Education
Analysis and reporting on America’s schools, from kindergarten to college.
The case for leaving some top college applications to chance.
Unions are protesting low wages and “unfair” working conditions during the three-day strike.
And it arrives at the Supreme Court at an absolutely horrible time.
A federal program allowed schools to provide free lunch to all children. Why did it have to end?
The most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.
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?
How a landmark Supreme Court decision was shaped by the racist idea that poor children can’t learn.
Social-emotional learning has been a basic — and uncontroversial — part of education for decades. So why are conservatives waging a war against it?
The hours between school dismissal and the end of the workday are a mess. They don’t have to be.
The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?
The University of Pennsylvania’s Amy Wax problem, explained.
The law is very explicit that Biden’s student debt relief program is lawful. The Court’s Republican majority is unlikely to care.
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.
The population of college-age Americans is about to crash. It will change higher education forever.
The program is almost certainly legal, but that fact is unlikely to persuade a judiciary dominated by his partisan foes.
The successful ballot measure could provide a jolt to the national debate on child care.
With calls of “parents’ rights” Republicans are targeting transgender youth up and down the ticket.
Not that anything is likely to stop them from doing it anyway.
Abortion rights might not be enough to convince them.
An expert argues that we make parenting so much harder than it needs to be by failing at policy.
The move has drawn criticism from some economists who argue that loan forgiveness could worsen already high inflation.
What the president’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in debt could mean for you.
The chaotic debate over this year’s teacher shortages, explained.
The enthusiasm for requiring kids to get their shots has mostly evaporated.
A new newsletter to help spark conversation with the teens and tweens in your life.
A Pennsylvania trial is wrapping up, and billions of dollars for students are on the line.
Carson v. Makin is a serious, but not fatal, blow to the wall separating church and state.
Schools that say they teach you to code often don’t.
After another school shooting, teachers express fear over the threat of violence in their classrooms.
Bad news, but there’s still time to fix it.
What the pandemic took from America’s youngest children — and how to help them get it back.
Installing advanced security tech doesn’t appear to stop these tragedies, but it can harm students in other ways.
Students at Robb Elementary followed lockdown drill protocol, but many trainings go too far.
As liberal pressure builds on Joe Biden to cancel some student loan debt, here are options he might consider.
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board is a testament to just how much Republicans have radicalized on race.
Underfunded schools aren’t because of a shortage of government money, unions say.
What one study can — and can’t — tell us about education policy.
Young people deserve to know the complete American history — this month and the 11 others.
Kids need it for education. Families also need it for child care.