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Black and white photo of a woman wearing glasses, smiling as she sits at her desk and looks at the camera

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From the Archive

A Trailblazing Hispanic Educator Showed the Way Up

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young black man in a hoodie pulled up over his head smiles as he works on a math problem using a pen, paper, and calculator

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Interview

STEM Access Blooms in Mississippi

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Headshot photo of Matt Newlin, left, and the logo of his podcast The Rural College Experience, right

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Interview

Giving a Voice to America’s Overlooked Students

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Female student at a white board using a blue marker to draw a mathematical diagram

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News

A STEM Boost for Indigenous Students

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Two high school students sit at a desk covered with technical paperwork and tools while working on a circuitboard

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Interview

Igniting Students’ STEM Afterburners

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Illustration of the city of Phoenix with criss-crossing blue lines making arcs above it

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News

Creative Solutions to Closing the Digital Divide

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Two men, one on the left listening while the one on the right speaks, sitting at a U-shaped conference table

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Interview

“Silver Bullets Are Only Good For Werewolves”

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Headshot photo of Teanna Williams smiling in a graduation cap and gown against a green background

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Profile

Discovering Her Purpose—and Defying Old Stigmas—in Research

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Geoffrey Canada standing against a wall with a mosaic logo in yellow, blue, orange, red, and green for Harlem Children's Zone

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Interview

“You’re Never Lost Forever”

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Photo of Michael Sorrell holding a microphone speaking to a gymnasium full of students

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Interview

Reinventing the Urban HBCU

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Young black female student writing on a notebook while taking a remote class on a laptop

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News

Making Internet Connectivity More Affordable

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Black and white photo of seven community college students speaking together outside on a campus

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From the Archive

Night School, English 101

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Two fourth grade students work on their laptops while sitting together on the classroom floor

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Interview

Mirrors, Windows, and Reconstructing Black Education

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Young black woman scuba diving with two men in the background

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News

STEM Grants Get More Kids Outdoors

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Older woman, left, interviewing a younger woman, right, for a job

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News

A Night of Career-Training Role Play

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Teacher leading a sign language class

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From the Archive

The Case for Recognizing American Sign Language

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author jeff hobbs on the left, cover of show them you're good on the right

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Interview

The Moments That Make Us

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Students Working on Computers in Class in the 1990s

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From the Archive

Policy Brief: The Digital Divide and Educational Opportunity

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Black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk in front of a computer

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Feature

10 Black Computer Science Pioneers Everyone Needs to Know

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Woman in a suit holds a clipboard while standing in a white room full of circuits and and a large control board

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Annie J. Easley

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Photo of Clarence Skip Ellis smiling while holding a small yellow box

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Clarence "Skip" Ellis

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Black and white headshot photo of Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Black and white headshot photo of Frank Greene

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Frank S. Greene

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Headshot photo of a smiling Gladys West

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Gladys West

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Man in a red shirt smiles and gestures while he speaks while seated at a table

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: John Henry Thompson

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Headshot photo of Mark Dean

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Mark Dean

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Photo of Rediet Abebe smiling against a striped background

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Rediet Abebe

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Black and white photo of Roy Clay

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Roy L. Clay Sr.

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Female college graduate cheering at a graduation ceremony

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Interview

An Investment in Latino Opportunity

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Masked female teacher writes on the notebook of a masked female student she's helping in a classroom

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Interview

Dan Domenech is Ready to Embrace "Disruptive Education"

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Man walking into the Capitol Rotunda

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Opinion

Saluting Colin Powell’s Enduring Education Legacy

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A multi-ethnic group of middle school students walking and talking with a teacher or principal outside the school building, The teacher, a mature African-American man in his 50s, is in the middle, and the six students are looking toward him.

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Interview

Recommitting to the Endeavor of Hope

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four students standing on the steps of a congressional office with the captiol dome in the background

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Interview

The Road Ahead for Latino Education

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A masked teacher speaks with a masked student between classes while standing in front of a green and yellow banner that reads welcome back

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Interview

Public Education After the Pandemic

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Headshot photograph of Mike Magee, smiling and standing in a doorway

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Interview

The Moral Imperative of Public Education

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Photo of Dwana Franklin-Davis

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Interview

Rebooting the Invitation to Technology

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A young woman holding notebooks and folders in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other smiles while standing on a college campus

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News

A Broader View of College Readiness

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An empty classroom in darkness with an American flag seen in the foreground

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News

Averting a "Lost Generation" of Students

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Young black female high school student wearing a mask while sitting in a classroom

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Interview

Ensuring Education Blooms in the Magnolia State

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Black and white photo of a white female high school student working at a computer

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From the Archive

The Gender Gap in AP Computer Science: 1984-1996

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Black and white headshot of a smiling Oliver Brown

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From the Archive

Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty: A Personal Perspective

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A teacher gives thumbs up to the remote learning students she's looking at on a laptop while three students sitting in her classroom, wearing masks, look on

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Interview

Getting Students Connected—and Keeping Them Connected

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Closeup photo of an empty classroom showing empty desks and chairs

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Interview

The Digital Divide, Learning Loss, and the Future of the American Classroom

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Profile photo of Kiesha Taylor

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Interview

On the Frontlines of Closing the Digital Divide

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Overhead photo of a male teenager looking at his phone while sitting at his home desk, cluttered with notebooks and a computer and a globe

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News

Nudges, Not Sales Pitches

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a young woman sitting at a cluttered desk holds her head in exasperation

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News

Easing the Transition to College Amid a Pandemic

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Photograph of a young woman sitting at a desk, seen from behind as she looks at a laptop whose screen is covered in video conferencing boxes

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News

The Long-Range Benefits of Broadband Access

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A mother and her two children, all wearing face masks, stand in front of a school administrator who is preparing to loan them a laptop computer

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News

Remote Learning Lessons from Los Angeles

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a mother helps here two sons with their schoolwork

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News

The Digital Divide Is About More Than Technology

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three people, from left, a woman and two men, raise their hands as they take the oath of citizenship

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From the Archive

Wired World: On Education, the Internet, and the New Immigrants

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a group of young black men work on a boat for their rowing team

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Interview

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team Found Salvation on the Water

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larry irving motions while giving a speech

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Interview

Internet Hall-of-Famer Larry Irving on Closing the Digital Divide

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a young woman college student sits in the bed of a red pickup truck doing homework

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News

Bridging One of the Widest Gaps in the Digital Divide

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homemade sign created by students in 1951 protesting wretched conditions at their school. the sign reads "hi we want a new school! strike"

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From the Archive

How a Band of High School Students Influenced Desegregation

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A female college student walks across campus wearing a face mask

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Interview

Lessons Learned from the Great Recession of 2007—2009

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female african american teenager looking pensive and anxious

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News

Growing Up in an Anxious World

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eight people sit at a round table strewn with paper as the woman at the center of the image speaks and the others listen

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Opinion

The Struggle Is Real for Veterans in Higher Education

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black and white image of a soldier in vietnam

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From the Archive

Vietnam Veterans in Higher Education

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black and white photo of two native american men in street clothes looking at the camera

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From the Archive

The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

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closeup of two female hands typing on a laptop computer

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News

Closing the Tech Gap for AP Students

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young woman wearing a hoodies reacts with surprise as her mother sits smiling on the right side of the image

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News

Opportunity Knocks for 25 High School Seniors

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a group of college graduates throwing their caps in the air

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Opinion

Free College Expands—Will It Matter?

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a hand holding a smartphone with the screen showing the headline students drowning in debt

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Opinion

Student Loan Crisis: More Complicated Than a Number

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detail of cover of michael powell's book canyon dreams, featuring an old basketball hoop

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Interview

Hopes, Hoops, and Dreams on the Navajo Nation

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the top half of the front of a parked yellow school bus

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News

Can Anyone Here Drive a Bus?

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