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Opinion

Outraged Over Admissions Policies at Harvard? Take a Look at the Public Schools

Tim DeRoche
Opinion

Children’s Savings Accounts Keep Education Aspirations High for Kids of Color

Ginger Young
tribal education

Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Affect Tribal Colleges, Universities

Kolby KickingWoman
Opinion

National Charter Schools Founders Library Preserves the Past, Shapes the Future

Ember Reichgott Junge
Supreme Court

After Harvard Ruling, Will Admissions Policies at Elite K-12 Schools Be Next?

Linda Jacobson
Affirmative action

Campus Diversity Will Be a Struggle Without Race-Based Admissions, History Shows

Elaine S. Povich
SCOTUS

Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration Student Loan Debt Relief Plan

Ariana Figueroa
SCOTUS

US Supreme Court Strikes Down Use of Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Ariana Figueroa & Ashley Murray
Supreme Court

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo
charter school

After Contentious Vote, Hebrew Charter Founder Eyes Jewish School in Oklahoma

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

A Ruling Against Harvard Might Not End Diversity-Based Admissions, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson
Oklahoma

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson
Ohio

Ohio AG Yost is Trying to Stop Billions in Student Loan Debt From Being Forgiven

Megan Henry
special education

Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Deaf Man in Special Education Case

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

Supreme Court Skeptical Biden Has Authority to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Linda Jacobson
charter school

New Oklahoma Legal Opinion Leaves Vote on Catholic Charter School in Limbo

Linda Jacobson
Union Report

California Teachers Union Lost Members at 587 of 995 Affiliates Since 2019

Mike Antonucci
special education

SCOTUS Could Change the Rights of Students with Disabilities to Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

SCOTUS Considers When Students With Disabilities Can Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Sports Rules

Beth Hawkins
Supreme Court

Federal Policy Protecting Native Youth From Unjust Family Separation is on Trial

Asher Lehrer-Small
Opinion

Keeping College Hopes and Diversity Alive in a Post-Affirmative Action America

Patty Diaz-Andrade
school finance

NC’s Top Court Compels State to Turn Over $800 Million in School Funding Case

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

Skeptical Supreme Court Asks: Do Race-Conscious Admissions Have an Endpoint?

Linda Jacobson
4th Circuit Court of Appeals

4th Circuit Weighs Whether Elite Va. School Discriminates Against Asians

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo
The Big Picture

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

Kevin Mahnken
carson v makin

SCOTUS’s Carson Ruling Isn’t ‘Seismic’ Event for Schools — But What Comes Next Might Be

Neal McCluskey
Abortion

8 Ways Colleges Are Stepping Up After Roe Reversal

Marianna McMurdock
Abortions

Awakened By SCOTUS Ruling, Young People Join Push For Reproductive Rights

Asher Lehrer-Small
education

Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

Kevin Mahnken
Carson v. Makin

Supreme Court Throws Out Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds

Kevin Mahnken
Abortion Rights

SCOTUS ‘Pissed Off the Wrong Generation,’ Gen Z Activists Say

Asher Lehrer-Small
Abortion

Half of States Set to Ban Abortion Have No Sex Ed Requirements

Asher Lehrer-Small
1921 Race Massacre

ACLU Lawsuit Looks to Take Down Oklahoma’s CRT Teaching Ban

Asher Lehrer-Small
charter schools

Maine Voucher Case to Test Supreme Court’s Shift Toward Religious Freedom

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

SCOTUS Won't Hear Trans Bathroom Case

Mark Keierleber
First Amendment

SCOTUS Upholds Off-Campus Speech Rights, Leaves Room for District Oversight

Mark Keierleber
Pennsylvania

As SCOTUS Rules For Catholic Adoption Agency, Implications For Religious Schools

Linda Jacobson
Catholic Schools

Court Scraps Vermont Ban on Sending Public Funds to Religious Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small
First Amendment

Appears SCOTUS Could Uphold Student Speech Rights

Mark Keierleber
The 74 Interview

SCOTUS: Amid Student Free Speech Case, Plaintiff Recalls Landmark 1969 Verdict

Mark Keierleber