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He Named Me Malala: The Girl Behind the Heroine

Scenes of Malala at home with her family show her to be self-effacing and funny. She fights with her brothers, worries about fitting in at school, and blushes at photos of Brad Pitt.

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‘Tested’: The High Stakes in High School Admissions

In his new documentary, filmmaker Curtis Chin takes on equal opportunity and racial diversity in NYC's most prestigious public schools.

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Race at Yale: A Teach-In and Your Ongoing Education

We can’t read an article or two and think that we have done our due diligence.

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Hostile Takeover: The State of Arkansas vs. The Little Rock Board of Education

A school district instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement must come to terms with the racial and socioeconomic implications of its recent school closures.

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Constituting Education: What Makes an Educational System Adequate?

In the aftermath of a landmark court decision, Connecticut grapples with statewide educational inequality.

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Educating the Lost Generation

The Jordanian education system struggles with the influx of Syrian refugees.

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Multiple Choice: The Future of Education Policy Under Trump

Will Betsy DeVos expand the Federal Charter School program?

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Education Interrupted: Expelled and Suspended Students in Connecticut Fall...

Last year, a study from the Yale Child Study Center found that “black preschoolers are 3.6 times as likely to receive one or more suspensions relative to white preschoolers.”

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#FeesMustFall: South African Students Fight for Higher Education

Protests against high costs of attendance at higher education institutions continue in South Africa.

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DeVos’s Dangerous Daycare: East Hartford High and the 2018 Budget Proposal

“It is heartless...millions of kids around this country are going to suffer what has been done with a $9.2 billion cut to our education programs,” DeLauro said.

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The Problem with Daddy’s Girl

Why father-daughter dances are wrong and why you should care.

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Starting Small: Education, Nonprofits, and the Roma

Claudia Macri looks at unequal access to education and the challenges this poses for the Roma.

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The National Food Fight: Trump Administration takes on Obama-era School...

"The Trump Administration is pulling out all the stops to rollback any protection or public health safeguard at the expense of harming kids’ health."

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