Parents and educators may feel helpless to stop widespread drug use among adolescents, but evidence-based interventions can make a difference by building children’s skills and adult-child relationships.

Education, Featurepalabra.September 4, 2023

Untapped Potential

Community colleges are increasingly offering a more affordable alternative for Latino students when it comes to getting a bachelor’s degree.

Feature, Educationpalabra.September 3, 2023

Youth-Powered Science

In New York City, hands-on learning is taking on a new dimension as students partner with researchers to monitor air pollution in their schools and neighborhoods. Students use the data they generate to address environmental injustices and pursue broader legislative change.

Feature, Educationpalabra.July 29, 2023

Children Drawing Deportation

Silvia Rodríguez Vega made a promise to herself after working with children who drew their own fears. The result is a book that shows the powerful effect of art as healing.

Feature, Educationpalabra.July 12, 2023

Ambassador of Story

Through the power of literature, oral storytelling and identity, Cuban American author Meg Medina, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, invites children into the world of books.

Education, Featurepalabra.June 21, 2023

Trans in High School

High schools that treat trans teenagers with respect and care provide essential emotional and academic support, and help these students develop self-confidence and thrive.

Feature, Educationpalabra.June 7, 2023

Lecciones From Mexico City

One family’s quest for a better life and education for their U.S.-born children leads them south of the border.

Education, Feature, Latinoamericapalabra.May 24, 2023

Recovering Puerto Rico’s Schools

Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face? Puerto Rico’s school system, the sixth largest in the U.S., is reeling from repeated natural disasters and enrollment losses. Can new federal attention help?

Education, Featurepalabra.May 17, 2023

Finding Home

How one nonprofit program in Florida is trying to shrink the academic and financial gaps for farmworker families.

Education, Featurepalabra.May 10, 2023

Doulas Teaching Doulas

In New York City and across the country, publicly-funded education programs for doulas of color are booming. A movement to advocate for Medicaid to cover doula services for low-income, pregnant people, has succeeded in several states, which helps make a doula career more accessible to people of color.

Education, Featurepalabra.April 29, 2023

Sowing Success

Migrant students and their families follow the seasons year-round to sow and harvest America’s produce. Students take pride in their families’ work ethic — but struggle to continue their schooling. The 50-year-old CAMP scholarship helps hundreds of them go to college.

Educationpalabra.April 15, 2023

The Catch Up

Los Angeles Unified bets on tutoring for post-pandemic recovery, but progress at many schools is slow.

Feature, Educationpalabra.March 29, 2023

Borrower’s Remorse

As the battle continues over a federal student loan forgiveness plan, many Latino families face their own tough circumstances when it comes to ballooning college debt.

Feature, Educationpalabra.March 11, 2023

Educación 2023

In a wide-ranging interview with palabra, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona laid out his vision for the future of education, and his take on student debt relief and school safety.

Feature, Educationpalabra.February 23, 2023