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Nearly 100 Educators Meet to Blunt Impact of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech

Jo Napolitano

Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes

Jo Napolitano

New Nonprofit Teaches Philly Students CTE Skills — and Pays Them for Their Work

Lauren Wagner

Often Unseen, Bus Drivers Can Help Schools Find And Support Homeless Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

Momentum Builds for Helping Students Adapt to College by Nixing Freshman Grades

Jon Marcus

Bucking Trends, Louisiana Sees a Small, Promising Boost In Its Teacher Supply

Beth Hawkins

A New Playbook to Recruit Tutors: Tap Teachers in Training

Asher Lehrer-Small

How to Help Young Kids: Give Their Parents Cash

Jackie Mader

In Baltimore, Teaching STEM Through Dirt Bikes

Cari Shane

School on Wheels Delivers Tutoring – and Hope – for Homeless Students

Magda Hernandez

Supporting Students: What’s Next for Mental Health

Chelsea Sheasley

Free School Meals Helped Kids for 2 Years. This Fall, Those Lunches Won’t Return

Nadra Nittle

Purdue’s Tuition Freeze at Year 10: Most Students Graduate Debt-Free

Lee Lawrence

Power of Place: Educator Helps Literature Teachers Link Students to Rural Roots

Lane Wendell Fischer

How Promise Programs Help with College Costs & Aim to Reshape Communities

Kio Herrera

Short on Teachers, Michigan Schools Try to Grow Their Own

Tracie Mauriello

As Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Boost Kids’ Connection

Eleanore Catolico

Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School Is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

Bekah McNeel

For Students in Juvenile Detention, School Doesn’t Stop. These Teachers Won’t Let It

Natalia Alamdari & Melissa Rosales

Young Advocates Take the Lead to Curb Campus Suicide

Holly Korbey

More Women in STEM: How an Innovative Nonprofit Is Helping People Change Careers

Nedra Rhone

Restorative Justice Solutions for Youth Are Growing Abroad, Can They Become Part of the Mix in the U.S.

Elizabeth Thompson

New Law Center to Fight Illegal Family Separation by NYC Child Welfare Agencies

Asher Lehrer-Small

Innovations in Getting Indianapolis Students to Class

Wayne D’Orio

Baltimore Bets on a New Type of First Responder: The Librarian

J. Brian Charles

New Strategy to Lift Teens Into College: Make FAFSA More 'Fun,' Get More Grants

Olivia Sanchez

Defunding Police: LA Schools Redirected Money to Hiring Mental Health Staff

Aaricka Washington

Does Your City Need a ‘Youth Council’ for Climate Change?

Marianne Dhenin

Librarians Now Frontline Workers in Combating COVID-19

Andre Claudio

Making Music, Changing Lives: Youth Orchestras Help At-Risk Kids

Elizabeth Thompson

How 2 Shuttered Science Museums Created Take-Home Experiments for Kids

Wayne D’Orio

College Bust, or Boom? Even as Some Campuses Shutter, New Ones Are Opening Doors

Jon Marcus

Why Schools Are Key in Helping Small Towns Rise Above Rural Decline

Lyle Muller & Pat Kinney

Early Education For All—Even Amid COVID: A State's Bold 2025 Plan For 4-Yr-Olds

Ariel Gilreath

Future of Child Care: From Families to Economics, One Model That's Working

Chabeli Carrazana

Teaching Reading Amid COVID: How a Rural California School Topped State's List

Ashleigh Panoo

Home After Fire: A New Housing Model Aims to Give Kids Stability

Sarah Sax

Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More

Matt Vasilogambros

Listen: Music & Computer Experts Use AI, Complete Unfinished Beethoven Symphony

Ahmed Elgammal

The Science of Catching Students Up After COVID Learning Loss

Jill Barshay

Why Community Colleges Are Using Their COVID Relief Funds to Erase Student Debt

Kate Elizabeth Queram

Did the Pandemic Change School Board Meetings Forever?

Darcy Sprague

Stopping Youth Violence Before It Starts: One Unique Strategy in Baltimore

J. Brian Charles

Why Art Teachers Are Teaching Girls to Code

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

‘Focus’ to ‘Exceptional’ School in 3 Years

Tamara Grimes Stewart

Mental Health Hubs Take on Second Pandemic

Bekah McNeel

Educators Prepare for “Second Pandemic” with Mental Health First Aid

Bekah McNeel

Why More Public Libraries Are Doubling as Food Distribution Hubs

Noah Lenstra

Improv Comedy — at School? Unlikely Program Boosts Teens’ Communication Skills

Mahala Garcia-Bartch

Innovative Idaho Program Offers Immediate Therapy For Any Student Who Needs It

Sami Edge

1 Year’s Worth of Reading Growth in 1 Month

Kimberly Corbidge & Angela Shaeffer

In a Mafia Stronghold, This Cooking School Is Stirring the Pot

Agostino Petroni

How Teachers Are Helping to Tackle Teen Depression During the Pandemic

Sam P. K. Collins

One State’s Creative Solution For Plugging an Ongoing Teacher Shortage

Kate Elizabeth Queram

Closing the ‘Homework Gap’: Cities Tap Infrastructure to Bridge Digital Divide

Linda Poon

The Pandemic’s Remote Learning Legacy: A Lot Worth Keeping For Schools

Sarah Matusek

Free Community College: Why Many Students Need More Than Just Tuition

Melanie Bavaria

Oakland Schools Have a Bold, Simple Idea for Helping Students’ Struggling Families: Raise Money for Them

Ashley McBride

Why Parents of Special Ed Students in NYC Are Collecting Their Own Data

Caitlin Antonios

With Teacher Morale Hitting Rock Bottom, Schools in Alabama Improvised

Trisha Powell Crain

Why an Indianapolis School District Turned to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track During the Pandemic

Aaricka Washington

Top-Ranked L.A. Arts School Puts Spotlight on Equity

Linda Jacobson

Personalization, Play, Passion Projects: How One Innovative Atlanta School Is Offering Alternative Learning Like Urban Farming and Robotics During the Pandemic

Tianna Faulkner

Trying to Improve Remote Learning? A Refugee Camp Offers Some Surprising Lessons

Javeria Salman

The Coffee Shop Giving Homeless Youth a Chance at Success

Cinnamon Janzer

Colorado District Uses High School Apprentices to Grow Its Own More Diverse Teacher Workforce

Asher Lehrer-Small

WATCH: How One School Is Using House Calls to Keep Kids Learning During the Pandemic

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Legos, Meditation, Video Field Trips: How One D.C. School Is Using Virtual Clubs to Help Students Break Through the Isolation — and Reconnect With Friends — During the Pandemic

Taylor Swaak

Lifeline: How Bilingual Learning Pods Are Helping English Language Learners Navigate Classes During the Pandemic Without Teachers or Peers

Patrick O’Donnell

Texas Teachers Go Door to Door as Kids Disappear From Remote Classes

Bekah McNeel

School Without Walls: Program Created by 110-Year-Old Black Church Becomes ‘Lifesaver’ for Wisconsin Parents

Zoë Kirsch

Bucking the Trend: How 2 D.C. Principals Restored Black Parents’ Trust in Returning Kids to the Classroom

Taylor Swaak

200 Schools, Universal Weekly COVID Screening: How ‘Assurance Testing’ Has Kept Thousands of Texas Students in Classrooms

Bekah McNeel

Introducing COVID Warriors: How Educators are Saving a Generation from the Pandemic’s Lasting Calamity

JoAnne Wasserman & Emmeline Zhao

Virtual Art Classes, Outdoor Vocational Programs: How Jails and Prisons Are Evolving Amid the Pandemic

Keri Blakinger

Rural Libraries to the Rescue: As the Pandemic Weighs Down Reading Scores, the Rural Library Fellowship Aims to ‘Activate’ Local Institutions Around Third Grade Literacy

Jackie Mader

How a Child Care Scholarship Program in Detroit Is Helping Parents Find Centers Where Their School Age Children Can Continue Learning Even When Classrooms Are Closed

Koby Levin

What 114 Pre-Pandemic Studies About ‘Flipped’ Classrooms Could Tell Us About Refining Our Approach to Remote Learning in 2021

Jill Barshay

How Texas Teachers Are Prioritizing Basic Skills as Instruction Time Gets Crunched During the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel

Nashville’s ‘Navigator’ Tries to Keep Students in Remote Learning From Getting Lost in the System

Linda Jacobson