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    Classical charter schools fight to join the                                    mainstream

Public schools cling to lower standards after the pandemic

U.S. faces a rash of zombie school closures as enrollment drops

How P-TECH schools transform the lives of low-income students

Homeschooling takes off with few guardrails to protect students

Teachers unions and districts block new charters as their performance improves

America's public lands face a rush of energy developers

Why do green groups oppose clean power projects?

Environmentalists bury a major natural gas pipeline

Carbon capture promises to slash emissions with government help

America's future isn't so green for renewable energy workers

How Mexican cartels use migrants to smuggle fentanyl over the border

The DEA doubles down on fentanyl after scandals sideline the agency

As fentanyl overdoses soar, more treatment could help curtail the crisis

Hunting for the genetic link to manic depression

What biology reveals about quantitative investing

Complexity scientists tackle economic meltdowns

Historian Richard White solved the mystery of who killed the founder of Stanford University 

A California Indian tribe fights for federal recognition