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How one Alabama district found a way to make math scores soarWith its top math scores, a rural school district in Alabama has shown the effectiveness of homegrown approaches. What can other educators learn from the Piedmont model?
Education secretary: America鈥檚 higher education system is 鈥榖roken鈥�Between falling test scores in K-12 and rising debt for college students, the challenges facing the U.S. education system this school year are profound.聽
The 鈥榮cience of reading鈥� swept reforms into US schools. How about math?While the 鈥渟cience of reading鈥� movement has taken off, a comparable approach for math is still in its infancy.聽
First LookFor New York's migrant families, a new school year brings worry, hopeNew York City, like other major U.S. cities, is dealing with housing thousands of asylum-seekers amid surging border crossings from Mexico. Despite the strain, New York鈥檚 schools confirm their readiness for the increasing influx of students.
Hometown help: What one author discovered about racial equity in schoolsDo efforts to racially integrate cities help schools with equity as well? In 鈥淒ream Town,鈥� reporter Laura Meckler examines her Ohio hometown鈥檚 tenacious push to help students.聽
One way to boost math scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety.How might students benefit from having teachers who are confident about their own math skills? A Chicago grad school is helping educators overcome math anxiety and build skills in young children.
鈥榃e weren鈥檛 being heard鈥�: Teens fight for say in school book choicesBook challenges at U.S. schools are often dominated by adults. But teens are amicably inching their way into the discussion, with the goal of amplifying student perspective.
鈥楢 huge issue鈥�: US colleges work to shore up student math skillsAt many universities, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. As more students are placed in pre-college math, professors blame the pandemic.聽
FocusHow can schools dig out from a generation鈥檚 worth of lost math progress?Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.聽
Pre-K for all: What does it take to get every child an education?Getting all children schooling before kindergarten is generally accepted as a boon to both student learning and parent livelihood. But what鈥檚 the best way to do it?
Why the college essay may never be the sameThe Supreme Court鈥檚 June ruling ending affirmative action upended about 50 years of college admissions practices. At some universities, the college essay is playing a large role in shaping what comes next.
Cover StoryRise of the microschool: Small, student-centered learning spaces take offThe intimacy and sense of community associated with one-room schoolhouses聽are making聽a comeback in today鈥檚 microschools.
鈥楽o much need鈥�: How one group is helping teachers with mental healthWhat鈥檚 the best way to show support and respect for educators? For one group in Colorado, the answer is to provide free mental health care that empowers teachers.聽
First LookTeacher burnout: Why more educators are leaving the job they loveTeachers are leaving jobs in growing numbers, mainly because of pandemic-era burnout, low pay, and the intrusion of politics into classrooms. A disproportionately high number of those leaving the profession are teachers of color.聽
With affirmative action gone, a new target: Legacy admissionsNow that affirmative action has been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, other practices, such as legacy admissions, are under scrutiny.
What Supreme Court rejection of student loan relief meansSupreme Court rejection of student loan relief could narrow presidential power, and provide a hot issue for 2024.
FocusWith affirmative action gone, California shows what may come nextWhat comes after affirmative action for college? Universities in states like California and Michigan, where race-based admissions had already been banned, may hold answers.
First LookA new start: US to pay tuition for thousands more incarcerated peopleThe federal Pell Grant program, which provides tuition aid to the neediest undergraduates, is set to give 30,000 more incarcerated students financial aid each year. Earning a college education can be a difference-maker for those transitioning out of prison.
The ExplainerTest results reveal falling teen scores. What鈥檚 the solution?More test results, this time for 13-year-olds, show declines in U.S. reading and math skills 鈥� underscoring the uphill battle toward post-pandemic academic recovery.聽
The ExplainerReligion and public education: How a new charter school tests the lawThe school choice movement took a new twist in June when an Oklahoma school board approved a Catholic charter school, opening the door for litigation and the potential for taxpayer money flowing to a religious school.