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Scholar Douglas Harris Debuts New ‘Wikipedia’ of K–12 Research

As cuts threaten insights into K–12 schools, the veteran researcher is helping to build a compendium of education insights.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

The former IES and NCES leader speaks candidly about radical cuts to the Education Department, government ‘stasis’ and the uncertain future of NAEP.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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NAEP ‘Absolutely’ Needs to Stay, Linda McMahon Says. The Department? Not So Much

Following a speech at ASU+GSV, the education secretary spoke briefly with The 74 about civil rights, dismantling the department and NAEP’s future.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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David Zweig Calls COVID School Closures ‘a False Story about Medical Consensus’

New book finds lousy COVID decisions everywhere, with experts basing assertions about the coronavirus virulence on flawed models.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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‘Spy High:’ Amazon Documentary Probes Dangers of Online Student Surveillance

Filmmaker uses infamous 2010 ‘WebcamGate’ case to examine present-day threats to student privacy and digital policing of marginalized kids.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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U.S. ‘Catastrophically Wrong’ to Separate Early Child Care from Education

In new book, child development expert and social media star Dan Wuori dismantles notion of early child care as a form of 'industrialized' babysitting.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld

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The 74 Interview

Florida Teacher: Juneteenth Explores the Oft-Avoided Side of U.S. History

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Author: Trinity Alicia
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Vaccine Expert and Former CDC Advisory Committee Member on RFK Jr.’s Firings

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Q&A: Los Angeles High School Counselor On What Students Want After Graduation

Jacob Matthews
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Head Start Teacher and Civil Rights Lawyer Turns Her Social Justice Lens to Math

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L.A. High School Teacher and Author Rebuilds Classroom Libraries After Fires

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Why Hate Math?: Brooklyn Sisters’ Tutoring Co. Helps Kids Build STEM Identity

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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‘We’re the Outliers’: Ashley Rogers Berner on Public Funding for Private Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Q&A: Kendrick Lamar ‘Used His Platform’ at Super Bowl as ‘Salute to Black History’

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Author: Trinity Alicia
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Minnesota Autism Activist on Money, Power and What Special Ed Kids Really Need

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change Schools & Change How We Test Students

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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After the Fires, LA Teachers Are Experiencing ‘Secondary Trauma,’ According to One Expert 

Daniella Lake
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Louisiana Saw Rare Gains on National Exam. K–12 Chief Cade Brumley Explains How

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Content Guru Natalie Wexler Urges Us to Move ‘Beyond The Science of Reading’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Q&A: Teacher of the Year on STEM Success in South Central LA Despite Odds

Jinge Li
Author: Jinge Li
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Q&A: Putting AI In its Place in an Era of Lost Human Connection at School

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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‘How Far Will RFK Go?’ 2 Experts Talk Kennedy’s Potential Impact on Child Health

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Q&A: Nation’s First School Counselor Residency Launches in Rural CA

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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Q&A: Katy Knight’s Quest to Fund Ed Tech’s ‘Deeply Unsexy Things’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Q&A: What it Will Take to Make Schools Safe for Black Children 

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
migrant crisis

Q&A: NYC Shelter Dir. on ‘Complete Destabilization, Chaos’ Facing Migrant Kids

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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15 Years After ‘Rubber Room,’ Steven Brill Recalls the Legacy of School Reform

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Teen Activist Rhea Maniar on the Power of Abortion to Turn Out Young Voters

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Benjamin Riley: AI is Another Ed Tech Promise Destined to Fail

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Rhode Island’s Ed Chief on Charters, Enrollment Loss and Providence’s Future

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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74 Interview: Why Many ‘High-Achieving’ Students Don’t Become Teachers

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Psychologist Warns: Lack of Playtime, Excessive Adult Oversight, Is Hurting Kids

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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74 Interview: Shep Melnick on Brown at 70 and Integration’s Failure in the North

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4

Sierra Lyons
Author: Sierra Lyons
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Q&A: Civil Rights Lawyer Erika Wilson on How to Reignite Desegregation Efforts

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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Financial Aid Reform Was His Legacy. Now, Lamar Alexander Calls it ‘a Big Mess’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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74 Interview: Minnesota’s Groundbreaking Push for Teacher Training on Ableism

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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5 Million Kids in Poverty: As Funds Expire, a Fresh Call to Confront the Crisis

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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74 Interview: USC’s Morgan Polikoff on New Poll Data & the ‘Purple Classroom’

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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74 Interview: Janice Jackson on Tutoring, Free College and Choice in Chicago

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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School Finance Data ‘Sucks.’ Rebecca Sibilia’s New Org is Offering $ to Fix It

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride — and Regret

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Journalist Natasha Alford on Race, Identity & Her New Memoir, ‘American Negra’

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Ohio’s Dept of Education & Workforce: New Name Signals New Student Priorities

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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High-Impact Tutoring CEO on New Jersey’s Steady Learning Loss for K-8 Students

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the ‘Burbs

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Experts on Kids & Social Media Weigh the Pros and Cons of ‘Growing Up in Public’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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74 Interview: Why Social Media is Being Blamed for the Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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As Students Struggle With Math, One Indiana High Schooler Refinds Her Footing

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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The 74 Interview: Mohammed Choudhury on Stepping Down as Maryland Schools Chief

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Exiting Charter Leader Nina Rees Says ‘the Center Still Holds’ on School Choice

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Never Stop Trying: Dream Town Author on Shaker Heights’s Quest for Racial Equity

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Q&A: How Liberal ‘Elitism’ Is Hurting Equity at America’s Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
family structure

The 74 Interview: Melissa Kearney on ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — and Why Parents Should Care

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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The 74 Interview: Cara Fitzpatrick on ‘The Death of Public School’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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74 Interview: Time ≠ Learning — Tim Knowles on Scrapping the Carnegie Unit

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Q&A: Lessons from a Decade of Battling Racial Inequity in the K-12 Workforce

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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Harvard Ruling Will Put Spotlight on College Elitism, Georgetown Economist Says

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Why Curiosity Matters: 2 Experts Talk Schools & Sparking Student Engagement

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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‘We Can’t Stay Where We Are’: The Democrat Behind the Houston Schools Takeover

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Former Parkland Principal Calls For Wellness Centers in Every School

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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IES Director Mark Schneider on Education Research and the Future of Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Student Mental Health: From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
The 74 Interview

Expert: 69 years after Brown v Board, Enduring Inequalities at America’s Schools

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Interview: Researcher Anthony Bryk on Chicago Schools’ ‘Radical’ New Direction

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Can This School Board Be Saved? Author AJ Crabill Has a 5-Point Plan

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Idaho’s 18-Year-Old School Board Member on Youth Voice And Right-Wing Extremism

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Houston

‘We Stole 5 Years from Kids’: A Houston Board Member on Looming State Takeover

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
mental health

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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The 74 Interview: Shannon Watts on the Power Moms Wield to Stop School Shootings

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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Former Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza New Head of Democrats for Education Reform

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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Q&A: Rocketship Schools Co-Founder Reflects on 15 Years of Empowering Parents

Richard Whitmire
Author: Richard Whitmire
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How Bridges to Science Aims to Close the Diversity Gaps in STEM Education

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Q&A: Education Expert on Tutoring, Learning Recovery & Schools’ Staffing Woes

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
design-based education

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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‘It’s Erasing History’: Daryl Scott on Black Studies and the AP Clash in Florida

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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74 Interview: New KIPP CEO Shavar Jeffries on Students’ Post-Pandemic Needs

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Q&A: Khan Academy’s Sal Khan on COVID’s Staggering Impact on Student Math Skills

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
The 74 Interview

Elliot Regenstein on Writing an Ed Reform Book That Doesn’t Alienate Teachers

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Teaching History

How Educators Can Help Kids Make Sense of Tyre Nichols’s Death

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
National School Choice Week

Idaho’s New School Chief Lays Out Her Bold Plan to Change ‘Literally Everything’

Alan Gottlieb
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74 Interview: Meet Minneapolis’s First Autistic School Board Member

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Meet Skye, the 12-Year-Old Reporter Covering Georgia’s Runoff Election

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
School (In)Security

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2022

There Are Just 90 LGBTQ School Board Members. Half Were Threatened, Harassed

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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School Improvement Guru Justin Cohen on Teacher-Led School Innovation

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Torn Apart: 13-Year-Old Author Estela Juarez on New Book & Mother’s Deportation

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
The 74 Interview

Ending ‘Child Poverty Surveillance’: NYU Professor On Schools & Child Welfare

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
STEM Superstars

Video — Florida Teen Invents World’s First Sustainable Electric Vehicle Motor

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
The 74 Interview

Watch: ‘Corn Kid’ Creator Talks Lessons Learned via Hundreds of Child Interviews

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Beyond It’s Corn: ‘Recess Therapy’ Creator on the Secret of Following Kids’ Joy

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Author Richard Reeves on the Boys’ Education Problem We Don’t Like to Talk About

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
The 74 Interview

Q&A: TED Fellow Heejae Lim on Using Tech to Strengthen Family-School Engagement

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
The 74 Interview

The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Harvard Professor Martin West on This Week’s Harrowing NAEP Results

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2022

Former COVID Data Whistleblower, Now Congressional Candidate With Bold K-12 Plan

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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