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Weld: With focus shifting to AI, changes in federal data and grant programs, and a lack of public awareness, STEM education must adapt and expand.

O’Brien: The only way to catch older students up is to wrap literacy lessons into every grade and subject. But faculty members must learn how.

Local officials must act now to build emergency networks for community-based disaster resilience as federal support evaporates, experts say.

Aldeman: District spending is up, but educator pay isn’t.Efforts to provide affordable housing for teachers have run into trouble…

Michael McCallion waited years to confront in court the officers he said attacked him in prison. The guards denied the assault ever happened.

Every family should have access to high-quality maternal health care, paid parental leave and affordable child care.

Low-income neighborhoods have the hardest time recovering from disasters without help. FEMA used to require cities to pay attention to them, but that’s changing.

Olson & Toch: More than test scores, a comprehensive set of research-based metrics would provide a richer understanding of a school’s success.

Mexican teachers on J-1 visas offer new avenues of learning for Spanish-speaking students in a small school district in south Texas.

The House Budget Bill represents the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history.

Even as the U.S. pursues an energy agenda centered on achieving affordability through abundance, utilities and local governments have tools to help families navigate energy insecurities.