This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2025, school districts grappled with a wave of federal policy changes — on top of looming budget challenges — that impacted their approaches to staffing. Sweeping student enrollment declines…
Amid growing calls for redefining the high school experience, there’s a critical missing link that is often overlooked: principals and assistant principals. Why must principals lead, and what has prevented many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food Tank is highlighting 20 children’s books about food, agriculture, and the environment that will encourage young readers to reflect on what they eat and the planet. These recipe books,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dear friends, Hope is a familiar word, yet it often evokes many different images and emotions, particularly in the context of reflecting on disaster philanthropy. Hope can feel fleeting and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in planetary health, meaning a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet, can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advocating for the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees as “professional degrees” in response to potential regulatory language that would place…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Edgar Rosales Jr. uses the word “home,” the second-year college student with a linebacker’s build isn’t referring to the house he plans to buy after becoming a nurse or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a hard look at their budgets — no matter their income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As 2025 draws to a close, communities across the Midwest continue to rebuild after a series of severe storms, tornadoes and floods that struck from 2022 through 2025. While the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “How can you think about creating civic spaces when those who fight for them are being threatened?” Funding, safety, democracy promotion, and community control in the Global South cannot be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A jump in immigration enforcement arrests under the Trump administration is having a detrimental impact on America’s child care system, reducing the number of immigrant workers available and prompting mothers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Back in April, scientists read the tea leaves — or, more accurately, heaps of data —…