What Sets Bernie Sanders’s Student-Debt Plan Apart
The senator, alongside Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, announced legislation to cancel all student-loan debt and make college debt-free.
The Surreal End of an American College
Small schools across the United States are facing budget shortfalls and low enrollment—leading some to shut down in the middle of students’ higher-education experience.
Kyle Kashuv Becomes a Symbol to Conservatives Who Say the Left Can’t Forgive
The 18-year-old gun-rights activist and Parkland-shooting survivor is being touted by the right as the latest victim of “cancel culture.”
Harvard’s Drastic Decision
The college has rescinded an admissions offer to Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland survivor and conservative activist.
Better Schools Won’t Fix America
Like many rich Americans, I used to think educational investment could heal the country’s ills—but I was wrong. Fighting inequality must come first.
The Adults Who Treat Reading Like Homework
No one’s making them try to read 100 books a year.
Parents Gone Wild: High Drama Inside D.C.’s Most Elite Private School
At Sidwell Friends, the high school of Chelsea Clinton and the Obama children, college counselors find themselves besieged by Ivy-obsessed families.
When Your Final Exam Is Surviving the Wilderness
For 45 years, eighth graders in Ketchikan, Alaska, have gone on an overnight survival trip to a remote island.
How the Democrats Got Radicalized on Student Debt
In just over a decade, Democratic Party leaders have gone from advocating modest increases in Pell grants to pushing for large-scale debt cancellation.
The Youths Have Outsmarted the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Moazagotl and choumoellier are just too easy for today’s spelling-bee champs.
The Day the National Guard Raided a Dorm in North Carolina
Violence in the spring of 1969 marred the commencement festivities for that year’s North Carolina A&T graduates. This year, they finally got to celebrate.
Burger King’s Dystopian Student-Debt Sweepstakes
The restaurant’s contest to pay off student loans is the latest offer to treat the idea of debt relief as a sweepstakes that only a lucky few can win.
The Education Scandal That's Bigger Than Varsity Blues
Rich kids are enrolled in college at three times the rate of poor kids.
Elizabeth Warren Takes a Different Strategy to Court the Black Vote
The Massachusetts senator is betting big on higher-education funding.
The College That Gives Graduates the Wrong Diploma
Smith College's unusual ceremony is more than just a silly tradition.
The New Secession
Residents of the majority-white southeast corner of Baton Rouge want to make their own city, complete with its own schools, breaking away from the majority-black parts of town.
What Happens When a Billionaire Swoops In to Solve the Student-Debt Crisis
A philanthropist surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement by announcing he would pay off their student loans. But one person—even a very generous one—can only do so much.
The Problem With the SAT’s Idea of Objectivity
Faced with the messy realities of entrenched privilege, the College Board is trying to find a quantitative solution.
The Reasoning Behind the SAT’s New ‘Disadvantage’ Score
The CEO and vice president explain what they’re hoping to accomplish by factoring adversity into the standardized test.
The School Shooting America Forgot
In the year since 10 people were killed at a Texas high school, the press mostly stayed away. That’s what community members wanted.