Emmeline Zhao

Updated June 6 | This is the latest article in The 74’s ongoing ‘Big Picture’ series, bringing American education into sharper focus through new research and data. Go deeper: See our full series. Working students are facing unrelenting record-high unemployment, even as the economy showed some recovery last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Those […]

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PANDEMIC: See our latest coverage from across the country of cities, schools and students in crisis amid the shutdown. Scan the latest headlines. The American education system was not designed to operate — much less thrive — without physical, in-person interaction. And when the novel coronavirus forced indefinite emergency school closures this spring, concern ballooned […]

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are the backbone of our society and economy. They are the gears that turn dreams into reality and they are the fuel that drive invention, innovation and progress. Pioneers in STEM fields are invariably leaders of our country. They have built our infrastructure; designed modern conveniences that have become necessities; […]

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