News in Brief More Than 4,000 American Public Schools Still Hit Their Students Poorer, black kids are the most likely to get the paddle. By Francie Diep (Photo: Nico Paix/Flickr) American… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is School Integration Finally Making the Grade? The dramatic growth in the number of school districts pursuing socioeconomic diversity is good news. Research suggests there… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Your School’s Plan Right for Your Special Needs Child? School districts create roadmaps to help special needs kids thrive. But parents need to dig to find out… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Prisons Overtook Schools as the Foremost American Institutions Schools are paying the price for our fear. By Jared Keller (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) If, as the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Early Childhood Education Matters—Here’s How to Make It Great A new report offers a roadmap to building a high-quality early childhood education system. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Higher Education’s Accreditation Problem The Department of Education just recommended that the country’s largest nationally recognized accreditation agency lose its status. By… Pacific Standard Staff
Education America’s Fragmented Education Funding System Kansas must re-visit its state school funding system. What about the rest of the country? Dwyer Gunn
Education Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century When EducationSuperHighway was founded in 2012, only five million students had high-speed broadband access. That number has now jumped to 25 million. What is the blueprint to the organization's success? Rick Paulas
Education How Segregated Schools Drive Criminal Behaviors Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students. Dwyer Gunn