The Top Four
The Top
Four
The Top 4 Stories Making the News Today
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House Reauthorizes Career and Tech Ed Bill While Members Speak Out Against Trump Funding Cuts
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Exclusive: New Interactive Map Shows State Progress in Finalizing ESSA Plans
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Analysis: The Fierce Fight Over Mayoral Control Reflects De Blasio’s Weakness on Education
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College Presidents Slowly Becoming More Diverse but Still Mostly White Men in Their 60s
The Blackboard

Exclusive: How Safe Is My Child at School? New Interactive Maps Allow NYC & LA Parents to Compare Classrooms
opinion
Union Report
Analysis: NEA Membership Declined in 27 States, and One Where It Grew — NY — Is Anything but Typical
opinion
 For a Truly Effective School Choice System, Have High-Quality Options in Every Neighborhood
news
 Delaware Lawmakers Mull Nixing State Board of Ed to Help Ease Budget Crisis
news
 When Communities Secede From School Districts, Inequity & Segregation Follow. But 30 States Let It Happen Anyway
featured
Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Now, 100 Years Later, Wildflower Is Reinventing the Model
opinion
 Analysis: No ‘Gold Standard’ in Ed Tech; Continuum of Evidence Needed to Ensure Technology Helps Students
news
 Los Angeles School Board Bars Charter Schools From Being Included in New Unified Enrollment System
news
 South Carolina Announces $250,000 Fellowships for Educators to Launch Top-Notch Charter Schools
news
 New Census Numbers: Per-Pupil Spending Rose 3.5% in 2015; Same-Year NAEP Scores Dropped
news
 You Are What You Eat (at School): Report Shows Healthy School Lunches Tied to Higher Student Test Scores
news
Exclusive: Too Hot to Learn: Records Show Nearly a Dozen of the Biggest School Districts Lack Air Conditioning
opinion
 Cisneros: How My West Texas School Elevated Struggling Young Readers (and Their Teachers)
opinion
 Mikuta: How Trump’s Budget Would Gut Innovations in Teacher Training — Just as Things Are Getting Better
news
 In D.C.’s Revamped ‘Opportunity Academies,’ There Are No Forgotten Students on Graduation Day
news
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA Takes Shape: Feds Give Surprisingly Strong Feedback on Delaware, Nevada & New Mexico Plans
news
 Success Academy Launches Online ‘Education Institute’ to Share Curriculum, Professional Development
featured
Analysis: Janus Ruling Could Force Unions to Compete for Members
news
Los Angeles
In Surprise Move, LAUSD Board Extends Superintendent’s Contract Through 2020
opinion
 Sahm: NYC Charters Are Leading the Way on School Integration
news
 New England Teachers Get Rawest Retirement Deal in the Country; 0 in MA Will Ever See Investment Returns
news
 Weekend Education Reads: 10 Engaging Stories on Students, Schools, and Learning You May Have Missed
news
 DeVos Urges Charter Advocates to Embrace Wider View of School Choice, Warns Them Not to Become ‘The Man’
news
 Two in Three Premature Babies Ready for School on Time — and 4 More Key Findings From New National Study
opinion
 Report Identifies America’s Best Charter Schools, Where Over 100,000 Kids Are Shown to Be Months Ahead of Peers
news
 New CREDO Report Finds Nonprofit Charter Schools Perform Better for Children Than For-Profit Charters
news
 DeVos Urges Charter Advocates to Embrace Wider View of School Choice, Warns Them Not to Become ‘The Man’
opinion
 Brian Pick: How to Help Teachers Get Excited About What They’re Teaching — and Become Better Learners
news
How States Fail Their Teachers on Retirement: New Report Gives 42 States Failing Grades for Pensions
featured
Women Hold Only 1 in 4 Elected Offices in the U.S. — but Schools Can Help Close That Gender Gap
news
What to Do With Pokémon Tie Son Made in 1st Grade? Wait a Decade and Wear It to His HS Graduation
news
 Success Academy Wins 2017 Broad Prize, Unveils Ambitious Plans to Launch Digital Platform to Share Curriculum
opinion
 Williams: In Praise of New Jersey, Illinois, Louisiana — 3 States Smartly Using ESSA to Help English Learners
featured
A New Push for Early Ed: While Some States Expand Pre-K, Most Don’t Require (or Fund) Full-Day Kindergarten
opinion
Union Report
Janus v. AFSCME: Lawyers in Key Union Case Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court for 2017–18 Hearing
news
 What Defines a Segregated School? Debate Over Connecticut Integration Policy Heading to Court
news
 Education Department Sued for Records of Investigations of Sexual Harassment In Colleges & K-12 Schools
news
The 74 Interview
74 Interview: Colorado Rep. (and Gov. Hopeful) Jared Polis on Denver Schools, ESSA & Special Education
news
 Hanna Skandera Steps Down as New Mexico Education Secretary, ‘Finishing Strong’ After Lifting Student Scores
news
 Fewer Teens Are Working — and One Senator Says Falling Youth Employment Will Cost America $9.5 Billion
Flashcards
Confronting Bullying in Schools
opinion
 Rees: The Charter School Movement Meets in Washington, D.C., at a Pivotal Moment
featured
Teachers Unions Prepare for Thousands of Lost Members as New Case Moves Toward the Supreme Court
Flashcards
LIFO 101: How ‘Last-In, First-Out’ Affects School Districts
opinion
 Analysis: For Ed Tech That Actually Works, Embrace the Science of Learning
news
Every Student Succeeds Act
How States Are Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act: Inside Oklahoma & South Dakota’s Plans
news
 Solving the Rural Education Gap: Experts Weigh In on New Report’s Findings Tying Gap to Prosperity
featured
Millennial Kids in Search of Millennial Parents: Rethinking How We Teach Love, Lust & Relationships
news
 Texas Next Stop for P-TECH, Popular High-School-to-Career Program Born in Brooklyn
news
When $7B in Remediation Falls Short: The Broken Promises Colleges Make to Students Who Need More Help
news
 BASIS: Inside the Acclaimed School Network That’s Blended Together the World’s Best Education Practices
featured
Rhode Island’s Big Bet on Classroom Innovation: A Statewide Personalized-Learning Initiative