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Two private California universities are facing a civil rights complaint for allegedly sponsoring and facilitating a program that limits... Read More

The proposed guidance is an overdue step toward ending one of higher education's most entrenched forms of racial segregation. Read More

Facing a deficit that may each $85 million, Temple University President John Fry has said a reduction in force is "inevitable" if the... Read More

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Public schools have an important civic purpose beyond reading and math. Read More

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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard—which effectively banned racial preferences in higher... Read More

This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them. Read More

INTRODUCTION It feels surreal to be a public education advocate from Mississippi these days. After decades of derision, my home state has... Read More

This piece was featured in The Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed , among other sources. Read More

Average grades continue to rise in the United States, raising the question of how grade inflation impacts students Read More

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For social studies teachers, the founding of the United States and July 4th--particularly this July 4th--presents an array of contradictions. Read More

The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education tried to assess the extent and impact of the Trump Administration’s... Read More

Between historical revisionism and higher ed reform, this week speaks to the tensions in our country and marks a historical moment for the... Read More

Attention student loan borrowers: Major changes are coming your way, starting Wednesday. Read More

Thousands of borrowers applied to enroll their student loans in the new Repayment Assistance Plan within the first 24 hours of the program... Read More

Loans capped at $20,500 a year and new ways to repay them are in store Read More

A Chalkbeat survey of Colorado’s largest school districts shows that most adopted cellphone restrictions in response to a new state law. Read More

Workforce Pell starts July 1, but this is neither deadline nor due date. Read More

As of this writing, 31 states have opted into (or signaled their intent to opt into) the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. Read More