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Rich Pedroncelli / AP How Mass Incarceration Pushes Black Children Further Behind in School
A new study shows that the disproportionate imprisonment rates faced by people of color contribute to race-based inequalities in educational attainment.
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Reuters How Teachers Learn to Discuss Racism
Urban-education programs prepare them for imperative contemporary conversations with students.
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Mike Stone / Reuters What Is the Future of the Office for Civil Rights?
Experts with varying opinions weigh in on what the arm of the Department of Education could look like under Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters How Discrimination Shapes Parent-Teacher Communication
A new study suggests race and immigrant status are determining factors in whether or not an educator will reach out to a student’s family.
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Patrick Semansky / AP When For-Profit Colleges Prey on Unsuspecting Students
Without access to counseling in high school, many ambitious yet disadvantaged students still end up in schools where they’re most likely to drop out and accrue lots of debt.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning
A new study shows that the pressures associated with discrimination contribute to the achievement gap.
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Claudia Daut / Reuters Even Black Preschool Teachers Are Biased
A new study shows that African American early educators hold students of the same race to a higher discipline standard.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Patriotism and Protest Under Friday Night Lights
High-school students grapple with questions of race and identity following Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem.
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Mike Groll / AP When School Feels Like Prison
A new study shows that campuses with larger populations of students of color are more likely to use harsh surveillance techniques.
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Jim Young / Reuters Chicago's Inescapable Segregation
The racial separation that permeates nearly every aspect of life in the Windy City is inexcusable.
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Jason Redmond / Reuters The Long-Term Effects of Social-Justice Education on Black Students
A new study shows such courses prompted self-exploration and openness in marginalized kids.
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Sam Price-Waldman / The Atlantic Where Are All the Principals of Color?
As the public-school population continues to grow more diverse, the percentage of nonwhite school leaders has remained relatively stagnant.
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Mike Groll / AP When Black and White Children Grow Apart
Research shows that interracial friendships decline as kids enter adolescence—and that teachers may play a role.
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David Goldman / AP Learning Behind Bars
Why doesn’t education in juvenile detention facilities get any attention or support?
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Alex Brandon / AP Undocumented and Black
A recent college graduate shatters the perception that immigration reform is only a Latino issue.
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Stephan Savoia / AP Being Black at America's Elite Public High Schools
The complacency and inaction of school administrators following incidents of racism isn’t confined to college campuses.
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Jae C. Hong / AP When All Kids Eat for Free
Congress is considering a rule change to the school-nutrition law that would bar thousands of schools from offering complimentary lunch to all students.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters How Internet Filtering Hurts Kids
Zealously blocking their access to certain websites can end up undermining learning.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters How Effective Are ‘Career Academies’?
The schools-within-schools blend traditional and technical courses to try to smooth the transition from high school to working life—but they may inadvertently propagate inequality.
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Victor Björkund / Flickr Those Urban-Education Heroes
Some teachers worry about the growing popularity of books and movies about poor city schools lead to damaging myths about their students and communities.
