Lauren covers education for WORLD’s digital, print, and podcast platforms. She is a graduate of Thomas Edison State University and World Journalism Institute, and she lives in Wichita, Kan.
Young people in the foster care system get special access to extracurricular activities
Lifestyle: In neighborhoods or small groups, opportunities for bridge-building are aplenty
Report shows inadequacies in juvenile justice facility education programs
Biden’s creation of a national parent council might violate 1972 law
Community schools seek to meet more student needs
Although the wheat prices are skyrocketing, the farmers may not be feeling the benefit
The Education Department’s changes would roll back Trump-era due process protections
Critics say the council is unlikely to represent conservative viewpoints
Many districts are maintaining pandemic-era online classes
