In Remote Alaskan Villages, Teachers Struggle to Make School Meaningful
The government's one-size-fits-all requirements may be too stifling for kids who spend much of their time hunting whales and gathering berries. More »
Sarah Garland is a staff writer at The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet based at Teachers College, Columbia University, and author of the forthcoming book Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community that Ended the Era of School Desegregation.
The government's one-size-fits-all requirements may be too stifling for kids who spend much of their time hunting whales and gathering berries. More »
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A new study shows a steady but significant return of racial isolation to America's schools. More »
The story of two students at UT-Austin shows how race-based admissions can go right -- and raises questions about who's to blame when it goes wrong. More »
In a former Atlanta slum, low- and middle-income families now live side by side -- and send their children to the same excellent school. Is this surprising model too good to be true? More »
Thirty years ago, the school district tried and failed to bring black and white students together. Will its latest effort undermine one of the city's most successful schools? More »
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