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equity

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

Jo Napolitano
Career and Technical Education

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

Lauren Wagner
Solutions

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
higher education

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

Jon Marcus
Louisiana

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

Beth Hawkins
tutoring

A New Playbook to Recruit Tutors: Tap Teachers in Training

Asher Lehrer-Small
guaranteed income

How to Help Young Kids: Give Their Parents Cash

Jackie Mader
Baltimore

In Baltimore, Teaching STEM Through Dirt Bikes

Cari Shane
Homeless Students

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

Magda Hernandez
Solutions

Supporting Students: What’s Next for Mental Health

Chelsea Sheasley
Pandemic

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

Nadra Nittle
Indiana

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

Lee Lawrence
literacy

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

Lane Wendell Fischer
higher education

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

Kio Herrera
michigan

Short on Teachers, Michigan Schools Try to Grow Their Own

Tracie Mauriello
Michigan

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

Eleanore Catolico
700 Days of COVID & Counting

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

Bekah McNeel
Life lines in Austin

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

Bekah McNeel
Solutions

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

Natalia Alamdari & Melissa Rosales
Los Angeles

Young Advocates Take the Lead to Curb Campus Suicide

Holly Korbey
Atlanta

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

Nedra Rhone
North Carolina

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

Elizabeth Thompson
ACS

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Innovations in Getting Indianapolis Students to Class

Wayne D’Orio
Pandemic

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

J. Brian Charles
FAFSA

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

Olivia Sanchez
black students

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

Aaricka Washington
civic engagement

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

Marianne Dhenin
Pandemic

Librarians Now Frontline Workers in Combating COVID-19

Andre Claudio
Pandemic

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

Elizabeth Thompson
pandemic

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

Wayne D’Orio
enrollment

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

Jon Marcus
Iowa

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

Lyle Muller & Pat Kinney
alabama

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

Ariel Gilreath
childcare

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

Chabeli Carrazana
California

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

Ashleigh Panoo
Oregon

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

Sarah Sax
school safety

Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More

Matt Vasilogambros
Solutions

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

Ahmed Elgammal
Pandemic

The Science of Catching Students Up After COVID Learning Loss

Jill Barshay
Pandemic

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

Kate Elizabeth Queram
Pandemic

Did the Pandemic Change School Board Meetings Forever?

Darcy Sprague
Pandemic

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

J. Brian Charles
Pandemic

Why Art Teachers Are Teaching Girls to Code

Celeste Hamilton Dennis
Curriculum

‘Focus’ to ‘Exceptional’ School in 3 Years

Tamara Grimes Stewart
Pandemic

Mental Health Hubs Take on Second Pandemic

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

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

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Why More Public Libraries Are Doubling as Food Distribution Hubs

Noah Lenstra
Pandemic

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

Mahala Garcia-Bartch
Pandemic

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

Sami Edge
Curriculum

1 Year’s Worth of Reading Growth in 1 Month

Kimberly Corbidge & Angela Shaeffer
cooking school

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

Agostino Petroni
Pandemic

How Teachers Are Helping to Tackle Teen Depression During the Pandemic

Sam P. K. Collins
Pandemic

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

Kate Elizabeth Queram
Pandemic

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

Linda Poon
Pandemic

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

Sarah Matusek
Pandemic

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

Melanie Bavaria
Pandemic

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

Ashley McBride
Pandemic

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

Caitlin Antonios
Pandemic

With Teacher Morale Hitting Rock Bottom, Schools in Alabama Improvised

Trisha Powell Crain
Pandemic

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

Aaricka Washington
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Tianna Faulkner
Pandemic

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

Javeria Salman
Pandemic

The Coffee Shop Giving Homeless Youth a Chance at Success

Cinnamon Janzer
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
COVID Warriors

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

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
COVID Warriors

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
COVID Warriors

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

Patrick O’Donnell
COVID Warriors

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

Bekah McNeel
COVID Warriors

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

Zoë Kirsch
COVID Warriors

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

Taylor Swaak
COVID Warriors

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

Bekah McNeel
COVID Warriors

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

JoAnne Wasserman & Emmeline Zhao
Pandemic

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

Keri Blakinger
Pandemic

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
Pandemic

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
Pandemic

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

Jill Barshay
Pandemic

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

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson