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Jean De Lafayette Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.

Education

Remembering the Legislation That Kept Northern Schools Segregated

The Milliken v. Bradley ruling sanctioned a form of segregation that has allowed suburbs to escape being included in court-ordered desegregation and busing plans with nearby cities.

Jon Hale

Educational Fight or Flight

How do you keep rural schools open when enrollment is declining and small towns are emptying out?

Carson Vaughan

Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls movement, delivers a speech on April 14th, 2019, during the fifth annual commemoration of the abduction of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram from a government secondary school in Nigeria.

Ideas

The True Story of the Nigerian Schoolgirls Who Survived Boko Haram

Isha Sesay's new book gives a full and harrowing account of what happened to the 276 girls kidnapped by the jihadist group.

Francie Diep

Education

Computers in the Classroom May Do More Harm Than Good—If They’re Overused

New research finds that computers are most effective as teaching tools when used sparingly, and to teach kids at certain ages specific subjects.

Tom Jacobs

Woman girl taking standardized test school classroom

Education

Women Perform Better on Tests When Rooms Are Warmer

For female students, higher room temperatures mean higher scores.

Tom Jacobs

family child parents beach climate change

Environment

Middle Schoolers Have the Power to Shift Conservative Parents’ Views on Climate Change

New research finds that, after middle schoolers completed a climate change curriculum, their parents became more concerned about the phenomenon.

Tom Jacobs

An elementary classroom in the two-way bilingual immersion program at Ann Leavenworth School in Fresno, California. The program starts in preschool and continues through sixth grade, aiming to develop high-level bilingual proficiency and biliteracy in English and Spanish.

Education

‘A Huge Shift’: How California Is Making Up for 20 Years of English-Only Education

Half of California's children come from immigrant families, and educating them well is crucial to the state's future. New programs in Fresno offer reasons for hope.

Sarah Jackson

Senator Elizabeth Warren addresses an organizing event at Manchester Community College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 12th, 2019.

Ideas

Elizabeth Warren’s College Plan Solves a Long-Running Progressive Dilemma

Progressives often debate whether universal or targeted policies are best suited to create a more equal society. Warren's college plan brilliantly combines them both.

Noah Berlatsky