Education

Puerto Rican Students

Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That

They demand that the university cancel its holdings in the Puerto Rican debt and divest from the fossil-fuel industry.

Mar 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Adriana Colón-Adorno and Alejandro Comas-Short

Help! I’m Infatuated With Another Professor. Can I Ask Her Out Without Being a Jerk?

Help! I’m Infatuated With Another Professor. Can I Ask Her Out Without Being a Jerk? Help! I’m Infatuated With Another Professor. Can I Ask Her Out Without Being a Jerk?

Another reader asks if he should discourage his wife from air travel to reduce emissions.

Feb 22, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

Oakland Teachers on Strike

The Educators’ Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland The Educators’ Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland

Starting February 21, Oakland teachers will be on strike to reverse the dismantling of their school system.

Feb 21, 2019 / Eric Blanc

Zuckerberg

Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom

In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.

Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra

Pre-K Teacher and Students

Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver

Pre-K programs are failing to adequately support children or staff.

Feb 19, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Denver Teachers

Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike

Working-class students of color are mobilizing to support their striking teachers and against privatizing district leaders.

Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Eric Blanc

Penn State Campus

New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations

The Department of Education says new regulations would reduce sexual-misconduct probes by 32 percent.

Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Sara Darehshori

LaShawn Robinson outside the Connecticut Capitol

A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case

After Sheff v. O’Neill, Hartford, Connecticut, created a new model for school integration. Now a conservative law firm wants to dismantle it.

Feb 11, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen

What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike

What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike

As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.

Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

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