Education

A view of two coal seams and coal hauling trucks being loaded in the Buckskin Coal Mine, 12 miles north of Gillette, Wyo.

Is There A Better Way To Pay For America's Schools?

10:26am May 01, 2016

There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.

Kennedy Park, 4, is in her second year of pre-K in Camden. All 3- and 4-year-old kids qualify for two years of preschool in New Jersey's lowest-income cities.

Taking On Poverty And Education In School Costs A Lot Of Money

5:39pm April 30, 2016

by Sarah Gonzalez

In 1997, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered millions of dollars in additional funding to 31 of the poorest school districts in the state. Camden alone spends about $23,000 per student per year.

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Chances are that this crowd is more liberal than conservative.

Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal?

8:32am April 30, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

Police Arrest Tennessee Elementary School Students Over Off-Campus Fight

6:38pm April 29, 2016

by Blake Farmer

On Monday, police are set to explain why they arrested 10 children at an elementary school in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Parents say the kids were accused of not intervening during an off-campus fight. Some were led away in handcuffs. Now the community is doing a bit of soul-searching.

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What To Do When You're Stuck On A College Waitlist

3:43pm April 29, 2016

A college enrollment official and a former college admissions officer offer advice for the tens of thousands of students who won't find out until later in the summer if they've even been accepted.

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Student photos capture the details of Ms. D-B's classroom.

Reporting Live From Miami: A Bunch Of Fourth-Graders Tell Their Teacher's Story

3:42pm April 29, 2016

by Mrs. D-B's Fourth-Grade Class

We asked the students in Marlem Diaz-Brown's class in Miami to tell the story of their "amazing" teacher.

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When A Resume Of Failures Becomes A Recipe For Success

12:58pm April 29, 2016

When a friend suffered what he called "a professional setback," Johannes Haushofer put together his "CV of failures." Haushofer says failure is an essential part of what is means to be a scientist.

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Mrs. Diaz-Brown's students gave us an exclusive look inside their classroom in Miami.

Behind The Scenes: How A Fourth-Grade Class Reported Our Story

11:06am April 29, 2016

by Elissa Nadworny

For our profile of Marlem Diaz-Brown, we asked her students to do the reporting. Here's how we got an exclusive look inside their classroom.

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Yale Defies Student Calls For 'Calhoun' Name Change

7:57am April 29, 2016

by Katie Toth

Yale students pushing to change a college community's name that honors John C. Calhoun, a 19th vice president who was a supporter of slavery, are unhappy that Yale's decided to keep the name.

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The Millers sit in the living room of their home in a Philadelphia suburb. They are part of an ongoing lawsuit, which argues that Pennsylvania has neglected its constitutional responsibility to provide all children a "thorough and efficient" education.

Struggling School Districts Find Little Help In Pennsylvania

7:58pm April 27, 2016

by Kevin McCorry

Jameria Miller moved from an affluent Philadelphia-area school district to one with fewer resources. That's when she learned her state has one of the nation's most inequitable school funding systems.

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