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A recent study emphasizes what researchers have noted for years: As children, Spanish-speaking English learners take longer to become proficient than nearly any other group. Here are theories why.

Many first-year college students think their peers have more friends than they do, a study finds. But that can actually help motivate students to make new connections.

After Arizona banned a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson, Ariz., ethnic studies courses have taken root in districts across the country.

In a world of fake news and junk science, how do science teachers help their students distinguish fact from fiction?

For wearing their hair in braids, two teenagers were threatened with suspension at their charter school. Similar incidents show that strict dress codes can punish students for their racial identity.

Seeing his potential, one mother wonders why her child isn't held to higher standards at school, despite his learning disability.

An estimated 1.3 million teens struggle with substance use disorders. For teenagers in Wisconsin, there is only one high school that treats students' addiction while they earn a diploma.

Two Iranian brothers didn't let a war keep them from medical school. Now they're using mobile phones to build the next generation of doctors in Syria.

Despite a high dropout rate and low test scores at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., every senior was accepted to at least one college.

This week more than a dozen educators in Colorado received advanced weapons training and safety.

There's been a lot of national attention on transgender students this school year. Here's a look at the lives and careers of two transgender teachers.

Wielding techniques from the global Theatre of the Oppressed movement used to train activists, one group challenges people to think beyond labels.