Education Why Requiring Daycare Workers to Head Back to School Hurts the Working Class Education wonks have an idea to make daycare better; it makes life for the workers who rely on daycare employment a lot worse. Amanda Palleschi
Education Arts-Rich Preschool Readies Kids for Learning New research finds large benefits from a Head Start program that emphasizes the arts. Tom Jacobs
Education Are We Creating a Generation of Perfectionists? A new study finds the problematic trait of perfectionism has significantly increased among college students since the late 1980s. Tom Jacobs
Education Yes, There Were People of Color in Pre-Modern Europe A conversation with @MedievalPOC, an activist using social media to change how we see color in the past. David M. Perry
Education Our Best Education Stories of 2017 Tracking a year in education through a cycle of failed reforms, teen YouTube geniuses, and a path forward for school integration. Elena Gooray
Education A Billion-Dollar Company Wants to Turn Kindergartners Into Entrepreneurs WeWork is launching a new private elementary school, called WeGrow, that will teach students how to start their own for-profit businesses. Mimi Kirk
Education Why Science Needs More Diversity Without broad participation, science will lose its economic power and legitimacy. Michael White
Education Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students? The E-Rate program has proven successful in allowing students access to fast Internet speeds, but its future is uncertain. Amir Nasr
Education The Thomas Fire Is Worsening the Housing Crisis for Vulnerable Students Ventura and Santa Barbara County schools must prepare to help students who have been pushed into housing instability as a result of the wildfire. Elena Gooray
Education Will America’s Schools Ever Be Desegregated? Though there are practical obstacles to school integration, it's not an unreachable ideal. Rachel Cohen & Will Stancil