Alia Wong
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty The Gun Violence That’s a Bigger Threat to Kids Than School Shootings
Mass killings on school grounds account for a very small percent of victims, but they capture far more public attention than other shootings.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Why Teachers Walk
Educators are emboldened and exasperated. Those feelings are driving a second wave of teacher strikes nationwide.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Cities Aren’t Built for Parents
The death of a young mother who fell in a New York City subway station has drawn scrutiny to the inaccessibility of public-transit systems.
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Jeff Chiu / AP Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It
Not only does P.E. do little to improve physical fitness, but it can also lead to truancy and other disciplinary problems.
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Scott Heins / Getty L.A.’s Teachers Got What They Wanted—For Their Students
The strike showcased unions' strategy of advocating not just for their members but also for better resources for schools.
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Mike Blake / Reuters America’s Teachers Are Furious
From West Virginia to Los Angeles, educators are ushering in a new era of labor activism.
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Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP The Unique Racial Dynamics of the L.A. Teachers' Strike
The city’s public-school teachers are predominantly people of color—and a plurality of them are Latino, like most of the students they serve.
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Scott Kleinman / Getty / Shutterstock / The ... Millennials Are Keeping Family Holiday Cards Alive
Finally, something they have not killed
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Stephane de Sakutin / Getty Parents Are Biased Against Even Quality ‘Urban’ Schools
Many of these schools are improving, but the persistent stigma against them contributes to segregation.
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Joshua Lott / Getty The Charter-School Teachers’ Strike in Chicago Was ‘Inevitable’
The move could signal a shift in the long, contentious relationship between teachers’ unions and these privately run schools.
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Melnikov Sergey / Shutterstock / Unicode / Katie ... The Over-celebration of Life Events
Gender reveals, post-wedding receptions, divorce parties, promposals—young Americans now have more and more public festivities for milestones that used to be privately celebrated.
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Ted S. Warren / AP The Students Suing for a Constitutional Right to Education
A new federal complaint with a unique argument accuses the state of Rhode Island of failing to provide students with the skills they need to participate effectively in a democracy.
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters Graduate School Can Have Terrible Effects on People's Mental Health
Ph.D. candidates suffer from anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation at astonishingly high rates.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP / Brian Snyder / ... The App at the Heart of the Movement to End Affirmative Action
“WeChat is a monster. There’s nothing like it on Earth.”
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Wenjia Tang The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Soil
Weeks ago, Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the Northern Mariana Islands, which are home to tens of thousands of Americans. Mainland outlets paid little attention.
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Timothy D. Easley / AP The Questionable Year of the Teacher Politician
While claims that a record number of educators ran for office in 2018 may have been overstated, Tuesday night showed the political momentum at their back.
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Eric Risberg / AP Why Millions of Teens Can't Finish Their Homework
The push toward technology-focused education overlooks the students who lack the resources needed to complete their assignments.
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Alicia Tatone Elite-College Admissions Are Broken
The racial-discrimination lawsuit against Harvard, which goes to trial this week, raises questions about far more than affirmative action.
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Charles Krupa / AP Harvard Admissions on Trial
A lawsuit at the prestigious school has implications for affirmative action at universities everywhere.
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Jay LaPrete / AP Civics Education Helps Create Young Voters and Activists
Youth voter turnout is notoriously low in the U.S., especially when social-studies classes are notably absent.
