In Texas’s Harris County, a major early childhood education initiative offers a test case for the rest of the country.
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A Break in Teach for America’s Ranks
Last month, activists launched the first national campaign against the organization—which isn’t backing down anytime soon.
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Paying It Forward on Student Debt
A new idea for making college affordable is attracting supporters—and detractors—in state capitals across the nation.
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Promises Aren’t Enough to Deter Campus Sexual Assault
As a recent report at Yale shows, voluntary resolution agreements won’t stop rape.
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God Was My Freshman Roommate
Troy University is opening up a faith-based dorm this fall. Church-state separationists are not impressed.
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The Reality of Our Race-Based Achievement Gap
A new study finds that drops in white student achievement often lead to the passage of “teacher quality” bills. Not so much when it comes to dips in black student achievement.
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Run, Women, Run!
Why do women wait decades to run for office? Running Start has a few ideas, and thinks it can change the status quo by recruiting a team of high school all-stars excited about elections.
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Teacher, May I Plead the Fifth?
Police officers are becoming a familiar fixture in our nation’s schools, as are interrogation techniques that seem less than appropriate for questioning a middle schooler.
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Online LL.M.’s: A New Way to Rob Peter to Pay Paul?
LL.M degrees, once a rarity, are going to become a familiar face at cash-strapped legal programs.
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Teach For America’s Civil War
This summer, alumni and current teachers are launching the first ever national campaign against the organization.
