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anti-immigrant

74 Investigation Lays Bare Schools’ Scarcity Mindset Toward Immigrant Students

In refusing to enroll a 19-year-old newcomer, hundreds of schools cling to a wrongheaded notion that immigrants are a drain on the nation.

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
college students
Career and Technical Education

3 Strategies to Help College Students Pick the Right Major the First Time Around and Avoid Some Big Hassles

About 1 in 3 college students changes majors.

Rachael Cody
Artificial Intelligence
AI

Verifying Facts in the Age of AI – Librarians Offer 5 Strategies

Here are five techniques based to help readers determine news facts from fiction.

Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Elaine Watson & Memo Cordova
commentary
Arkansas

What Happened When Arkansas Let Districts Raise the Minimum Pay for Teachers

Zamarro: A year into the program, changes are making hard-to-staff schools more attractive. But questions about raises, seniority & experience remain.

Gema Zamarro
Author: Gema Zamarro

‘Gap Busters’: Lessons from Charter Authorizers in Helping All Kids Achieve More

Karega Rausch

In South Florida, Parents Are Building Their Children’s Education a la Carte

Ron Matus

‘Brown’ Devastated the Black Teaching Force. It’s Long Past Time to Fix That

Tequilla Brownie & Marc Morial

For Youth Job Training Programs to Work, Employers Must Have Skin in the Game

Peter Sloane

High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students

Rianna Saslow & Charles Barone

Most Philly Students Have College Ambitions, But Prep Varies by High School

Joseph Sageman

New Database Features 250 AI Tools That Can Enhance Social Science Research

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Devon Brenner, Lauren Etheredge & MacKenzie Paul

When Was the Golden Age of American K-12 Education? And How Can We Tell?

Michael J. Petrilli

Stop Blame Game, Keep an Open Mind: Alaska District Fights Chronic Absenteeism

Justin Ainsworth

Generative Artificial Intelligence May Help Teachers. Does It Work for Students?

Meghan McCormick

State Accountability Systems Must Look Beyond College & Career Readiness

Ryan Reyna & Michael Deuser

5 Ways to Embrace Advanced Learning Programs & Make Them Available to More Kids

Peg Tyre

Why Expanding Access to Algebra is a Matter of Civil Rights

Liza Bondurant

Oregon Schools Face Layoffs, Larger Class Sizes Amid Financial Crisis

Gary Conkling & Pat McCormick

Juneteenth: New Ways to Teach about Slavery, Black Perseverance and U.S. History

Raphael E. Rogers

Public Schools Violate Their Sacred Mission When They Turn Students Away

Tim DeRoche

6 Books that Explain the History and Meaning of Juneteenth

Corey D. B. Walker

Linking Mental Health and Education to Give Tennessee Kids a Healthier Future

Bill Frist

NYC Educator Cries Foul on Equity in School Sports, Files Civil Rights Complaint

Alina Adams

How Black Teachers Lost When Civil Rights Won in Brown v. Board

Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, Andrea Guiden Pittman, Andrene J. Castro & Marvin G. Powell
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