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Education Archive

Archives for February 2023

Politics
You probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme CourtYou probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
Politics

The most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Progress Report: America’s Schools
The Highlight

The Supreme Court case that shaped US schools, the long shadow of Covid learning loss, the after-school care crisis, and the latest classroom culture war. Plus: What is homework for, anyway?

By Vox Staff
Nobody knows what the point of homework is
The Highlight

The homework wars are back.

By Jacob Sweet
The racist idea that changed American education
The Highlight

How a landmark Supreme Court decision was shaped by the racist idea that poor children can’t learn.

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat
Conservatives’ war on emotions in the classroom
The Highlight

Social-emotional learning has been a basic — and uncontroversial — part of education for decades. So why are conservatives waging a war against it?

By Fabiola Cineas
America’s after-school afterthought
The Highlight

The hours between school dismissal and the end of the workday are a mess. They don’t have to be.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
The other long Covid: The damage done to a generation of schoolchildren
The Highlight

The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?

By Bryan Walsh
Life
This Penn professor has been offending minorities for years. Will tenure save her?This Penn professor has been offending minorities for years. Will tenure save her?
Life

The University of Pennsylvania’s Amy Wax problem, explained.

By Jack Meserve
Politics
The Supreme Court showdown over Biden’s student debt relief program, explainedThe Supreme Court showdown over Biden’s student debt relief program, explained
Politics

The law is very explicit that Biden’s student debt relief program is lawful. The Court’s Republican majority is unlikely to care.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The controversy over AP African American studies, explainedThe controversy over AP African American studies, explained
Politics

The College Board is facing backlash from conservatives who want it to do less — and from left-leaning critics who say it isn’t doing enough.

By Fabiola Cineas