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By Noble Ingram – This year alone, four nor’easters have walloped the Boston region with heavy rain, snow, and storm surges....
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By Noble Ingram – Teachers use the internet in class to increase student engagement, connect with others around the globe, and...
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Oklahoma’s teacher strike, inspired by one in West Virginia, shuttered schools a second day Tuesday. After nine years into an...
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If lectures aren’t helping college students learn, some universities are asking, why do we keep using them? – Yvonne –...
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Sure, a degree from Harvard or Stanford can change a low-income student’s future. But consider the twist in this story by Josh...
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From Iceland and Israel to Mexico and South Korea, schools around the world increasingly see rooting out sexism as their domain,...
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Five school shootings so far in 2018 have resulted in serious physical injury or death – including the fatal shooting of 17 students...
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By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo – Monitor editors and writers spend a lot of time looking for credible signs of social advancement....
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The request by influential shareholders for Apple to help curb excessive digital media use among teens and Mark Zuckerberg’s...
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In most of the world, boys stay in school longer than girls. But in parts of Mongolia, the opposite is true. We look at how the...
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Students who desire the college experience can find more avenues to get there, and are more likely to find jobs after they graduate...
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It’s often remarked that the camaraderie on American football teams tends to plow through color lines. This story looks back at an...
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Ryan Lenora Brown – Freeman Reserve, Liberia—At first glance, Cecelia Dunbar Elementary School hardly looks like the site of a...
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Some ‘dreamers’ have been inspired to share their stories for the first time, viewing their voices as the most powerful...
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By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo and Henry Gass – Bryan McMillian was supposed to start college Aug. 28 at Prairie View A&M...
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As the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va., has five towering monuments. But for many in the majority black city, the...
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Henry Gass – The year was 1977, and a group of neo-Nazis wanted to march through Skokie, Ill. – a Chicago suburb where, at the...
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California often launches national trends. This time it’s tackling education inequality, and it could be charting a better path...
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Some students heading to college for the first time this fall will be presented with more than just meal plan options and dorm rules,...
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While they haven’t yet tried a televised draft, a la the “Key & Peele” comedy...
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