Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently called HBCUs "real pioneers of school choice." We thought this would be a good time to revisit our documentary, "The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century."
If suspensions don't work, what does?
Are we asking too much of America's high-poverty schools?
There are proven techniques to help children with learning disabilities, but can affected kids get what they need in public schools?
One reporter chronicles a neighborhood school in need of the American dream.
How much will anti-immigrant rhetoric dissuade foreigners from studying in the United States?
The nominee for secretary of education has a long history of funding school-choice efforts and charter schools in Michigan.
In a system that prioritizes struggling students, what happens to everybody else?
The suit claims Michigan is denying Detroit students their fundamental right to literacy.
Adversity isn't destiny at a "trauma-informed" school in Minnesota.
An immigration law scholar says colleges have no business declaring their campuses "sanctuaries" for undocumented students.
Why African American teachers are leaving the profession faster than they're entering it.
Since 2012, many undocumented young people have been protected from the threat of deportation. With a new president, that may change.
Donald Trump's win was a surprise to many in the college-educated elite. Should it have been?
The next president could end temporary protections for undocumented college students.
Education has hardly been mentioned in the presidential debates. We look at where the candidates stand.
A new study finds that black and Latino students who experience racism have higher levels of cortisol, a hormone linked to stress, and one that is known to impact focus and learning.
Can children as young as 4 learn to have meaningful dialogues about race?
Some in education think providing travel opportunities can reduce the gap in how well some groups of students perform in school.
In a flipped classroom, students watch or listen to lectures on their own, then spend class time working on projects.
What does it look like to be ready for school?
Strap on your cowboy boots: A new investigation by the Houston Chronicle finds that Texas has denied special education services to thousands of kids in the state.
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena are trying to do things differently.
A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and lead to disproportionate discipline for students of color.
A system meant to give college students a better shot at succeeding is actually getting in the way of many, costing them time and money and taking a particular toll on students of color.
When was the last time you ate? In one survey, 7 percent of college students said they went an entire day without eating.
Students of color are twice as likely to be suspended as white kids. So schools are turning to an alternative called restorative justice.
We follow a homeless student as she fights to graduate from high school.
A student debt crisis in America? We break down the myths and realities of student debt.
