Sep 1, 2020

Much attention is focused on how schools will deliver instruction this fall, whether remotely or in schools with COVID-19 health and safety precautions in place. But what students are taught -- the curriculum -- is also an important story. Natalie Wexler, author of “The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s...

Aug 25, 2020

It’s a new academic year like no other on the K-12 and higher education beats. A pair of veteran education journalists share tips and insights for what’s ahead this fall and beyond. Bianca Vasquez Toness, a reporter on The Boston Globe’s educational equity team, shares ideas for focusing on teacher workloads,...

Aug 18, 2020

In Alabama's capital city, an epidemic of violence has shadowed the class of 2020 throughout their high school careers. Nearly a dozen of their classmates were killed before making it to graduation day. Reporter Krista Johnson of the Montgomery Advertiser set out to learn more about those who died, and to understand how...

Jul 29, 2020

The tension over having armed police on public schools campuses isn’t new, but it’s moved back into the spotlight in recent months. In early June, the school board in Minneapolis -- where George Floyd was killed during an arrest by the city’s police -- voted unanimously to sever its ties with the city’s police...

Jun 23, 2020

In a new investigation, The Huffington Post’s Rebecca Klein found disturbing examples of Christian schools that receive taxpayer dollars -- through tax credit scholarship and voucher programs -- that were requiring LGBTQ students to undergo “conversion therapy” in an attempt to change their sexual orientation. The...