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Animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory gave adults the tools to talk about serious issues with children in 2016.

Animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory gave adults the tools to talk about serious issues with children in 2016.

The playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith explored the link between schools and incarceration in her one-woman show Notes From the Field.

Late-night hosts including John Oliver and Samantha Bee devoted air time to school-related issues this year, pushing the topics into mainstream conversation.

A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.

Take a stroll down memory lane, a scroll through some #TBTs, or whatever the school kids are calling a throwback these days. Here are our favorite education stories The Atlantic published this year.

Why are students still using calculators?

Instead of selectively attacking views they find objectionable, students, administrations, and elected officials could try defending the principle of free speech.

One man’s mission to make college admissions sane (and fair) again

It’s unclear whether the Trump administration will also see the issue as a matter of civil rights.

The forecast has to be more frightful to cancel classes in some states than in others.