The Common App Will Stop Asking About Students' Criminal Histories
The change may be the biggest help to low-income students of color, who are disproportionately likely to have been convicted of a crime.
Education
The Long Shadow of Racism at the University of Virginia: From 1817 to the Charlottesville Riots
A year after white-supremacist violence broke out in the university town, UVA grapples with a centuries-old legacy of slavery and racial discrimination.
Student Journalism in the Age of Media Distrust
President Trump’s attacks on the press seem to be fueling young people’s interest in the profession—a phenomenon also seen at other turbulent times in U.S. history.
The Secret Network of Black Teachers Behind the Fight for Desegregation
In her new book, Vanessa Siddle Walker reveals how African American educators became the ‘hidden provocateurs’ who spearheaded the push for racial justice in education.
School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings
A multibillion-dollar industry is pushing an array of expensive technologies with the message that any campus could be next.
How to Make Students Care About Writing
Pirette McKamey, a veteran English teacher, spent 30 years investigating what helps young people to view themselves as writers.
The Wisconsin Governor’s Race Might Be Decided by Education
Voters are “sick and tired of people playing political games with kids in schools.”
Arne Duncan: ‘Everyone Says They Value Education, but Their Actions Don’t Follow’
The former secretary of education talks about the “lies” he thinks undergird the U.S.’s school system, and the unintended consequences that can come with attempts to reform it.
How History Classes Helped Create a 'Post-Truth' America
The author of Lies My Teacher Told Me discusses how schools’ flawed approach to teaching the country’s past affects its civic health.
In Middle School, ‘You’re Trying to Build a Parachute as You’re Falling’
The director Bo Burnham discusses his new movie, Eighth Grade, and how kids cobble together their identities, on the internet and off.