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First LookHow a teacher disarmed school shooter with motherly loveWhen Idaho middle school teacher Krista Gneiting encountered a girl with a loaded gun, her instinct was to embrace the child.聽鈥淚 just kept hugging her and loving her and trying to let her know that we鈥檙e going to get through this together,鈥� said Ms. Gneiting.
Parents eye another option for fall: Hybrid home schoolingWhat might interest in hybrid home schooling suggest about how flexible families want education to be moving forward?
First LookStudents across the US demand colleges atone for role in slaveryStudents and activists from New England to the Deep South are calling on higher education institutions to make reparations for colonial-era slavery as well as more recent campus expansion projects that have displaced communities of color.
Survival skills: A backpack design course helps more than just hikersCould a college class about designing and repairing outdoor gear help聽keep backpacks out of the landfill and make outdoor activities more accessible?
First LookAs graduation approaches, high schools fight to retain dropoutsThe pandemic might be chipping away at the gains the U.S. made in cutting the dropout rate from 9.3% in 2007 to 5.1% in 2019, say experts. In response, schools have eased graduation requirements and are chasing down students聽in-person and through social media.
Innovations in college aid: The FAFSA maze now includes drive-thruNew strategies to help students and their families complete the complex FAFSA include drive-thru and virtual guidance, and even free meals.
First LookHow far along is the US in reopening schools?A majority of U.S. elementary and middle schools are offering in-person learning to those who want it. But some students are remaining in online or in hybrid programs, and the number of students going in varies across geographic location and racial demographics.
The country is talking about race in schools. Minneapolis offers lessons.Since George Floyd鈥檚 death, Minneapolis has become a microcosm of the national debate on addressing race in schools. What lessons can the city offer?
First LookNew lesson plan: Discussing the Chauvin verdict at schoolTeachers have had to navigate addressing race in U.S classrooms in unprecedented ways since George Floyd鈥檚 death. For some, watching and discussing the trial of Derek Chauvin in class was the culmination of nearly a year鈥檚 work.
FocusIn a roiled Minneapolis, schools are testing new model for safetyIn public schools in Minneapolis, a new culture of safety 鈥� without a police presence 鈥� is being tested and, some students say, strengthened.
Pandemic learning gains: Resilience. Responsibility. Lunch.Along with noting learning loss during the pandemic, educators and parents are seeing gains in academics and life skills, like resilience and hope.聽
Vaccine mandates: Colleges juggle ethics and enrollment dilemmasEthics and politics are debated as COVID-19 vaccination is required by a growing number of U.S. colleges for the fall semester.
First LookStudents-led push shapes Black history classes in US schoolsAmid last summer鈥檚 upheaval over racism in America, students started asking their schools for more comprehensive lessons on Black history, saying what was currently offered was too shallow. State legislatures across the U.S. listened.
Should school lunches be free for all? A pandemic experiment.In the pandemic, U.S. public schools are offering free lunches for all students, despite family income. The experiment offers clues about what works.聽
First LookAt Clemson, unmarked graves prompt reckoning with slavery legacyThe discovery of over 600 unmarked African American graves at Clemson University has prompted the institution to consider reparation efforts, amid a national reckoning by universities to properly acknowledge their legacies of slavery and forced labor.
Community college: How education鈥檚 鈥榖est-kept secret鈥� stays afloatCommunity colleges face pandemic enrollment dips, but the scramble to remain viable is producing valuable innovations.
FocusCollege affordability, loan forgiveness, and a path to the futureIf Americans agree that college is the path to financial stability, what is the best way to help people afford to go?聽
Focus鈥楽omebody cares鈥�: How schools are helping with student well-beingAs educators in the United States consider student mental health, what are they finding works best to help young people persevere?聽
Cover StoryThe tutoring revolution: How it could transform educationOnce a tool to help improve聽test scores, tutoring may聽now transform how聽education is delivered.聽
FocusThe pandemic鈥檚 remote learning legacy: A lot worth keepingEducators are seeing pandemic innovations worth keeping 鈥� some may even help solve chronic problems of quality and equity.