Special Ed Shouldn’t Be Separate
Isolating kids from their peers is unjust.
Education
American Family Policy Is Holding Schools Back
A child’s ability to succeed in the classroom is powerfully influenced by their home environment. Giving parents the support they need could be key to fixing American education.
Why Adults Still Dream About School
Long after graduation, anxiety in waking life often drags dreamers back into the classroom.
Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive
How will they interpret the past?
Redshirt the Boys
Why boys should start school a year later than girls
The Problem With Kindergarten
Early education is vital. So why aren’t students guaranteed access to it?
The State Finally Letting Teens Sleep In
Adolescents in the U.S. are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
Students Should Refuse to Go Back to School
Despite the hopelessness after Uvalde, we’re closer to understanding the kind of social movement that might actually affect gun reform.
10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again
I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade since the Newtown shooting, we’ve refused to answer the question of what it would take to actually change something.
Speech Therapy Shows the Difficult Trade-Offs of Wearing Masks
All parents of young children have been forced to gamble during the pandemic. Many parents of kids with speech disorders don’t like their odds.