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Books
‘The Reformatory’ Turns the Lingering Impact of Racism Into Literal Ghosts
THE REFORMATORY, by Tananarive Due If you’re a committed reader of contemporary fiction, you are probably familiar with this premise:…
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World
Students on the Run, Schools Taken by Troops and a Generation’s Catastrophe
With an estimated 19 million children out of school for months because of war, Sudan is on the verge of…
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News
Public Schools Struggle to Say the Right Thing About the Israel-Hamas War
Across the country, public schools, like colleges and universities, are facing backlash as they try to respond to the Hamas…
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World
Jamaica Fears Brain Drain as Teachers Leave for U.S. Schools
Okeef Saunders loves his job teaching history to high school students in Jamaica’s capital. But he is getting ready to…
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News
Who Collects Nazi Memorabilia?
More from our inbox: Democratic Judge, Republican Judge. Nonpartisan Judge?When the Defense Dept. Runs a SchoolTriangle Fire Victims: Many Were…
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News
The Worst Scandal in American Higher Education Isn’t in the Ivy League
Those of us who write about higher education can pay too much attention to America’s elite universities. Schools like Harvard,…
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News
What Most American Schools Do Wrong
Which country has the best education system? Since 2000, every three years, 15-year-olds in dozens of countries have taken the…
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News
Why Big Money Can’t Easily Change Campus Politics
The author of this newsletter takes a generally dim view of wealthy donors who give lots of money to America’s…
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News
Efforts to Protect Troubled Teens Don’t Go Far Enough
In 1994, the 15-year-old Liz Ianelli was sent by her parents to the Family Foundation School in Hancock, N.Y., which…
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News
Lenient Grading Won’t Help Struggling Students. Addressing Chronic Absenteeism Will.
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the proliferation of 50 percent grading floors in K-12 schools, I was shocked…