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Fewer options for preschool, inexperienced teachers and low-performing schools are just some of the disadvantages children of immigrants face early in their edu...
Persistent childhood poverty—living below the federal poverty level for at least half of one’s childhood—is also prevalent, particularly among black child...
While too many students at all grade levels are regularly skipping school, many preschoolers and kindergarteners are missing nearly as much seat time as teenage...
In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated much of southeastern Louisiana, New Orleans and its surrounding areas have seen an influx of Hispanic immigra...
The ACLU of Nevada has announced that it will challenge the state’s new, high-profile “education savings account” law...
Getting a read on the American public’s views on education is no easy task, made more complicated by just how much local schools vary...
A decade after the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, the city continues its struggle to recover. Most of the local public schools were repla...
Latino professors from universities across the country give incoming college freshmen advice in a recent post on NBC News Latino...
The 53.5 million K-12 students heading to the classrooms in America’s public, charter and private schools this fall are more racially diverse than ever before...