Education

Lewis: What schools can do to help student-parents earn a degree and get a leg up on the socioeconomic ladder.

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HBCUs provide an environment where Black students don’t have to worry about their sense of belonging or encountering a cold reception…

As COVID and other factors decimate nursing profession, a Providence high school trains students to start their careers as young as 14.

Women led the effort to make Minnesota one of the latest states to implement a universal free lunch program, sparked by the federal government’s pandemic response during the 2021-22 school year.

After decades without, incarcerated people can now access Pell Grants. Here’s what to know.

Innovation. The word has become almost cliché at this point. It’s been co-opted and attributed to everything from smart phones to microwave pizza. At the risk of perpetuating the hyperbole,…

A recent survey of Jewish preschool teachers shows that they are paid far less than their K-12 peers. What should the Jewish community do about it?

Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.

The Montgomery County, Maryland, school district has been rolling out restorative justice in the schools, to mixed reviews.

The Journal of Family Psychology recently published an MDRC study that examined the impact of the Child First home visiting program during the pandemic. Findings suggest that Child First was able to adapt to address the needs of families as their lives were upended by COVID-19.

David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.