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Education News
- Access World News [NewsBank] (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new window Current and archived news content including local, state, national and international newspapers, broadcast transcripts, news wires, news blogs, video, etc.
- Chalkbeat Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education.
- Child Trends A non-profit, non-partisan research center providing data and research results on a range of issues that affect children.
- Chronicle of Higher Education 1989+ This link opens in a new window News and editorials on all facets of higher education in the U.S., Canada, and abroad, with lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants.
- Education Week (Website) This link opens in a new window
- From the Education Week website, click Sign In in the top right corner
- Select Continue using your Smith e-mail address
- Provide additional information and choose newsletters as suits you, then complete your account creation
- You will then be able to go directly to edweek.org for full access
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- Inside Higher Ed (website) Inside Higher Ed provides the latest news, analysis and solutions for the entire higher education community
- The 74 The 74 is a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. Our public education system is in crisis. In the United States, less than half of our students can read or do math at grade-level, yet the education debate is dominated by misinformation and political spin. Our mission is to lead an honest, fact-based conversation about how to give America’s 74 million children under the age of 18 the education they deserve.
- The Hechinger Report We cover inequality and innovation in education with in-depth journalism that uses research, data and stories from classrooms and campuses to show the public how education can be improved and why it matters.
New! Smith has New York Times access
- New York Times, 1851+ This link opens in a new window
- From the New York Times activation page, select Create Account
- Select Continue using your Smith e-mail address
- You will then be able to go directly to nytimes.com or use the NYT app to gain full access with the account you've created
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