education
Teachers Can’t Live on What They’re Earning
“I really think you have to experience it to know.”
By Jacqui Germain
Black Students At Harvard Have Always Resisted Racism
Faculty and staff once owned slaves, and professors taught racial eugenics.
By The Harvard University Presidential Committee on the Legacy of Slavery
SCOTUS
Supreme Court Appears Fully Ready to Gut Affirmative Action
The court's conservatives are expected to roll back decades of precedent.
By Eric Lutz
How Articles of Sikh Faith Are Criminalized on College Campuses
And how Sikh students are fighting back.
By Anissa Deol
Why UF Students Like Me Don’t Want Ben Sasse As Our School President
The Republican senator was chosen for the job via a secret process.
By Halima Attah
What's Up With the Lawsuits Threatening Student Debt Forgiveness
Here’s what to know.
By Jacqui Germain
Students Are Fighting Remote Exam Surveillance — and Winning
“We should be focused on education, not surveillance.”
By Kristy P. Kennedy
Some School Districts Are Bringing Police Officers Back
But students are carrying on the fight for police-free schools.
By Neal Morton
We Need to Make People Care About School Board Elections
There is so much at stake in these races.
By Mary Retta
What I Mean When I Say ‘The Future Is Disabled’
We have the power to orient our world around care and safety.
By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Money From the Anti-Gun Violence Bill Will Go Toward Improving Student Mental Health
Fear of gun violence and anxiety are linked.
By Brittney McNamara
What It’s Like to Be a Low-Income Student at an Ivy League School
There’s no handbook to “navigate the rocky terrain of an extremely privileged environment.”
By Sofia Barnett
Thousands of Virginia Students Are Walking Out for Trans Rights
"I wouldn’t be able to come home if my parents found out that I was queer."
By Lex McMenamin
Why Are There So Few Politicians With Disabilities?
For disabled people, attempting to take political office can be a huge gamble.
By John Loeppky and Alex Green
Conservatives Are Trying to Get This Teacher Fired for Being Nonbinary
A teacher at an Oregon elementary school is the latest LGBTQ+ educator to face right-wing attacks.
By James Factora
How Standardized Tests Punish Disabled Students
“The processes involved in standardized testing failed me.”
By Haley Moss
This 1930s Law Still Allows Disabled People to Earn Less Than the Minimum Wage
"People with disabilities should be treated as equal to other people.”
By Kim Kelly
This Idaho Teen Won Elected Office to Fight Far-Right Education Policies
Shiva Rajbhandari, 18, will sit on Boise’s school board.
By Fortesa Latifi
Meet Four Young People Diversifying the Fine Art World
Changes at Christie's Auction House are ushering in a new, more diverse wave of talent.
By Leah Faye Cooper
What’s Really Going on With the Teacher Shortage
This crisis has been a long time coming.
By Mary Retta