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SCOTUS Hears Major Religious Freedom Case on Maine Schools

By Madeleine Carlisle and Katie Reilly

Inside Mystic Valley and the Debate Over America's Classroom

By Molly Ball/Malden, Mass.

How Schools Are Struggling With a Substitute Teacher Shortage

By Katie Reilly

Librarians Grapple With Conservatives’ Latest Efforts to Ban Books

By Olivia B. Waxman
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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

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

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

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

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

School Mask Mandates Are Going to Court

A spate of lawsuits marks the latest phase of the debate over face masks

By Katie Reilly

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

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

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

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

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 to...

By Charlotte Alter

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

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

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

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

'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
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