EDUCATION
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The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students. The biggest problem is yet to come
Lawmakers wanted the form to be shorter and easier, with the IRS helping the Education Department automatically fill out some…
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How to inspire climate hope in kids? Get their hands dirty
“Ok! Want to crack this baby open?” says Steven Wynbrandt, a local farmer and composting consultant who has helped the…
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Two studies find admissions scattergrams reduce applications to elite colleges
Among high-achieving students, an unidentified college that had received the third-most applications dropped out of the top 10 after Naviance…
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There’s a worldwide problem in math, and it’s not just about the pandemic
The results also confirmed the widespread inequalities in U.S. education. Black and Hispanic students, on average, scored far below Asian…
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7 Strategies to ignite active learning – and help students see its benefits
To get started on the active learning journey, I share below a list of seven strategies and the benefits of…
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How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary
Indeed, it’s hard to really tell how much voters care about the topic. When pollsters ask Republican voters their top…
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A story of student loan forgiveness, 20 years in the making
When we first met, last December, Kurt told me he had been repaying his loans consistently since late 2003, and…
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How do you discipline an in-school overdose? In some districts, you don’t
And the problem goes far beyond LA: In 2021, fentanyl was involved in the vast majority of all teen overdose…
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