
October 18, 2022
You Can Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness Now
The application launch comes as the debt-forgiveness program faces several legal challenges and just a few weeks before the midterm elections that could undo Democrats' narrow majority in Congress.
By Katie Reilly
October 17, 2022
How the Teacher Shortage Is Affecting One New Jersey School District
“Sometimes I just don't feel like going because there’s no point in going if I have no teachers,” says 17-year-old Abriannie Lima in Paterson, N.J.
By Katie Reilly
October 7, 2022
Why a Class on Doing Nothing Is So Popular
Prof. Constance Kassor's class, "Doing Nothing," is the most popular course at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Here's what that says about college students today.
By Katie Reilly
October 5, 2022
The Overlooked History of a Student Uprising at Tuskegee
"The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History" zeroes in on the 1968 uprising at Tuskegee Institute that won rights for students—and helped institutionalize Black Studies.
By Olivia B. Waxman
October 4, 2022
How Racism Was Baked into U.S. History Textbooks
In 'Teaching White Supremacy,' Harvard researcher Donald Yacovone analyzed 220 history textbooks
By Olivia B. Waxman
September 27, 2022
Conservative Group Asks Judge to Block Student Loan Forgiveness
The conservative Pacific Legal Foundation has launched the first legal challenge to President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan.
By Katie Reilly
September 27, 2022
Parents Should Have a Voice in Their Kids' Education But We've Gone Too Far
The rallying cry of “parents’ rights” is being wielded to do far more than give parents their rightful voice.
By Suzanne Nossel
September 20, 2022
Senators Urge More Forgiveness for Parents With Student Debt
Parents whose children received Pell Grants are not eligible for the $20,000 in forgiveness although they took out loans federal Parent PLUS loans to help
By Katie Reilly
September 17, 2022
What Babies Need to Become Good Readers
Scientific evidence fueled the push to systematically teach phonics. It’s time to let science dictate our approach to seeding early literacy as well.
By Maya Payne Smart
September 15, 2022
Public Libraries Face Threats to Funding and Collections as Book Bans Surge
"We haven’t seen this volume of censorship efforts in 30 or more years.”
By Madeleine Carlisle
September 7, 2022
Here's How Much Progress Students Lost in the Pandemic
During the pandemic, American students saw some of the biggest declines in academic achievement recorded in the last 50 years
By Katie Reilly
September 1, 2022
These States Could Tax Your Student Loan Forgiveness
Six states could tax student loan forgiveness, up to $985
By Katie Reilly
August 31, 2022
What Happens to Refinanced Student Loans Under Biden's Forgiveness Plan?
Many refinanced to relieve money stress in the first place.
By Megan McCluskey
August 26, 2022
Fact-Checking Biden’s Student Loan Plan
Will Biden’s new plan make inflation worse? Is it an abuse of executive power? Here’s what to know.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 26, 2022
How to Get Refund on Loan Payments You Already Made
Under the Biden Administration’s new debt forgiveness plan, eligible borrowers’ relief is capped at the amount of outstanding debt they owe.
By Katie Reilly
August 25, 2022
How Tutoring Could Fix Pandemic Learning Loss
In Tennessee, which has invested heavily in tutoring, students are still below pre-pandemic proficiency levels in math, but 30% of now meet grade-level expectations compared to 25% in 2021.
By Katie Reilly
August 25, 2022
Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Doesn't Do Enough for Black Americans
Biden's plan to cancel student debt is not a big or bold enough and it completely misses the mark for Black Americans
By Savala Nolan
August 25, 2022
Here's Who Qualifies for Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness
President Biden just announced he would cancel $20,000 in student loan debt for certain borrowers
By Anisha Kohli
August 24, 2022
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class
'Nothing is more dramatic than having the College Board launch an AP course in a field,' says Henry Louis Gates Jr., who helped develop the curriculum
By Olivia B. Waxman
August 22, 2022
Inside the Death of a Rural Daycare
The pandemic has led to tens of thousands of childcare workers leaving their jobs.
By Katie Reilly
August 19, 2022
How I Got My Students to Stop Staring at Screens
A teacher talks about helpful steps he's used to get kids off of their screens
By Phillip Done
August 19, 2022
The Great Reading Rethink
Reading proficiency rates in the U.S. are abysmal. Inside the massive effort to change the way kids are taught.
By Belinda Luscombe
August 11, 2022
Google, Apple Back Affirmative Action in Harvard Case
Businesses risk inflaming a conservative backlash against companies taking progressive stances.
By Maia Spoto and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson / Bloomberg
August 1, 2022
Beyond the Founding Fathers: 12 Unsung Figures Who Helped Build America
From the brain behind the “We the People” clause in the U.S. Constitution, to a woman who risked her life holding loyalist soldiers prisoner during the Revolutionary War
By Olivia B. Waxman
July 1, 2022
Anti-'Critical Race Theory' Laws Are Working
Teachers say there's a 'chilling' effect on how they talk about race
By Olivia B. Waxman
June 30, 2022
Title IX Changes Avoid Trans Athlete Questions
The proposed reforms roll back many of the Trump Administration's changes.
By Katie Reilly and Madeleine Carlisle
June 23, 2022
Demand Rises for SROs—Despite the 'Abject Failure' in Uvalde
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety called the police response to the Uvalde shooting “an abject failure,” and the school police chief has been put on leave.
By Katie Reilly
June 22, 2022
School Safety Measures May Not Prevent Mass Shootings
After the Uvalde school shooting, focus is shifting again to 'school hardening' to stop mass shooters. But there's little evidence it works
By Katie Reilly
June 15, 2022
Teachers Vent Grief and Fury After Uvalde Shooting
In the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, many educators who survived mass shootings feel like they’ve been left to deal with the problem on their own
By Katie Reilly
June 2, 2022
Schools Reinstate Mask Mandates as COVID-19 Rises
School districts in Philadelphia, Providence, R.I., and Brookline, Mass., are requiring students and staff to wear masks again—though they are the exception, rather than the rule
By Katie Reilly
May 25, 2022
How Buffalo Schools Are Grappling With the Racist Attack
Fatima Morrell, the associate superintendent for culturally and linguistically responsive initiatives in Buffalo public schools, says it’s important for schools to play a role in teaching students to combat racism, while offering social-emotional support for those who are grieving
By Katie Reilly
May 21, 2022
What We Know About Biden's Plan to Forgive Student Loans
It's clear that whatever Biden does will be short of the $50,000 loan forgiveness championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others—if he chooses to cancel debt at all
By Katie Reilly
May 11, 2022
What Will Harvard's Slavery Report Actually Change?
More universities are acknowledging their historical connections to slavery. But in many cases, they're stopping short of what students want
By Katie Reilly
May 5, 2022
How 'Social and Emotional Learning' Became the Newest Battleground in the Classroom Wars
The longstanding educational concept has recently drawn backlash. Here's what 'social and emotional learning' really means
By Katie Reilly
April 27, 2022
Florida’s Governor Just Signed the 'Stop Woke Act.’ Here’s What It Means for Schools and Businesses
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Friday that aims to regulate how schools and businesses address race and gender, the state’s latest effort to restrict education about those topics. The law, which has become...
By Katie Reilly
April 22, 2022
Why California Is Delaying Its Vaccine Mandate for Schools
California was the first state to announce that children would be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school
By Katie Reilly
April 15, 2022
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