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Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools
Do programs that help low-income students of color get into selective private schools obscure the system’s deeper inequalities?
March 2, 2020
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The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action
With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education.
October 8, 2018
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Under Trump, a Hard Test for Howard University
A historically black institution confronts a new era in politics.
January 8, 2018
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Success Academy’s Radical Educational Experiment
Inside Eva Moskowitz’s quest to combine rigid discipline with a progressive curriculum.
December 4, 2017
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An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants
Refused admission by public universities and unable to get funding from private ones, aspiring students find another way.
May 15, 2017
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The Ball that Teaches Kids to Code
Sphero is a robotic toy that bridges the gap between the analog and the digital in the classroom.
May 9, 2016
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The Life and Death of Jamaica High School
In 2014, after a hundred and twenty-two years, Jamaica High School, in New York City, closed its doors. What’s really at stake when a school shuts down for good?
August 24, 2015
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The Talking Cure
Providence Talks encourages low-income parents to speak more frequently with their kids. Margaret Talbot reports on an effort to close the “word gap.”
January 5, 2015
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Wrong Answer
In an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling school made a shocking choice.
July 14, 2014
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N.Y.U.’s Sexton Era
As president of the university, John Sexton had a bold global vision. Not everyone was a fan.
September 2, 2013
