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Want Your Kids to Get a Good Education? Support Their Teachers’ Workplace Rights Want Your Kids to Get a Good Education? Support Their Teachers’ Workplace Rights

A new lawsuit pits teachers’ rights against students’ access to quality education. That argument doesn’t hold water.

Apr 20, 2016 / Michelle Chen

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.

Apr 20, 2016 / Audio / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

Will the gunmaker have to pay the price for the Sandy Hook mass shooting?

Apr 14, 2016 / George Zornick

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Can Restorative Justice Change the Way Schools Handle Sexual Assault? Can Restorative Justice Change the Way Schools Handle Sexual Assault?

Students and schools are exploring its promise and challenges.

Apr 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Alexandra Brodsky

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The Solution to Higher Ed’s Bad Pay Is Unions The Solution to Higher Ed’s Bad Pay Is Unions

Unionized faculty earn about $21,000 more annually in pay and benefits than their non-unionized peers.

Apr 13, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

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This Ex–Army Ranger Goes on Missions to High Schools—but Not to Recruit This Ex–Army Ranger Goes on Missions to High Schools—but Not to Recruit

For a decade, Afghanistan vet Rory Fanning has been battling the desire to inflict pain on himself. Instead, he visits schools.

Apr 7, 2016 / StudentNation / Rory Fanning

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Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue

Newsroom blues… When tests fail girls… Playing the long game…

Apr 7, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs

These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs

These politicians send their own kids to progressive schools that eschew rote learning.

Mar 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz

Who Can Change the American University?

Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?

Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar

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