Education

Mashable’s Rachel Kraus walks through the many ways the digital divide has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic — and why thinking about the internet as a freeway could inform how we close it. Read the full…

Last fall, a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Undefeated showed that seven out of 10 Black Americans believe that people are treated unfairly based on race or ethnicity…

Conscious Kitchen, in collaboration with Friends of the Earth, recently released a report about the benefits of an alternative, values-based, climate-friendly school food service model. Conscious Kitchen is a California-based organization that…

K-12 school districts across the country are currently faced with a good problem: an unprecedented infusion of federal funding that needs to be spent quickly provided via the pandemic relief package.…

Nearly one year after the violent murder of George Floyd in broad daylight, the police officer charged with his death has been found guilty, and our country — and classrooms…

I love my students and, boy, do I miss them. Teaching remotely over a computer is just not the same as seeing them in person. I miss eating breakfast together,…

“Organizations often point to a lack of appropriate funding as the biggest barrier to investing in an Engine 2. Three-quarters of US foundation giving, and most NGO and government funding globally, comes…

Hispanic-Serving Institutions make up 17 percent of all U.S. public and nonprofit colleges—yet they enroll 67 percent of all Hispanic and Latino undergraduates. That data, published in April, underscores the huge…

How many students in America have disappeared during COVID? The 74 began asking and reporting on that question back in December, with an extensive series dubbed “COVID’s Missing Students” that…

After a year of interrupted learning and adapting to virtual classes, families and educators are intensely worried about how to make up for lost instruction. The scope is staggering. Millions…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Bruce D. Baker conducted research that concluded that increasing spending improved student outcomes, especially when spending went toward high-value improvements.  • How should this information be incorporated into…