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Cassandra Klos Why a Career and Technical High School Has a Genocide-Studies Class
Justin Bilton and Jason Stark on the importance of teaching students about systemic violence
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Shop Class, Over Zoom
How one career and technical high school is going remote
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Does Trump’s Education Budget Even Matter?
A president’s proposal often looks very different from what Congress ultimately approves, but Trump’s spending priorities could offer insight into his broader agenda.
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Andrew Winning / Reuters Why Back-to-School Season Feels Like the New Year—Even for Adults
The arrival of fall and the start of classes seems to many like a beginning, for reasons ranging from biology to nostalgia.
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Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters What the Public Wants From Schools
An annual poll on national perceptions of education reveals an emphasis on services beyond traditional learning, such as mental-health support and career education.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why School Still Starts After Labor Day in Michigan
The calendar is designed to bolster the economy—but some worry it hurts kids.
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Liana LoDuca The 'Trump Effect' on Canada's Classrooms
Schools are feeling reverberations of the political climate across the border, and some educators are adjusting their lesson plans accordingly.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Absence of Betsy DeVos
Every prior education secretary has spoken at the Education Writers Association’s annual seminar, but DeVos declined this year’s invite. Here's what her predecessors used the platform to say.
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Eddie Keogh / Reuters A New Era for School Accountability
By a one-vote margin, the Senate overturned many Obama-era education regulations on Thursday.
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Orlin Wagner / AP Can a Court Decision Help Close the Achievement Gap?
The Kansas Supreme Court ordered the state to confront the inequality of its public-school funding.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Education Secretaries Betsy DeVos Would Follow
Here are some quirky facts about the 10 people who previously oversaw the department.
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Jim Vaiknoras / The Hechinger Report The Rural School Poised to End Bullying
In the constant battle against mean girls and boys, one district in New Hampshire is intervening with a student-driven approach.
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Mike Segar / Reuters What Is the Future of Public Education?
Four agendas beyond school choice the new administration might look to advance
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Mike Groll / AP How Do American Students Compare to Their International Peers?
The most recent math results from an international survey place the United States near the bottom.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Dissecting the Youth Vote
Americans under 30 years old leaned left in this election, but not to the extent that they have in the past.
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Jason Reed / Reuters Making 9/11 Relevant to Young Learners
Though many teachers have firsthand memories of the attacks, the majority of students were not even born at the time.
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Scott Iskowitz / AP The U.S. Olympians Who Won Gold—But Not in Rio
An American team triumphed at the International Math Olympiad for the second-straight year, despite concerns of student diversity in STEM.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Where Clinton and Trump Stand on Education
The convention dust has settled, and it’s back to the chalkboard.
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Hadley Green Why Are Third-Graders Afraid of Donald Trump?
As students process the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s fear-inducing rhetoric, educators are left to wrestle with bringing these lessons into the classroom.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Civics Lessons From the House Democrats' Sit-In
The protest teaches kids about media literacy, the legislative process, and the repercussions of prolonged congressional gridlock.
