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Education

Analysis and reporting on America's schools, from kindergarten to college.

The Supreme Court tears a new hole in the wall separating church and state

By Ian Millhiser

Actually, maybe don’t learn to code

By Emily Stewart

“We’re expected to be human shields”: Teachers are unprotected — and scared

By Fabiola Cineas

We just got the most comprehensive study of pandemic learning loss

By Sean Rameswaram and Miles Bryan

The kids who have never known life without Covid-19

By Anna North

The problem with schools turning to surveillance after mass shootings

By Rebecca Heilweil

Are active shooter drills worth it?

By Rachel M. Cohen

Biden’s 3 choices on student loans

By Christian Paz

A new Supreme Court case makes George W. Bush look like a racial justice crusader

By Ian Millhiser

Teachers across the country are demanding better pay and support

By Natasha Ishak

In defense of pre-K

By Kevin Carey

The case for a Black History Year

By Jamil Smith

What is school for?

By Anna North

Retiring Justice Stephen Breyer’s nearly 28 years on the Supreme Court, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The future of New York City’s segregated “gifted” programs

By Fabiola Cineas

America doesn’t have enough teachers to keep schools open

By Anna North

22 predictions we made in 2021, and the 13 we got right

By Dylan Matthews, Sigal Samuel, and 1 more

The Supreme Court appears really eager to force taxpayers to fund religious education

By Ian Millhiser

Biden’s pre-K plan might not be as “universal” as he hopes

By Fabiola Cineas

The uncertain future of free community college

By Fabiola Cineas

A simple solution to endless school quarantines

By Anna North

Critical race theory bans are making teaching much harder

By Fabiola Cineas

How safe is it for kids to go to school during delta?

By Anna North

Biden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask mandate bans

By Cameron Peters

How free college became a perk for American workers

By Terry Nguyen

Anti-mask hysterics at Tennessee school board meeting show how basic public health is now polarizing

By Aaron Rupar

It’s time to accept that school won’t be normal in the fall

By Anna North

Cops at the schoolyard gate

By Kristin Henning

The best four years of your life?

Dropping out helped me see the lies we’re sold about the college experience.

By Rainesford Stauffer

Critical race theory hysteria overshadows the importance of teaching kids about racism

By Jania Hoover

What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about

By Fabiola Cineas

The Supreme Court’s “cursing cheerleader” decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision on paying NCAA student-athletes, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The richest colleges didn’t need to cut their budgets in the pandemic — but they did

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Is there an uncontroversial way to teach America’s racist history?

By Sean Illing

Is it time to rethink the value of college?

By Sean Illing

What American kids need this summer

By Anna North

The case for canceling student debt — all of it

By Sean Illing

The debate over how to handle kids’ “lost year” of learning

By Anna North

Andrew Cuomo and Google’s former CEO push to cap internet prices for low-income New Yorkers

By Theodore Schleifer