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Lincoln Alternative High School, in Walla Walla, Washington, is where all the bad kids went. Not anymore. In the early 2010’s, Principal Jim Sporleder, along ...
Most reporters dread seeing the next school board meeting on the calendar. But as more states take over failing schools, removing them from local control, some ...
While DACA has been a game-changer for undocumented students, that’s not the whole story, stressed four young organizers involved in immigrant rights advocacy...
Cara Fitzpatrick was in labor when her husband – and colleague at the Tampa Bay Times – asked her “So what can you tell me about segregation in Pinellas C...
For reporters covering colleges and universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education has put together a valuable new resource: an online tool for searching, and ...
Student data privacy is an increasingly high-profile — and controversial — issue that touches schools and families across the country....
One question that often comes up during state legislative sessions is whether it’s a waste of money to increase educational spending in large urban areas with...
In researching his book There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, journalist Alex Kotlowitz met with his two young subj...
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ examination of school segregation – a piece she wrote for ProPublica — won this year’s Hechinger Grand Prize in EWA’s annual educ...
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