The Purpose of Education—According to Students
Teens respond to questions about the role of schools and teachers in their lives.
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The Risks and Rewards of Student-Exchange Programs
Pen pals and school visits can help students connect with one another, but they can also end up discouraging students from less fortunate backgrounds.
What's Lost When Only Rich Kids Play Sports
The income disparity in youth athletics has effects on health and success that stretch far into adulthood.
The Rural Higher-Education Crisis
When it comes to college enrollment, students in Middle America—many of them white—face an uphill battle against economic and cultural deterrents.
Education Isn't the Key to a Good Income
A growing body of research debunks the idea that school quality is the main determinant of economic mobility.
How Campus Sexual Assault Became So Politicized
The Trump administration has announced that it’s rescinding college-rape policies put in place by President Obama.
The Most Polarizing Education Reformer in New York City
In a new memoir, Eva Moskowitz recounts how her revered—and notorious—Success Academy charter-school network came to be.
Radio Atlantic: What Are Public Schools For?
Back-to-school season means a host of laments about America's failing public education system. But what is it failing to do?
Boys Are Not Defective
Girls in the Middle East do better than boys in school by a greater margin than almost anywhere else in the world: a case study in motivation, mixed messages, and the condition of boys everywhere.
How the Humanities Can Train Entrepreneurs
A Canadian business program is making literature, philosophy, and the arts part of the curriculum in hopes of enhancing both fields of study—and students’ careers—in the process.