Selected Journalism

Hundreds of U.S. High Schools Wrongfully Refused Entry to Older, Immigrant Student

In 35 states, students have a right to attend high school until at least age 20; a 74 investigation revealed a 19-year-old was repeatedly turned away.

The 74
Older Immigrant Students Say High School Admission Bettered Their Lives in U.S.

After a 74 investigation found new arrivals routinely turned away, some long for what they could have accomplished with a HS diploma.

The 74
From New Mexico to Michigan, States Take Action After 74 Investigation Reveals Rampant Enrollment Discrimination

The 74’s reporting prompts 13 states to take added steps to ensure districts do not violate older immigrant students' right to attend school.

The 74
San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

Vote is largely symbolic after school board already agreed to restore it, but districts nationwide are still grappling with when to offer algebra.

The 74

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

Even as Caltech Drops Calculus Requirement, Other Competitive Colleges Continue to Expect Hard-to-Find Course

Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Retired Special Ed Teacher Stakes $125,000 to Open Coffee Shop That Gives Former Students Jobs

Utah and Washington Among 21 States Revamping Math to Better Fit Students’ Goals

As Schools Brace for More English Learners, How Well Are They Being Served Now

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

With 1,000 Applicants for 140 Seats, NYC’s Harbor School Set for Major Expansion

Education Department Logged Record 18,804 Civil Rights Complaints in 2022 — But 7,339 Were Title IX Charges Lodged By a Single Person

Past is Present: AZ’s Newly Elected GOP State Chief Returns for a Second Act

Arriving in Numbers, Newcomer Students Face Multiple Hurdles in U.S. Schools

Abbott Wanting to Bar Undocumented Kids From School Echoes Failed Past Policies

Ukrainian-Born Students in the U.S. and Those with Strong Ties to Country Struggle to Balance Studies with News of War

In Pursuit of a Better Democracy or Something Else: Oklahoma Latest State to Require High Schoolers to Pass Citizenship Test

‘We Don’t Have Any Talented Students’: Confronting English Language Learners’ Drastic Under-Representation in Elementary Gifted & Talented

A Year After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Teachers Wary of Anti-CRT Laws Careful How They Broach Capitol Attack

Selected Journalism

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

Even as Caltech Drops Calculus Requirement, Other Competitive Colleges Continue to Expect Hard-to-Find Course

Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Retired Special Ed Teacher Stakes $125,000 to Open Coffee Shop That Gives Former Students Jobs

Utah and Washington Among 21 States Revamping Math to Better Fit Students’ Goals

As Schools Brace for More English Learners, How Well Are They Being Served Now

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

With 1,000 Applicants for 140 Seats, NYC’s Harbor School Set for Major Expansion

Education Department Logged Record 18,804 Civil Rights Complaints in 2022 — But 7,339 Were Title IX Charges Lodged By a Single Person

Past is Present: AZ’s Newly Elected GOP State Chief Returns for a Second Act

Arriving in Numbers, Newcomer Students Face Multiple Hurdles in U.S. Schools

Abbott Wanting to Bar Undocumented Kids From School Echoes Failed Past Policies

Ukrainian-Born Students in the U.S. and Those with Strong Ties to Country Struggle to Balance Studies with News of War

In Pursuit of a Better Democracy or Something Else: Oklahoma Latest State to Require High Schoolers to Pass Citizenship Test

‘We Don’t Have Any Talented Students’: Confronting English Language Learners’ Drastic Under-Representation in Elementary Gifted & Talented

A Year After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Teachers Wary of Anti-CRT Laws Careful How They Broach Capitol Attack

At Summer Camp: More Anxiety, More Learning, More Hugs — Same Fun

Influx of Unaccompanied Minors Along Southern Border Could Pose Test for Schools

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Schools, Universities Reconsider Police on Campus

George Floyd's killing prompts schools to shift resources to counselors, other forms of security.

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How Teachers Are Trying to Reach English Language Learners During Pandemic

Damning Grand Jury Report Cuts Through Politics in Loudoun County Student Sex Assault Cases

Young Afghan Refugees in America Adjust to New Norms—Especially for Girls

After Losing High-Profile Book Battle, Conservative Moms for Liberty Turns to Critical Tennessee School Board Race

New Study: Low-Income Chicago Students 40% More Likely to Earn Bachelor’s After College Prep Program

Alarming New Research Shows Babies Born Amid COVID Talk Less, Developing Slower

As Misinformation Rages, Educators Focused on Improving News Literacy Turn to Outside Groups to Help Kids Parse Fact From Fantasy

Fearful of COVID Lawsuits, Jittery School Officials Buy New — and Frequently Costly — Insurance Policies

A Problem for Math Teachers: Solving the Dilemma of Learning Lost to a Year of Zoom

As COVID Vaccine Rollout Approaches, States Weigh Whether to Place Teachers Near the Head of the Line

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Students at Colleges that Close Abruptly Less Likely to Finish Elsewhere

Back to School for Ukrainian Refugees, Expats Means Fresh Start with Old Fears

‘I Hope We’ll Get Through This’: The Ukrainian Refugees Arriving in Tijuana

Fired Superintendent Files Discrimination Complaint, New Chief Steps In

A Month Into Russian Invasion, Fear Grips Ukrainian Students in the U.S. With No Clear Path Home

In White, Wealthy Douglas County, Colo., a Conservative School Board Majority Fires the Superintendent and Fierce Backlash Ensues

Why Learning Loss Is Prompting Educators to Rethink the Traditional School Calendar: Start Earlier, End Later, Extend Breaks for Remediation

Problems With NYC’S Gifted and Talented Program Shared Across the Country — Along With Fears for Gifted Ed’s Future

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‘This Has Really Been a Blessing’

For many special needs students, learning from home during pandemic has sparked surprising breakthroughs.

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Could Summer School Catch Kids Up After a Disrupted Year? Here’s What Experts Say

A Border School for Asylum Seekers Goes Virtual

In 2019, The Sidewalk School opened in a cramped tent city on the U.S.-Mexico border. Now its students, craving educational opportunities in the States, face their latest challenge: learning during a pandemic.

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‘Defunding the Police’—and Shifting Resources From Law Enforcement to Schools—Gains Momentum in the Wake of Protests

Distanced by Pandemic, School Psychologists Improvise Ways to Connect With Struggling Students

Newsday

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Hempstead on Decline

.Activists want to know how Hempstead’s “transitional school” students will make up
class time

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One District’s Dilemma
Worries Others

Sachem faces the loss of 229 faculty and staff and possible consolidation or closure of schools under a revised budget for 2013-14 to be offered in next week’s revote

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Grading the Teachers

States watch,worry
as NY’s battle over
evaluations plays out

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A Lifeline Named Gianna

How a little girl helped her grandfather battle emotional and physical scars of 9/11

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The Warming of
Long Island

How shorter winters, hotter summers and rising waters could transform the Island — and what scientists say can be done

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Still at Risk

Sandy 1 Year Later: Few long-term fixes in place. Perils remain for tens of thousands near shore

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Teachers Helped Kids on Exams

Independent report finds students given ‘inappropriate staff-directed assistance’ at two elementaries

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The Overdose Antidote:
One Shot to Live

Narcan saves lives and gives addicts a chance to overcome their addictions

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Zoology, With
a Laugh Track

Bellport resident Rossellini mixes humor,message in offbeat play about animals’
mating habits

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Educators Must Pay

$144G in fines for 2 administrators, 6 teachers in Glen Cove cheating scandal

Chicago Tribune

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One Stage at a Time

One-time child violinist next heads to elite music program

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In Search of Lost
and Time

With funds short, the
National Center for
Missing Adults faces
its own disappearance

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Hammond House
A Grisly Reminder

Owner fumes as home
in slayings sits in ruin

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It’s Now or Never
for Ex-gov’s Stuff

Stiffed storage facility owner to put Blagojevich’s belongings
on the block

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Foreclosed But Not Forgotten

Bank-owned homes
to get new life

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2 Accused of Taking $6 Million

Latino investors trusted couple, prosecutors say

New York Times

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Hundreds of U.S. High Schools Wrongfully Refused Entry to Older, Immigrant Student

Older Immigrant Students Say High School Admission Bettered Their Lives in U.S.

From New Mexico to Michigan, States Take Action After 74 Investigation Reveals Rampant Enrollment Discrimination

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

Even as Caltech Drops Calculus Requirement, Other Competitive Colleges Continue to Expect Hard-to-Find Course

Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Retired Special Ed Teacher Stakes $125,000 to Open Coffee Shop That Gives Former Students Jobs

Utah and Washington Among 21 States Revamping Math to Better Fit Students’ Goals

As Schools Brace for More English Learners, How Well Are They Being Served Now

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

With 1,000 Applicants for 140 Seats, NYC’s Harbor School Set for Major Expansion

Education Department Logged Record 18,804 Civil Rights Complaints in 2022 — But 7,339 Were Title IX Charges Lodged By a Single Person

Past is Present: AZ’s Newly Elected GOP State Chief Returns for a Second Act

Arriving in Numbers, Newcomer Students Face Multiple Hurdles in U.S. Schools

Abbott Wanting to Bar Undocumented Kids From School Echoes Failed Past Policies

Ukrainian-Born Students in the U.S. and Those with Strong Ties to Country Struggle to Balance Studies with News of War

In Pursuit of a Better Democracy or Something Else: Oklahoma Latest State to Require High Schoolers to Pass Citizenship Test

‘We Don’t Have Any Talented Students’: Confronting English Language Learners’ Drastic Under-Representation in Elementary Gifted & Talented

A Year After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Teachers Wary of Anti-CRT Laws Careful How They Broach Capitol Attack

Selected Journalism

San Fran Ballot Measure Reflects 10-Year Battle to Reinstate 8th-Grade Algebra

Even as Caltech Drops Calculus Requirement, Other Competitive Colleges Continue to Expect Hard-to-Find Course

Dallas ISD’s Opt-Out Policy Dramatically Boosts Diversity in Its Honors Classes

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Retired Special Ed Teacher Stakes $125,000 to Open Coffee Shop That Gives Former Students Jobs

Utah and Washington Among 21 States Revamping Math to Better Fit Students’ Goals

As Schools Brace for More English Learners, How Well Are They Being Served Now

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access

With 1,000 Applicants for 140 Seats, NYC’s Harbor School Set for Major Expansion

Education Department Logged Record 18,804 Civil Rights Complaints in 2022 — But 7,339 Were Title IX Charges Lodged By a Single Person

Past is Present: AZ’s Newly Elected GOP State Chief Returns for a Second Act

Arriving in Numbers, Newcomer Students Face Multiple Hurdles in U.S. Schools

Abbott Wanting to Bar Undocumented Kids From School Echoes Failed Past Policies

Ukrainian-Born Students in the U.S. and Those with Strong Ties to Country Struggle to Balance Studies with News of War

In Pursuit of a Better Democracy or Something Else: Oklahoma Latest State to Require High Schoolers to Pass Citizenship Test

‘We Don’t Have Any Talented Students’: Confronting English Language Learners’ Drastic Under-Representation in Elementary Gifted & Talented

A Year After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Teachers Wary of Anti-CRT Laws Careful How They Broach Capitol Attack

At Summer Camp: More Anxiety, More Learning, More Hugs — Same Fun

Influx of Unaccompanied Minors Along Southern Border Could Pose Test for Schools

Schools, Universities Reconsider Police on Campus

George Floyd's killing prompts schools to shift resources to counselors, other forms of security.

How Teachers Are Trying to Reach English Language Learners During Pandemic

Damning Grand Jury Report Cuts Through Politics in Loudoun County Student Sex Assault Cases

Young Afghan Refugees in America Adjust to New Norms—Especially for Girls

After Losing High-Profile Book Battle, Conservative Moms for Liberty Turns to Critical Tennessee School Board Race

New Study: Low-Income Chicago Students 40% More Likely to Earn Bachelor’s After College Prep Program

Alarming New Research Shows Babies Born Amid COVID Talk Less, Developing Slower

As Misinformation Rages, Educators Focused on Improving News Literacy Turn to Outside Groups to Help Kids Parse Fact From Fantasy

Fearful of COVID Lawsuits, Jittery School Officials Buy New — and Frequently Costly — Insurance Policies

A Problem for Math Teachers: Solving the Dilemma of Learning Lost to a Year of Zoom

As COVID Vaccine Rollout Approaches, States Weigh Whether to Place Teachers Near the Head of the Line

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Students at Colleges that Close Abruptly Less Likely to Finish Elsewhere

Back to School for Ukrainian Refugees, Expats Means Fresh Start with Old Fears

‘I Hope We’ll Get Through This’: The Ukrainian Refugees Arriving in Tijuana

Fired Superintendent Files Discrimination Complaint, New Chief Steps In

A Month Into Russian Invasion, Fear Grips Ukrainian Students in the U.S. With No Clear Path Home

In White, Wealthy Douglas County, Colo., a Conservative School Board Majority Fires the Superintendent and Fierce Backlash Ensues

Why Learning Loss Is Prompting Educators to Rethink the Traditional School Calendar: Start Earlier, End Later, Extend Breaks for Remediation

Problems With NYC’S Gifted and Talented Program Shared Across the Country — Along With Fears for Gifted Ed’s Future

‘This Has Really Been a Blessing’

For many special needs students, learning from home during pandemic has sparked surprising breakthroughs.

Could Summer School Catch Kids Up After a Disrupted Year? Here’s What Experts Say

A Border School for Asylum Seekers Goes Virtual

In 2019, The Sidewalk School opened in a cramped tent city on the U.S.-Mexico border. Now its students, craving educational opportunities in the States, face their latest challenge: learning during a pandemic.

‘Defunding the Police’—and Shifting Resources From Law Enforcement to Schools—Gains Momentum in the Wake of Protests

Distanced by Pandemic, School Psychologists Improvise Ways to Connect With Struggling Students

Newsday

Hempstead on Decline

.Activists want to know how Hempstead’s “transitional school” students will make up class time

One District’s DilemmaWorries Others

Sachem faces the loss of 229 faculty and staff and possible consolidation or closure of schools under a revised budget for 2013-14 to be offered in next week’s revote

Grading the Teachers

States watch,worryas NY’s battle overevaluations plays out

A Lifeline Named Gianna

How a little girl helped her grandfather battle emotional and physical scars of 9/11

.Activists want to know how Hempstead’s “transitional school” students will make up
class time

One District’s Dilemma
Worries Others

States watch,worry
as NY’s battle over
evaluations plays out

The Warming of
Long Island

The Overdose Antidote:
One Shot to Live

Zoology, With
a Laugh Track

Bellport resident Rossellini mixes humor,message in offbeat play about animals’
mating habits

In Search of Lost
and Time

With funds short, the
National Center for
Missing Adults faces
its own disappearance

Hammond House
A Grisly Reminder

Owner fumes as home
in slayings sits in ruin

It’s Now or Never
for Ex-gov’s Stuff

Stiffed storage facility owner to put Blagojevich’s belongings
on the block

Bank-owned homes
to get new life