Most of the education stories you read these days are mired in fraught, painful pandemic questions surrounding opening schools. These are deeply urgent issues, but so are the nation’s inequity problems, such as the racism surrounding gifted programs.
 
This week, we take you deep inside an Illinois district gifted program that gives us hope that change can happen, and we take a look at how mineral wealth in Wyoming has been key to education funding in this red state.
 
Of course, coronavirus is very much on our minds and in our coverage, as we explore the latest research on what kind of tutoring might help students catch up when school buildings fully reopen, and offer you a range of views and opinions on improving education. As always, we love to hear from our readers.
 
Liz Willen, Editor

An Illinois district proved gifted programs can be racially diverse  

One of the fairest school funding models in the nation might be about to fail  

PROOF POINTS: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring  

A video game makes math and English classes a full-body experience  

COLUMN: The American Rescue Plan will halve child poverty, but we haven’t won the second War on Poverty yet 

OPINION: Sorry, Sam Zell, college students absolutely need those stimulus checks