Education - The AtlanticSite NavigationPopularLatestNewslettersSectionsThe Print EditionSearch The AtlanticQuick LinksAudioCrossword PuzzleMagazine ArchiveYour SubscriptionPopularLatestNewslettersEducationLatestMillenium Images / Gallery StockStudents are growing less religious. Many chaplains are adapting.May 18, 2025Illustration by M FatchurofiBy middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff. The ripple effects could last for years. and February 26, 2025Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.February 20, 2025Illustration by The AtlanticThe meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.November 14, 2024Jeff Brown for The AtlanticLucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?November 13, 2024Illustration by Masha Krasnova-ShabaevaTo read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.October 1, 2024Peter Marlow / MagnumSometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.September 22, 2024Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.More parents are driving kids than ever before. The result is mayhem.September 16, 2024Sources: Courtesy of David Shribman; Wieland Teixeira / GettyIn 1942, aboard ship and heading for war, a young sailor—my uncle—wrote a letter home, describing and defining the principles he was fighting for.April 15, 2024Matt HuynhHe has promised to impose his harmful, erroneous claims on school curricula in a second term.December 6, 2023View More, The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine., How Reconstruction Created American Public Education And it’s only getting worse. Parent Diplomacy Is Overwhelming Teachers Using dead Jews as symbols isn’t helping living ones..