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A protest supporting academic freedom at the University of Texas (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The slow death of academic freedom

Tracy Kuo Lin
First Lady Melania Trump is accompanied at the White House by Figure 03, a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why MAGA fears human teachers

Amanda Marcotte
A student plays with interlocking toys at the Connecticut State University Early Learning Center on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Mark Mirko/Getty Images)

Trump makes child care worse

Beth Kania-Gosche - The Conversation
Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Student debt crisis falls hard on women

Nadra Nittle - The 19th
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A school bus in Pasadena, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

DOJ flips civil rights law on its head

Russell Payne
A pro-LGBTQ+ demonstrator holds a sign outside a Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) Board of Education meeting on June 20, 2023 in Glendale, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Suburban women flipped school boards

Nadra Nittle - The 19th
Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / f11photo / Elīna Arāja)

At Yale, things get Orwellian

Zachary Clifton
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Prager U founder Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host and writer, speaking at the Turning Point High School Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Woke-proofing" comes for schools

Emery Petchauer - The Conversation
Large group of school kids raising their hands to answer the teacher's question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images/skynesher)

Oklahoma pushes "America first" schools

Jennifer Smith Richards - ProPublica
Schoolboy with backpack entering classroom (Getty Images/bymuratdeniz)

Trump's special ed attack riles GOPers

Sara Luterman - The 19th
Schoolboy with backpack entering classroom (Getty Images/bymuratdeniz)

Trump and the end of public schools

Megan O’Matz, Jennifer Smith Richards - ProPublica
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A return to writing by hand (Strelciuc Dumitru/Getty Images)

Old-school writing takes on classroom AI

Andi Zeisler
(Maskot/Getty Images)

School lunch debt: A fairy tale

Ashlie D. Stevens
Harvard University (Getty/Pgiam)

Judge: Trump must unfreeze Harvard funds

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump speaks in the newly decorated Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How in God's name did we get here?

Mike Lofgren
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Pedestrians walk by Columbia University in Upper Manhattan on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Few love Columbia's deal with Trump

Garrett Owen
A view of a gate to Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

McMahon attacks Harvard's accreditation

Cheyenne McNeill
Protesters gather around the William McKinley Monument at the Ohio Capitol building on May 1 during a May Day action focused on public education. (Tatyana Tandanpolie)

Ohio activists fall short — for now

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a Turning Point Action campaign rally at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 24, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump halts billions in education funds

Cheyenne McNeill
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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University, Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Even now, education can be saved

Henry A. Giroux
Teenage girls dressed in costumes with colorful school lockers in the background (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / AntonioSolano / Westend61)

Now the GOP wants to ban dress-up

Amanda Marcotte
Diversity and inclusion. (designer491 / Getty Images)

Disability advocates fight DOGE cuts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
President Donald Trump poses with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after signing an executive order aimed at closing the Education Department at the White House on Thursday, March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump to expand "privatization scam"

Griffin Eckstein
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