To Understand Betsy DeVos’s Educational Views, View Her Education

By ERICA L. GREEN June 10, 2017 HOLLAND, Mich. — The students formed a circle around the Rev. Ray Vanderlaan, who draped himself in a Jewish ceremonial prayer shawl to cap his final lesson to graduating seniors in his discipleship seminar at...

Texas Teacher Who Gave Student ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ Award Is Out of a Job

The teacher, who also issued a “most likely to blend in with white people” certificate, gave the mock awards to seventh graders at a ceremony celebrating the end of the school year.

Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students

By AMY HARMON June 4, 2017 WELLSTON, Ohio — To Gwen Beatty, a junior at the high school in this proud, struggling, Trump-supporting town, the new science teacher’s lessons on climate change seemed explicitly designed to provoke her. So she...

Bringing the Dream of an Elite College to Rural Students

By placing college advisers in public schools, an organization is trying to break down the social, economic and psychological barriers that keep low-income rural students from dreaming big.