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First LookUS school students of color: We want teachers who look like usAs the racial gap between America's majority-white聽teacher cohort and majority-minority student population grabs headlines, a study shows why students want more teachers of color.
Will the University of Michigan's new diversity programs work?The university rolled out its five-year strategic plan for diversity days after racially-charged fliers were discovered across the campus.聽
First LookYale study finds implicit racial bias in preschool teachersThe findings suggest that teachers need more support in understanding the struggles of other communities, said聽Linda K. Smith, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development.
FIXcast: The Power of One Caring PersonIn this episode, FIXcast host Samantha Laine and Monitor staff Yvonne Zipp discuss education inequality鈥攁nd the importance of that one person who can change everything.- First LookSan Jose State University investigates after swastikas found on campusSwastika signs and hate speech were found in two San Jose State University dorms on Tuesday, as universities nationwide struggle to address an increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses.聽
First LookShould schools feed students whose parents haven't paid for lunch?A cafeteria worker from Pennsylvania quit her job last week after she was forced to deny a hot lunch to a child whose parents had not kept current with lunch payments.
UNH to spend thrifty librarian's money on a $1 million football scoreboardThe University of New Hampshire聽was criticized after saying it plans to spend part of a $4 million librarian's bequest on a new video scoreboard for the football team.聽
US teacher shortage: how to keep teachers from quittingFor the first time since 1990, educators and policymakers are concerned about teacher shortages. One answer: support current teachers.
First LookConnecticut AG challenges ruling that state's education is unequal and unconstitutionalAttorney General George Jepsen says he'll appeal the state Supreme Court decision, which found Connecticut's education funding system unconstitutional.
2017 US News College Rankings: Do colleges still care?US News and World Report has been ranking colleges for more than 30 years. But after decades of competition, criticism, and debate, do the rankings still matter to the students colleges hope to attract?
Trump's $20 billion school choice proposal for inner-city studentsIn Ohio, Donald Trump proposed spending $20 billion on grants for inner-city children to attend a school of their choice if he鈥檚 elected. But would it attract minority groups whom he鈥檚 failed to captivate thus far?
Want preschoolers to succeed? Help their teachers.Connecticut offers free mental health services to all preschool programs that request them. As concerns grow about suspensions of young children, the approach greatly reduces troubling behaviors, a new study finds.
FocusConnecticut schools: unequal 鈥� and now unconstitutionalConnecticut is the most unequal state by income distribution, and that shows up in its public schools. Now, a new legal ruling is forcing the state to reconsider how to deal with those challenges.
How US schools are combating chronic absenteeismNationally, 13 percent of students 鈥� about 6.5 million 鈥� miss more than 15 days of school each year. First-ever national data show that just 4 percent of school districts account for half of chronically absent students.
FocusWhat happens when cops become hallway monitorsThe number of police in schools has skyrocketed in recent decades. But as students head back to school, the big question is: How effective are they?
The ExplainerBack to school: 4 key questionsThe Northeast and other states head back to school this week, as a new civil rights education law replacing No Child Left Behind begins to take effect this fall.
A tale of two districts: In economic recovery, some schools left behindThe disparities seen in two Illinois school districts are emblematic of a growing rich school, poor school divide seen in many US communities.
How mentoring changed a young man teetering between 2nd chance and jailBostonian Taquari Milton wanted to change his life, but didn't know how. A mentor from My Brother's Keeper helped him find his way back to a college-bound track.聽
Cornell University's youngest freshman is a 12-year-old boyJeremy Shuler, a 12-year-old home-schooled child of two aerospace engineers, has become聽the youngest student to enroll at the Ivy League school.
FocusHow to help grandparents raising grandkids in an opioid crisisNationwide, the opioid epidemic has contributed to an increase in the number of parents who turn over caregiving responsibility to their relatives. Programs in Georgia and several other states now offer support to these families.
