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Education

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

by Alysia Nicole Harris October 8, 2018November 16, 2022
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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
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I want the world to know about this place

by Kari Mugo July 9, 2017October 1, 2020
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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
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Why we must educate our prisoners

by Lyle C. May November 29, 2016October 1, 2020
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The usual writing is no longer enough

by Matt Whitt November 11, 2016October 4, 2021
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This governor wants to take over 'failing' public schools and turn them into charters

by Allie McCullen and Anna Simonton November 3, 2016September 16, 2020
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Freedom Schools try to teach the truth about race in America

by Jesse DeConto October 9, 2016September 16, 2020
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By the numbers: Charlotte's changing schools

by Amy Hawn Nelson and Justin T. Lane September 14, 2016September 16, 2020
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Photo essay: This school teaches reading, writing, and pride

by Robin Rayne Nelson September 12, 2016September 16, 2020
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Looking for truth and family at a Southern university

by Edith Dunlap September 3, 2016December 3, 2020
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Clemson University has a John C. Calhoun problem

by Jonathan Beecher Field August 30, 2016September 16, 2020
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The most influential college you've never heard of, why it folded, and why it matters

by Sammy Feldblum August 24, 2016December 3, 2020
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Gerrymandering is teaching high schoolers not to trust their government

by Tyler Holbrook June 24, 2016October 1, 2020
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The strange story of Sewanee, the KKK, and a Franklin County Gay/Straight Alliance

by Sarah Jones May 19, 2016September 16, 2020
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45 years after the Supreme Court forced its schools to integrate, Charlotte continues to debate race, poverty, and education

by Adam Rhew April 20, 2016September 16, 2020
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What's San Antonio trying to prove?

by Sol Weiner January 12, 2016September 16, 2020
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Raising foot soldiers for an imaginary holy war

by David R. Brockman November 17, 2015September 16, 2020
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Review: "Prom is the least of our worries"

by Kelly Baker November 3, 2015October 27, 2020
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By the Numbers: How slavery still shapes racial inequality

by Robert L. Reece August 13, 2015September 16, 2020
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Berlin, the Blues Ambassador, and the imagined South

by Amien Essif August 5, 2015September 16, 2020
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By the Numbers: State of the child

by Sarah Bufkin July 22, 2015October 27, 2020

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