Education

What Babies Need to Become Good Readers

By Maya Payne Smart

Public Libraries Face Threats to Funding and Collections as Book Bans Surge

By Madeleine Carlisle

Here's How Much Progress Students Lost in the Pandemic

By Katie Reilly

These States Could Tax Your Student Loan Forgiveness

By Katie Reilly
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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

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

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

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

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

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

Inside the Death of a Rural Daycare

The pandemic has led to tens of thousands of childcare workers leaving their jobs.

By Katie Reilly

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

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

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

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

Anti-'Critical Race Theory' Laws Are Working

Teachers say there's a 'chilling' effect on how they talk about race

By Olivia B. Waxman

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

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

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

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
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