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Jobs in the clean energy industry are expected to grow thanks to a historic federal investment in fighting climate change. Many of the jobs have low barriers to entry, an expert says.
AP teachers could find themselves at odds with laws that restrict how they can teach about racism in America’s past.
Calls for tougher laws against assaults on teachers have been thwarted by efforts to keep kids in school.
While computer science courses can help students with learning disabilities see themselves in careers in the field, they are still underrepresented. A team of researchers explores why.
Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
Looser requirements for teacher certification don’t fix teachers’ problems, which are low pay, high workload and lack of respect.
A veteran school administrator offers insights on how children’s caretakers can better prepare them for a new school year.
Three years observing in a public school has given one scholar a close-up look at the sweeping challenges in public education.
Different views of gentrification drive divisions that keep school activists separated by race.
A scholar of literature sees striking parallels between contemporary book bans in the US and those that took place in South Africa during apartheid.
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
Research has shown for more than a century that students fall behind during the summer break. An expert offers six tips on ways to help children keep up their academic skills during the summer.
The core principle of education is to enable students to become kind, giving and contributing members of their community and the world.
The effort to give every student equal access to an education has lasted decades and may need even more time before the goal is reached.
With teachers reporting record-high levels of burnout, and more burnout than any other profession in the US, scholars examine what’s going on and what it may mean for education.
For trans students, the right to be recognized by the pronouns they use for themselves is under constant legal attack. A researcher who specializes in the trans student experience takes a closer look.
In the first study of its kind, researchers found medication alone has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom.
Waiting for kids to show signs of distress has little value, says a researcher who is pushing schools to take a more proactive approach toward student mental health.
Schoolteachers routinely report feeling ill-prepared to guide their students through difficult conversations about high-profile violent events.
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