Emmeline Zhao

Anderson County school districts and local industry are collaborating to educate and train its next generation workforce for an evolving economy.

What last year’s most impressive teen thinkers and doers in science, technology, engineering and math are up to 9 months later

These are some of the country’s most impressive teen thinkers and doers in science, technology, engineering and math right now

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; […]

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 […]

When school ends across the United States this time of the year, there is a nearly audible sigh of relief as families usually ease into a more relaxed, less structured time filled with summer programs, camp, internships and jobs. But in this summer like no other, for families like the Coronas in San…

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 […]

PANDEMIC: See our latest coverage from across the country of cities, schools and students in crisis amid the shutdown. Scan the latest headlines. No two experiences of this pandemic are the same, particularly when it comes to school communities. It’s been months since COVID-19 shuttered districts across the country. In what would have been the […]

This was not how 2020 was supposed to go. This year was going to be the year of rethinking student safety, of redesigning student assessments, of retooling student discipline and of revisiting school choice. There was hope that 2020 would bring innovations and even more captivating solutions to the table in a way that afforded […]

Denver, Colorado A Friday night town hall on school choice for black families that started with a heated wrangle and impassioned defense of race and choice ultimately conjured resolve to work together as one. “We all think we’re different animals,” said Democratic Colorado state Rep. James Coleman, a member of the town hall panel. “We’re […]