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When you’re the only person of color in your class, school can become a struggle between two worlds.

In third grade, Julia Horsman’s entire science project consisted of being herded outside with the other kids with disabilities and rolling soda cans down a ramp.

Gender-segregated classrooms are on the rise in the U.S. — especially the Southeast — but research regarding their effectiveness remains inconclusive.

America’s schools are more segregated now than they were in the late 1960s.

Let students ‘do’ history for themselves.

Some people argue “gay-friendly” schools offer needless segregation. Others say they’re the only chance some kids have to make it.

Charter schools tailored to the needs of newly arrived immigrants are getting a lot of attention. But are they working? And will they lead to a new kind of segregation?

A simple writing assignment sharpens students’ minds — and challenges their biases.

No Child Left Behind is plunging many English language learners into the educational mainstream — and sometimes getting them in over their heads.

‘Encounter experiences’ help pre-service and practicing teachers confront their attitudes about race and privilege.