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How can teachers best support kids during test season?Teachers' attention to "growth mindset" and other motivational strategies can highlight the anxiety they and their students experience each spring as testing season steps into high gear.
New Pell grants to pay for college classes in high schoolThe Obama administration will spend about $20 million in the 2016-17 school year to help about 10,000 students.
Cover StoryTwo colleges where diversity worksHow two schools foster inclusiveness in an era when students want more than just a multiracial campus.
Do blue-state parents back Obama on transgender children and bathrooms?The Obama administration said Friday that all transgender students in public schools must be allowed to use bathrooms that match their gender identity – expanding the issue beyond Southern states.
First LookTexas high court upholds 'Robin Hood' school funding schemeThe state's system of distributing local property taxes is 'undeniably imperfect' but constitutional, the Texas Supreme Court said Friday, striking down a ruling that sided with hundreds of school districts.
First LookFeds warn schools that transgender bathroom restrictions could cost themA directive from Obama administration obliges public schools to allow transgender students to use the facilities that match their chosen gender identity.
Campus concealed carry: University of Texas hears faculty concernsThe University of Texas System's regents debated at its meeting Thursday if faculty can ban handguns from their offices.
First LookWe need to change the way we talk about bullying, experts sayA new report suggests that bullying should be treated as a 'serious public health problem.'
New Orleans seeks post-Katrina 'healing' with new school planThe Louisiana legislature passed a law this week returning New Orleans schools to local control for the first time since hurricane Katrina. But critics charge that the handover is in name only.
- First LookNew Orleans charter school experiment shifts to home rule
The city of New Orleans is set to regain control over its public school system for the first time since hurricane Katrina decimated the city's infrastructure.
Why Obama administration wants colleges to admit more felonsThe US Department of Education seeks to remove obstacles that can keep the 70 million Americans with criminal records from going to college.
President Obama at Howard University: What did he say about racism?In his commencement speech at one of the nation's leading historically black schools, President Obama told seniors, 'Enjoy the party, because you're going to be busy.'
First LookAre we asking too much of US teachers? Poll reveals widespread frustration.The vast majority of teachers surveyed by the Center on Education Policy said that they feel unheard by policymakers at the federal, state, and district levels.
Echoes of Flint in Detroit schools standoffCritics of the controversial measures passed by Michigan's House Thursday say they could deepen the divide between city and state and have overtones that parallel the plight of nearby Flint.
First LookIs $500 million enough to save Detroit's public schools?Republican lawmakers in the Michigan House on Thursday approved a $500 million package to address the woes of Detroit's Public School system, but opponents say it falls short.
On Teachers' Day, White House announces STEM training milestoneLaunched five years ago, the 100Kin10 network aims to train 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math teachers. But can schools retain them?
First LookDetroit educators spend Teacher's Day pleading for payTeacher's Day: Detroit's teachers are entering their second day of sick-out protests, after the school district announced that paychecks would stop on June 30.
Detroit teachers: sick-outs are 'regrettable but necessary'Teachers concerned that they might not be fully paid for the 2015-16 school year staged sick-outs Monday, after frequently using the tactic to protest school conditions this fall and winter.
Malia Obama to take a 'gap year' before college. Should everyone?Malia Obama, the eldest Obama daughter, is taking a year off between high school and Harvard, the White House said Sunday. This type of hiatus, assuming the time is well spent, is endorsed by some colleges.
As college prices soar, poorest students fall further behindThe college attainment gap between higher and lower income families is huge and growing. Affordability plays a big role.
