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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

In Russellville, Alabama, Superintendent Heath Grimes won national recognition for serving the city’s growing Hispanic student body. Then the district showed him the door

I spent a year researching child care around the world. Here’s what I discovered

At this summer school, students learn about liberation and leadership

PROOF POINTS: A little parent math talk with kids might really add up, a new body of education research suggests

OPINION: Powerful partnerships can help solve the national teaching shortage

Math Matters

Unequal offerings, unequal outcomes: We explore the nation’s math education crisis

Mathematics test scores in some countries have been dropping for years, even as the subject grows in importance

PROOF POINTS: Some of the $190 billion in pandemic money for schools actually paid off

SURVEY: What do you want to learn about math education? What are journalists missing when they write about math education?

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

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What happens when suspensions get suspended?

Suspended for ‘other’: When states don’t share why kids are being kicked out of school

PROOF POINTS: Four things a mountain of school discipline records taught us

Students with disabilities often snared by subjective discipline rules

‘It was the most unfair thing’: Disobedience, discipline and racial disparity

Vague school rules at the root of millions of student suspensions

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FAFSA Fiasco

The Hechinger Report is running a package of opinion pieces that focus on solutions to the new FAFSA’s troubled rollout.

Four cities of FAFSA chaos: Students tell how they grappled with the mess, stress

OPINION: Immigrant students need trained advisers to navigate the problematic college admissions process

OPINION: With financial aid processes more broken than ever, here’s what families can do

OPINION: School counselors can’t undo the FAFSA mess on their own. We need a national movement right now

OPINION: The glitchy FAFSA is only one problem with getting into college. Here’s how to make the process less confusing

OPINION: There’s a temporary fix to the FAFSA mess — all colleges must extend decision deadlines

OPINION: FAFSA is in deep trouble; all stakeholders must take steps to fix it right away

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Beyond the Rankings: The College Welcome Guide

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EARLY CHILDHOOD

How could Project 2025 change education?

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Elementary to High School

¿Un trabajo demasiado bien hecho?

As climate changes fuels hotter temperatures, kids are learning less

Should teachers customize their lessons or just stick to the ‘script’?

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Higher education

Alternative STEM education: A noncollege path to jobs for students from underrepresented groups

What young conservatives have to say about higher education

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Climate change vs schools

We explore climate change’s future toll on kids and how the education system can adapt.

COLUMN: Biden wants to save the climate by deploying young people. He’s not there yet

Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?

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Child care in shambles

The coronavirus pandemic has strained the already fragile child care industry. Without government support, it’s likely to topple.

A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took

D.C. experimented with giving child care workers big raises. The project may not last

More companies open on-site child care to help employees juggle parenting and jobs

VOICES: Students, teachers, principals and experts weigh in

OPINION: I’m a pediatrician. Children need high-quality care by loving, attentive adults

OPINION: Schools can and should address our country’s mounting moral quandaries

OPINION: The real work of equity and inclusion is difficult, messy and absolutely necessary

OPINION: Urban school districts must make dramatic changes to survive

OPINION: Arkansas is having success solving teacher shortages, and other states should take notice

OPINION: What teachers call AI cheating, leaders in the workforce might call progress

OPINION: We need more women scientists, and there’s a lot more that universities can do about it

OPINION: School counselors are scarce, but AI could play an important role in helping them reach more students

TEACHER VOICE: Everything I learned about how to teach reading turned out to be wrong

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Un pequeño pueblo rural en Nebraska necesitaba más cuidado infantil en español. Esto fue lo que se hizo para obtenerlo

En Loyola y más alla, existe la posibilidad de obtener un título asociado de dos años

Asesores universitarios prometen “abrir la puerta” a estudiantes afroamericanos e hispanos a pesar del fallo de acción afirmativa

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