Libby Nelson
Former Editorial Director, Politics & Policy
Latest articles by Libby Nelson
“I deserve to not have to worry about my children getting stabbed or taking a drug or getting robbed,” one parent said when students from a failing, overwhelmingly black district in Missouri were allowed to transfer to a nearby white district.
The new version makes fewer references to race and racism. At a time when a growing share of public school students are nonwhite, that matters.
“I don’t think a university should be in the policing business,” said the prosecutor who charged a University of Cincinnati police officer with murder. But nearly all of them are.
A new study finds that during bad economic times, students shun the liberal arts, education, and the social sciences in favor of STEM fields.
After 13 years, we still don’t know how to fix failing schools
After students were told how much they already owed, they borrowed less.
They carve up counties, cities, and towns in a way that doesn’t make sense.
For students, a world without the widely reviled 2002 education law might not look all that different.
Congratulations, Washington, DC, you’re the most interested in “restaurants”!