Race and Education

Alaska Still Hasn’t Saved Its Universities

The governor agreed to halve his proposed budget cuts. But the school system still stands to lose $70 million.

• Adam Harris
• August 15, 2019

The Whiter, Richer School District Right Next Door

Public schools’ dependence on local property taxes means some districts get isolated from the financial resources in their communities.

• Adam Harris
• August 1, 2019

Bennet Steals the Moment From Harris and Biden on School Segregation

But it will take more than just talk to fix America’s schools.

• Adam Harris
• July 31, 2019

An Underhanded, If Legal, Scheme to Get Financial Aid

When families try to game higher education, the neediest students suffer the most.

• Adam Harris
• July 30, 2019

Many College Students Are Too Poor to Eat

But no one can agree on just how many. Now lawmakers are introducing a bill to change that.

• Adam Harris
• July 11, 2019

The 10 Presidential Candidates Who Support Busing

Many 2020 Democrats agree that school segregation is a significant problem, but not all of them want the federal government to step in.

• Elaine Godfrey and Adam Harris
• July 10, 2019

Higher Education Has Become a Partisan Issue

And university budgets are suffering as a result.

• Adam Harris
• July 5, 2019

Are Small Private Colleges Worth the Money?

Paying for college is becoming more difficult. So is justifying the full-freight cost of some private institutions.

• Adam Harris
• July 2, 2019

The Education Deserts of Rural America

The college-completion gap between rural and urban residents is widening.

• Adam Harris
• July 1, 2019

The Confrontation That Laid Bare the Democratic Party’s Evolution

And the country’s

• Adam Harris
• June 27, 2019

What Sets Bernie Sanders’s Student-Debt Plan Apart

The senator, alongside Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, announced legislation to cancel all student-loan debt and make college debt-free.

• Adam Harris
• June 24, 2019

Everyone Wants to Talk About Reparations. But for How Long?

The issue makes the occasional blip in the national conversation. Yet in communities that have been fighting inequality for generations, it is more like the steady thumping of a drum.

• Adam Harris
• June 19, 2019

Jesse Jackson on Reparations: ‘We Are Due a Different Kind of Recognition’

Thirty years ago, the reverend made reparations for slavery core to his presidential campaigns. Now he’s watching as the House grapples with a proposal to study their feasibility.

• Adam Harris
• June 19, 2019

Harvard’s Drastic Decision

The college has rescinded an admissions offer to Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland survivor and conservative activist.

• Adam Harris
• June 17, 2019

Parents Gone Wild: High Drama Inside D.C.’s Most Elite Private School

At Sidwell Friends, the high school of Chelsea Clinton and the Obama children, college counselors find themselves besieged by Ivy-obsessed families.

• Adam Harris
• June 5, 2019

How the Democrats Got Radicalized on Student Debt

In just over a decade, Democratic Party leaders have gone from advocating modest increases in Pell grants to pushing for large-scale debt cancellation.

• Adam Harris
• June 5, 2019

The Day the National Guard Raided a Dorm in North Carolina

Violence in the spring of 1969 marred the commencement festivities for that year’s North Carolina A&T graduates. This year, they finally got to celebrate.

• Adam Harris
• May 25, 2019

Burger King’s Dystopian Student-Debt Sweepstakes

The restaurant’s contest to pay off student loans is the latest offer to treat the idea of debt relief as a sweepstakes that only a lucky few can win.

• Adam Harris
• May 24, 2019

The Education Scandal That's Bigger Than Varsity Blues

Rich kids are enrolled in college at three times the rate of poor kids.

• Adam Harris
• May 23, 2019

Elizabeth Warren Takes a Different Strategy to Court the Black Vote

The Massachusetts senator is betting big on higher-education funding.

• Adam Harris
• May 21, 2019