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Title IX Changes Avoid Trans Athlete Questions
By Katie Reilly and Madeleine Carlisle
Demand Rises for SROs—Despite the 'Abject Failure' in Uvalde
By Katie Reilly
School Safety Measures May Not Prevent Mass Shootings
By Katie Reilly
Teachers Vent Grief and Fury After Uvalde Shooting
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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
Culture Wars Could Be Coming to a School Board Near You
School board elections have become more competitive and contentious as candidates battle over national partisan issues like critical race theory, book bans, and COVID-19 rules
By Katie Reilly
March 23, 2022
How War Affects Russian and Ukrainian Students in the U.S.
Amid calls to protect Ukrainian students in the U.S., some colleges are cutting ties with Russian schools and companies, and one lawmaker suggested expelling Russian students from the country
By Katie Reilly
March 3, 2022
Black Families Rejecting White-Washed History Turn to Homeschooling
Homeschooling increased nationwide after the pandemic disrupted in-person learning, and the increase was most significant among Black families
By Katie Reilly
February 28, 2022
How America Educated Children of Nazis after World War II
Within just a few years after the end of World War II, the U.S. went from fighting the Nazi party to inviting some of its scientists and their families to live and work in America....
By Olivia B. Waxman
February 24, 2022
What Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Could Mean for LGBTQ Kids
On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden took to Twitter to condemn a controversial bill that’s swiftly moving through the Florida legislature. The proposed law, often referred to by critics as “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, bans...
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 9, 2022
The Pandemic Is Adding to Public School Enrollment Woes
Public school enrollment dropped 3% in the 2020-21 academic year compared with 2019-20, in part because of upheavals arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
By Katie Reilly
February 9, 2022
Restricting China Ties a 'Huge Mistake' Warns U.S. Scholar
Brown University president Christina Paxson calls for "academic freedom and openness and exchange of knowledge"
By Henry Ren / Bloomberg
February 3, 2022
Why Toni Morrison Books Are Frequent Targets of Book Bans
In Florida's Polk County, Nobel Literature Prize-winner Toni Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye and Morrison's Beloved were among 16 books "quarantined"—taken off shelves in public school libraries "so a thorough, thoughtful review of their content...
By Olivia B. Waxman
January 31, 2022
Schools Rethink History Lessons Amid Anti-Asian Racism
New Jersey and Illinois are the first states to require teaching of Asian American history in schools
By Katie Reilly
January 24, 2022
A New Report Finds That 45 States Are 'Failing' to Teach Students About the Period That Shaped Race Relations After the Civil War
In the aftermath of the insurrection a year ago at the U.S. Capitol, many leading historians drew parallels between the violence and the Reconstruction era, the period of political revolution directly following the American Civil...
By Olivia B. Waxman
January 12, 2022
Why So Many Black Teachers Are Leaving the Classroom
Black teachers are leaving the profession at faster rates than white teachers as they face pushback over efforts to discuss racism in the classroom and deal with pandemic-related stress
By Sarah Carr/The Hechinger Report
January 5, 2022
Cheugy, Murraya and Critical Race Theory: The Words That Defined 2021
Looking back at 2021, the year was characterized by the challenges and joys of the world opening up again after a year of uncertainty and social distancing. (And then, in recent weeks, locking back down...
By Cady Lang
December 29, 2021
The Best Holiday Gifts to Give Teachers This Year
The last few years have been rough, especially for teachers. From learning how to teach remotely to navigating COVID-19 protocols, educators have shouldered the pandemic’s burden often without complaint. To show the teachers and school...
By Melissa Locker
December 6, 2021
SCOTUS Hears Major Religious Freedom Case on Maine Schools
Amy and David Carson were high school sweethearts. They met at Bangor Christian Schools, a private religious K-12 school in Bangor, Maine, when they were in their early teens. Their siblings attended the school. Family...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Katie Reilly
December 6, 2021
Inside Mystic Valley and the Debate Over America's Classroom
Eric Henry couldn’t believe what the 5th-graders at his triplets’ school were being assigned to read. On Jan. 31, the electrical engineer and Navy veteran fired off an email to a group of fellow parents...
By Molly Ball/Malden, Mass.
November 22, 2021
How Schools Are Struggling With a Substitute Teacher Shortage
'It's an all-hands-on-deck process' says a school superintendent who had to step in to teach gym recently
By Katie Reilly
November 22, 2021
Librarians Grapple With Conservatives’ Latest Efforts to Ban Books
On Nov. 8, two members of a Virginia school board called for a book burning. During a board meeting that evening, the Spotsylvania County Public School Board unanimously ordered its school libraries to begin removing...
By Olivia B. Waxman
November 15, 2021
Why Schools Are Paying Kids to Get Vaccinated
From New York to Los Angeles, schools are rewarding kids as young as 5 with $100 gift cards and other rewards if they get COVID-19 vaccines
By Katie Reilly
November 5, 2021
Inside Amherst College's Decision to End Legacy Admissions
Evidence from other colleges suggests that Amherst College could see more low-income and first-generation students as it ends legacy admissions
By Katie Reilly
October 22, 2021
Critics Say Academic Freedom Is at Risk Under New Tenure Rules
The revisions, which could make it easier to fire faculty who fall short in performance reviews, come at a time of heightened tensions on college campuses over what professors should — and should not—be allowed to teach.
By Katie Reilly
October 21, 2021
Why a Beer Maker Is at the Center of a School Mask Dispute
The owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company is using money from the super PAC he launched to fund lawsuits that would force Wisconsin schools to require masks in class
By Katie Reilly
October 14, 2021
The DOJ Is Getting Involved as Educators Face Violent Threats
The Justice Department move comes amid fierce protests over school mask mandates and social justice issues
By Katie Reilly
October 6, 2021
School Mask Mandates Are Going to Court
A spate of lawsuits marks the latest phase of the debate over face masks
By Katie Reilly
October 1, 2021
Jamey Rodemeyer's Parents Reflect a Decade After His Death
TIME spoke with the Rodemeyers ahead of the ten year anniversary of Jamey’s death about their son’s life and legacy, and the progress yet to be made.
By Madeleine Carlisle
September 17, 2021
A Tribute to Classroom Heroes
"I have never been prouder to be a teacher... Thank you for being the heroes we needed," First Lady Dr. Jill Biden writes
By Dr. Jill Biden
September 2, 2021
Meet the Educators Who Saved A Pandemic School Year
29 stories of teachers, bus drivers and others who went above and beyond
By Jasmine Aguilera , Madeleine Carlisle and Katie Reilly
September 2, 2021
Parents Had Dreamed of a Smooth Return to School This Fall. This Is the Nightmare We're Facing Instead
Across the U.S. children are heading back to school, despite spiking COVID-19 cases. The emergence of the more contagious Delta variant as the most prominent virus strain in the country is causing concern for parents....
By Aubrey Hirsch
August 24, 2021
Why National Teachers Unions Won’t Require Vaccine Mandates
This fall, as many schools across the country are planning to reopen for full in-person learning, parents and educators are bracing for the third straight school year to be disrupted by COVID-19. And yet, according...
By Charlotte Alter
August 23, 2021
Why I'm Mandating that Austin Texas School Must Be Masked
As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday. Requiring masks is not and never has been about defying the Governor. This...
By Stephanie Elizalde
August 15, 2021
Universities Can Build a More Resilient Future Post-Pandemic
New technologies help us expand access and blend the best of the physical and virtual worlds, the Yale President says
By Peter Salovey
August 11, 2021
The Delta Variant Is Upending Back-to-School Plans
'We are in an eerily similar situation as we were 12 months ago'
By Katie Reilly
August 5, 2021
Summer Tutoring Is Not the Solution to a Lost Year of School
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...
By Pawan Dhingra
July 28, 2021
'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 he described as "a strong move to abolish critical race theory in Texas"—which educators worry will limit how they can talk...
By Olivia B. Waxman
July 13, 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 Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general...
By Molly Ball/Lexington, Va.
May 27, 2021
Higher Education Has a Tax Problem
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...
By Davarian L. Baldwin
April 7, 2021
For Class of 2021, an 'Asterisk on the Future'
The pandemic has altered life plans for many high school seniors, and counselors have had a close-up view of their anxiety
By Katie Reilly
April 1, 2021
Why Is It So Hard to Get Student Loan Debt Erased?
The economy wins when student loans are erased, but borrowers often struggle to access relief programs
By Alana Semuels
April 1, 2021
Applying to College Was Hard. COVID-19 Made It Impossible
The first sign that Twyla Joseph’s college application process was not going to go as planned came on March 13, 2020, when, a day before her scheduled SAT, she learned the test had been canceled....
By Katie Reilly
March 31, 2021
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