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What Breaks Cycles of Poverty? College Scholarships

The nonprofit College Success Foundation (CSF) recently issued a survey which found that many “low-income, B-average students who received scholarships…

The Issues with Functional Illiteracy in Early Childhood Educators

As many as one million state-licensed and nationally credentialed early childhood educators are functionally illiterate, a reality that negatively affects…

Ruling Stirs Tensions over Racial Inequality in Maryland’s Public Universities

The latest ruling in Maryland suit, in which the state’s historically black colleges sued the state for underfunding HBCUs and…

Nonprofit Offers Students Free Textbooks

University of Vermont students Javier Garcia-Bernardo, Ben Kaufman, and Alex Perkins formed the nonprofit Books4Equality, with the intention of drastically…

$400 Million School Renewal Program Brings Hope to South Bronx School

Formerly known as Public School 198, the newly opened Urban Scholars Community School has found itself with more resources and…

$4 Million Gift Stirs Hope of Increasing Number of Nonprofit Workers with an MBA

Most graduates of top business schools go into private sector jobs right out of school, with fewer than five percent…

Disadvantaged D.C. Public Schools to Extend School Year

Following the example of city’s charter schools, ten D.C. Public schools are set to extend their school year schedules next…

Universal Preschool Finds Success in Conservative Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, one of the reddest and least affluent states in the union, a program for universal preschool has seen…

Overall State Spending on Higher Education Increasing, Despite Big Cuts in Some States

During the recession, many states began to cut funding to higher education, but that trend has started to reverse.

Finding Solutions to Digital Inequality

An estimated 60 million Americans lack internet access at home, an unfortunate reality that creates barriers to educational success and…

Student Evaluations Are Biased against Women, Study Says

A new study led by economist Anne Boring and co-authored by Philip Stark, associate dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences…

How Race Affects the Identification of “Gifted” Students

A national study has revealed that racial bias plays a role in keeping black students out of “gifted” programs, barring…

Behind Silicon Valley’s Lack of Diversity & What It’s Doing to Change

Leading Silicon Valley tech firms are, on average, 71 percent men and 29 percent women with a racial makeup of…

Ethnic Studies Classes Improve Student Performance in SF Schools

A newly released Stanford study found that ethnic studies courses for freshmen “boosted the grades, attendance, and course completion of…

Survey Finds Black College Students Don’t Seek Help for Mental-Health Concerns

The results of a national survey released on Wednesday reveals that “African-American students feel less emotionally prepared for college than…

Report from Cooke Foundation Advocates “Poverty Preference” in College Admissions

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation released a report on Monday decrying the slim odds for high-achieving, low-income students of being…

New York Gov. Cuomo Introduces Higher-Education Program for Prisons

This past Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo re-introduced a plan for the state to pay for college courses for…

How Innovative Education Holds the Key to Revitalizing Rural Communities

According to the Atlantic, “…rural schools make up more than half of the nation’s operating school districts” and are equally…

Top Pediatrician Criticizes Diagnosis Criteria for Children with ADHD

ADHD diagnoses among children continue to increase and researchers continue to debate the causes behind the so-called disorder.

Nature-Based Preschools Spike in Popularity

All around the United States, preschool programs that put nature at the heart of childhood learning are rising in numbers…