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No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor

by Destinee Adams February 9, 2022February 9, 2022

To combat the statewide teacher shortage, Governor Kevin Stitt has allowed state employees—police included—to fill in for substitute teachers. Unsurprisingly, not everyone is comfortable with that solution.

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Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021March 9, 2022

Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021March 9, 2022

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A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

by Katy Reckdahl and The Hechinger Report August 24, 2021March 9, 2022

To the other 98%: Lessons from the nation's Black male educators

by Letrell Harris & Horace Ryans May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021May 20, 2021

The fall and rise of North Carolina's first Black school

by Rupen Fofaria, EdNC.org April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

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Student journalists at an HBCU campus newspaper took on racist local media—and won

by Alexis Wray February 2, 2021March 23, 2021

Pauli Murray: Black revolutionary

by Dolores Chandler January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

Wake County promised to reconsider cops in schools. When they didn't, students took to the streets.

by Courtney Napier January 26, 2021February 2, 2021

'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021May 7, 2021

Meet the Southern librarians fighting for racial justice and truth-telling

by Jason Christian December 29, 2020January 11, 2021

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Campus workers in the right-to-work South are fighting for COVID-19 conditions and beyond

by Mindy Isser September 16, 2020September 22, 2020

Without profit from stolen Indigenous lands, UNC would have gone broke 100 years ago

by Lucas P. Kelley & Garrett W. Wright September 15, 2020October 14, 2020

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'Essential, Not Expendable'—Child care workers on the frontlines of COVID-19

by Stell Simonton May 1, 2020September 16, 2020

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Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

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Hope in the rural South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

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Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

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This 24-year-old lawsuit could radically alter public education in North Carolina

by Michael Cooper October 15, 2018September 16, 2020

I know the culture that produced Kavanaugh: tradition and violence at D.C. prep schools

by Alysia Nicole Harris October 8, 2018December 3, 2020

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Georgia school bus drivers join labor revolt in public education

by Casey Williams April 26, 2018September 16, 2020

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Learning from the leadership of West Virginia's striking teachers

by R. Garringer March 7, 2018October 4, 2021

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How the criminal justice system criminalizes learning disabilities in Texas public schools

by Laura Thompson November 16, 2017September 16, 2020

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Rising racial tension in North Carolina stirs beneath a police officer's alleged assault on 13 year old

by Jordan Green November 14, 2017September 16, 2020

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Poverty, justice, and education in Roanoke, Virginia

by Mason Adams October 17, 2017September 16, 2020

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A civil rights legacy under attack

by Michael Cooper September 4, 2017September 16, 2020

I want the world to know about this place

by Kari Mugo July 9, 2017October 1, 2020

Patriot

by Aaron Graham June 28, 2017September 16, 2020

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Becoming a safe haven: Baltimore and the arrival of immigrant youth

by Elizabeth Doerr June 25, 2017September 16, 2020

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Betsy DeVos doesn't really believe in democracy

by Laura Jean Moore April 27, 2017September 16, 2020