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States Are Learning the Wrong Lesson From the ‘Mississippi Miracle’

April 9, 2026

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Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has Hit a Snag

March 10, 2026

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So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?

Alexandra Petri

November 24, 2025

A box with DOGE written on it, with a chainsaw inside

The Slow Death of Special Education

November 1, 2025

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The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda

October 15, 2025

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So Much for Class-Based Affirmative Action

September 24, 2025

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Why the White House Backed Down From Its First Big Education Cuts

Toluse Olorunnipa

August 5, 2025

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Scammers Are Coming for College Students

July 29, 2025

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What a Democrat Could Do With Trump’s Power

Paul Rosenzweig

July 23, 2025

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The Power of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

July 17, 2025

A photo-illustration of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself

July 15, 2025

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The Work of Caring for My Daughter Will Never Be ‘Efficient’

July 9, 2025

A mother and her child sit at a pond, watching a duckling surrounded by a circle of adult ducks.

What the Right Learned From the Left About Policing Colleges

Conor Friedersdorf

June 29, 2025

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The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts

May 8, 2025

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Am I Still Allowed to Tell the Truth in My Class?

Phillip Atiba Solomon

April 11, 2025

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The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come

David A. Graham

April 1, 2025

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Washington Week With The Atlantic

What Does ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Mean?

March 22, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Colleges Have No Idea How to Comply With Trump’s Orders

March 10, 2025

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Make Public-Health Officials Stay in Their Lane Again

Conor Friedersdorf

March 7, 2025

Trump Has a Funny Way of Protecting Women’s Sports

March 4, 2025

Trump speaks in front of a group of women

The Atlantic Daily

What Does the Department of Education Actually Do?

David A. Graham

February 6, 2025

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Trump Wants to Have It Both Ways on Education

November 21, 2024

Donald Trump points his finger, and it reflects in the opposite direction on a pane of glass