Underserved Students
School & District Management
When Interventions Aim at Relationships, Academics and Attendance Improve
Connecting a student to adults—and peers—has been a missing link in early-warning systems.
Education Funding
A State Uses AI to Determine School Funding. Is This the Future or a Cautionary Tale?
Nevada reworked its funding formula hoping to target extra aid to students most in need. What happened could hold lessons for other states.
Equity & Diversity
State Policies Set Up Incarcerated Students to Fail, Report Finds
When students are in juvenile justice centers, they often lose access to high-quality education.
School & District Management
Vulnerable Students, Districts at Greater Risk as Natural Disasters Grow More Frequent
New federal research indicates the harm from fires and storms to school facilities, learning, and mental health is disproportionate.
Student Well-Being
Documentary Reveals Challenges Inside LeBron James' School for Vulnerable Students
LeBron James and Akron Public Schools opened the I Promise School with big fanfare in 2018. A new documentary chronicles its inaugural year.
Families & the Community
Leader To Learn From
Relying on Community Values: How One School Leader Advocates for Vulnerable Families
Carissa Purnell’s work at the Family Resource Centers in Salinas, Calif., is a lifeline for families, many of them migrant farm workers.
Student Achievement
Inside the Effort to Find and Help Disengaged Youth
When in-person learning abruptly ended last spring, schools and community groups sprang into action.
School & District Management
Opinion
Sure, Envision a New Public School System. But Don't Ignore the Emergency at Hand
As we work to address the centuries of injustice in education, families need short-term solutions as well, writes Michael J. Feuer.
Federal
Opinion
What the Looming Economic Collapse Could Mean for Education
The best guide to the future is the recent past, writes Pepperdine University professor Kfir Mordechay. Here are the most urgent lessons from the Great Recession.
Student Well-Being
Coronavirus Upends After-School World
With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs.
Equity & Diversity
In Pursuit of Equity
Educational equity is more than just a philosophy to embrace—it is a goal realized through concrete actions.
Equity & Diversity
The Simple Policy Change That's Getting More Students of Color in Advanced Courses
By automatically enrolling all students in high-level courses, schools in Washington state are working to erase a long entrenched form of inequity.
Equity & Diversity
Data Reveal Deep Inequities in Schools
New data tools allow users to see how public schools fall short when it comes to providing all students the resources they need to meet their highest potential.
Data
Number of Homeless Students Hits All-Time High
An 11-percent increase in homeless students, including many without an adult to care for them, is posing challenges for schools from coast to coast.