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At EWA’s National Seminar at Stanford University on May 2, a panel that included an investigative reporter, an academic and an advocate looked at the issue of...
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) held its annual meeting in San Francisco last week, and I asked The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus to shar...
It’s a myth that “bullying” at schools is a worse problem today than in the past, according to a task force report released on April 30 commissioned by t...
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) held its annual meeting in San Francisco last week, and I asked The Hechinger Report’s Jill Barshay– an...
Arizona State University administrators are working on recruiting more first-generation Latino college students — by including parents in their outreach effor...
Civil rights organizations in Nevada are raising concerns about the scant funding for English Language Learners attending the state’s public schools, and are ...
“The Promise of Preschool” is a documentary by education reporter John Merrow, the president of Learning Matters...
Demetrio Rodriguez played a pivotal role in the creation of what is known as the “Robin Hood” school funding system in Texas. He was the lead plaintiff in t...
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