Special Ed Shouldn’t Be Separate
Isolating kids from their peers is unjust.
American Family Policy Is Holding Schools Back
A child’s ability to succeed in the classroom is powerfully influenced by their home environment. Giving parents the support they need could be key to fixing American education.
Why Adults Still Dream About School
Long after graduation, anxiety in waking life often drags dreamers back into the classroom.
Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive
How will they interpret the past?
Redshirt the Boys
Why boys should start school a year later than girls
The Problem With Kindergarten
Early education is vital. So why aren’t students guaranteed access to it?
The State Finally Letting Teens Sleep In
Adolescents in the U.S. are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
Students Should Refuse to Go Back to School
Despite the hopelessness after Uvalde, we’re closer to understanding the kind of social movement that might actually affect gun reform.
10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again
I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade since the Newtown shooting, we’ve refused to answer the question of what it would take to actually change something.
Speech Therapy Shows the Difficult Trade-Offs of Wearing Masks
All parents of young children have been forced to gamble during the pandemic. Many parents of kids with speech disorders don’t like their odds.
Book Bans Are Targeting the History of Oppression
The possibility of a more just future is at stake when young people are denied access to knowledge of the past.
America Is Desperate for Substitute Teachers
Omicron is making a bad shortage even worse.
Students Are Walking Out Over COVID
The Omicron variant has brought a special level of chaos to classrooms, and some teens say their schools aren’t doing enough to protect them.
Math Is Personal
How one professor changed the culture of mathematics for his students
Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost
Students have endured tremendous trauma during the pandemic—and teachers know learning can’t happen without healing.
The Pandemic Broke a Fundamental Principle of Teaching
America’s schoolchildren spent less time in the classroom last year than ever before in modern history. Now teachers are scrambling to fill in the gaps.
16 Things to Remember at College
Advice for my daughter: Do talk to your professors outside of class. Do notice the way the sky changes color. Don’t get too drunk.
This Is the End of Affirmative Action
What are we going to do about it?
Homeroom: Summer Learning Is About More Than Reading and Math
Kids deserve a real break, especially this year. But they shouldn’t avoid academic reinforcement entirely.
Homeroom: The Pandemic’s Potential Silver Lining for Kids
Each child will process this time differently, and adults can help kids find opportunity in the life that awaits them.