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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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