My Immigrant Kids Don’t Test Well—But They’re Learning

In This High School Classroom, Resilience Is as Important as Textbooks

My mother immigrated to the United States when she was 16, in May of 1943. Though she didn’t know English when she arrived, she claims that by the fall she was able to read Silas Marner. I am sure that this is not true, but she graduated and went on to get a doctorate in psychology. Despite narrowly escaping annihilation in the Holocaust, she arrived in this country with a suitcase of virtual advantages: her parents were Viennese doctors; she had already learned a second language, having lived the war …

by Anne Raeff | June 22, 2015

Technology Is Not a Panacea for Struggling Schools

Sure, iPads Can Be Helpful, But They Can’t Create a Culture of Achievement

by Jervey Tervalon | June 18, 2015

It’s still mystifying that in this time of limited educational funding, the people running the Los Angeles Unified School District were such an easy sell when it came to technology.

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The Next Great American Scientists Will Not Graduate From Harvard

Small Classes, Intense Mentoring, and Hands-On Research Make Liberal Arts Colleges Scientific Breeding Grounds

by Harold R. Wilde | June 16, 2015

In response to billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s recently announced commitment of $400 million to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, the journalist Malcolm …

Juggling Tuition, Exams, and the Fear of Deportation

At the University of California, a New Legal Center Helps Undocumented Students Focus on Their Coursework

by Maria Blanco | June 10, 2015

Being a college student often means taking on debt, leaving your home and your family behind, studying harder than ever before, and trying to figure out what to do with …

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