Is Bigger Always Better? The Case For Starting Small With New Learning Ideas
"Will it scale?" is often the first thing we ask about an educational innovation. Two innovators argue that it's the wrong question.
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When A 4-Day School Week Might Cost More Than It Saves
An Arizona school district slimmed down its budget by dropping class on Fridays. But parents say they're having to stretch their wallets to find something for their kids to do on that fifth day.
Amid Application Season, Seniors Consider A New Criterion: Race Relations
The surge of students protesting how colleges handle racial issues is making some incoming freshmen think more about race and safety on campus when choosing the university they want to attend.
In Bid To Welcome Refugees, Campaign Hopes To Make 'Every Campus A Refuge'
Diya Abdo, a professor at Guilford College, has launched Every Campus a Refuge, a project that aims to get every college and university campus to host one Syrian refugee family.
Protesting Racial Bias, Students Trade Placards For Pillows
Inspired by the events at Mizzou, students at Occidental College in Los Angeles recently got administrators to agree to a list of demands and are pledging to hold them accountable.
How To Talk To Kids About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday with a complicated history. So some teachers have developed strategies to teach it to young students.
Goodbye, No Child Left Behind
Congress appears ready to overhaul the nation's most important federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Civil rights groups, though, worry that some changes will hurt poor and minority children.
A Mother Hangs Her Hopes On A New High School
No school can succeed without the support of the families who send their children there.
CNN's 'The Hunting Ground' Scrutinized For Portrayal Of Campus Sexual Assault
CNN's documentary The Hunting Ground makes the case that universities are letting rapists walk free and has come under withering attack for ignoring facts that contradict the film's claims.
The Lesson Plan For A New School: Teaching 'Joyous Service'
A new father embarks on another big journey: teaching at a startup charter high school in Brooklyn.