Why Rhode Island’s Governor Is Taking Over Providence’s Public Schools
The city’s schools have been failing for decades. The state believes it can fix them by stepping in.
Education
As the Strike Approached in Chicago, Teachers Taught Labor
“I asked the kids, ‘Do you want to know what we’re fighting about?’” said one teacher. They did.
An Attempt to Resegregate Little Rock, of All Places
A battle over local control in a city that was the face of integration shows the extent of the new segregation problem in the U.S.
Why Is America So Obsessed With Ivy League Schools?
The college-admissions process is so fraught with hysteria, many parents attempt to cheat their kids into elite institutions.
The College-Admissions Scandal Was Better Than a Movie
The Lifetime film adaptation barely had to make anything up.
Every Child Can Become a Lover of Books
Michelle Martin, a professor at the University of Washington, helps librarians create spaces that are welcoming to kids of all backgrounds.
The Contradiction at the Heart of Public Education
Gifted education puts in tension two equally treasured American ideals: egalitarianism and individualism.
Why Is Middle School So Hard for So Many People?
It doesn’t have to be this way.
College Students Just Want Normal Libraries
Schools have been on a mission to reinvent campus libraries—even though students just want the basics.
Harvard Won This Round, but Affirmative Action Is Weak
A judge ruled that the university’s use of race in admissions was not discriminatory. But decades of case law have already severely limited the scope of such policies.