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Overwhelmed ESA Systems in West Virginia, Arkansas Leave Homeschoolers Hanging

Families and advocates say Indiana-based Student First Technologies, which was contracted to process payments, has not kept up with surging demand.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
st. louis
education

St. Louis Schools Head into Uncertainty Following Superintendent’s Ouster

After just one year on the job, the much-hyped chief has been fired amid complaints about hiring and spending. She plans to appeal.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
commentary
commentary

In Houston, a Wholesale Transformation Delivers Better Education for Students

Miles: Personalized learning, strong leadership, career-focused classes, effective teaching — districts know what to do. They just need to do it.

Mike Miles
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AI
The Big Picture

Study: AI-Assisted Tutoring Boosts Students’ Math Skills

First randomized controlled trial of AI system that helps human tutors offers a middle ground in what’s become a polarized debate.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Artificial Intelligence
AI

Feds Zero in on Maker of LAUSD's Failed AI Chatbot, Hint at Criminal Charges

Grand jury subpoena seeks records related to ed tech company AllHere, which filed for bankruptcy last month after landing $6M L.A. schools contract.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2024
Curriculum

Children’s Advocate Peggy Flanagan Poised to Become First Native Woman Governor

Minnesota's lieutenant gov promoted free school lunch & Indigenous curriculum, served on Minneapolis's school board and was Walz's political mentor.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
The 74 Interview
74 interview
The 74 Interview

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

Blending autobiography and analysis in new book, Brian Rashad Fuller uncovers how schools damage Black youth and what transformation can look like.

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
students with disabilities
charter schools

Report: Almost All Disabled Students Lack Access to College Readiness Programs

New analysis of federal civil rights data finds stark disparities in advanced courses, dual enrollment classes and college-admission tests.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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testing
Assessment

Responding to Post-Pandemic Norms, More States are Lowering Test Standards

Changes in states like Wisconsin have renewed criticism of a testing ‘honesty gap’ and sparked calls to level with parents about student performance.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

School (In)Security

school (in)security
active shooter drills
School (In)Security

Biden Order Seeks to Make Much-Debated School Shooting Drills Less Traumatic

Amid a record number of campus gun incidents, a new White House effort puts the focus on controversial mass shooting simulations.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
School (In)Security
Donald Trump
School (In)Security

Trumped-up School Panic: Campaign Lie Forces Ohio School Closures

A false, racist rumor spread by the GOP presidential ticket shutters education in Springfield and prompts the governor to put state police in schools.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
school (in)security
Apalachee High School
School (In)Security

Another School Shooting — and an $8 Million Bid to Stop Them

There’s an innate tension between school safety and students’ civil rights. The 74’s Mark Keierleber keeps you up to date on the news you need to know

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
School (In)Security
AR-15
School (In)Security

A Gunman Kills at School and Prosecutors Again Focus on the Suspect’s Parent

Just months after an unprecedented parental conviction in Michigan, Georgia prosecutors allege a father’s actions led to a mass school shooting.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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opinion
congress

For Many Students, Homeless Means School-less — and Things Could Get Even Worse

Duffield: Targeted funding from Congress could go a long way to help. But pervasive misconceptions stand in the way.

Barbara Duffield
Author: Barbara Duffield
commentary
commentary

In Houston, a Wholesale Transformation Delivers Better Education for Students

Miles: Personalized learning, strong leadership, career-focused classes, effective teaching — districts know what to do. They just need to do it.

Mike Miles
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accountability

Virginia’s New Accountability System Looks to Raise the Bar on Schools

Aldeman: New approach emphasizes student growth and middle school math, includes English learners, avoids letter grades & shaming words like 'failing'

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
lausd
achievement gaps

I’m a Tutor in South Central LA. Here’s What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

While students in low-income areas like South Central LA lack resources afforded to wealthier peers, they deserve to learn to read like other kids.

Janette Fu
Author: Janette Fu
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education
Future of High School

Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in Minnesota

By connecting with at-risk youth through music that is embedded in Twin Cities culture, one high school is getting students to learn — off the streets

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Arts education
Arts education

The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists performed for Ozzy Osbourne, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin promoted their YouTube cover of ‘Kashmir.’

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Video
Bronx

WATCH: When Noma Makes School Lunch for New York City Students

Denmark’s Noma Projects, by the World’s Best Restaurant, made lunch for nearly 600 K-8 students. Here’s what happened.

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
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New Orleans

New Orleans
architecture

18 Years, $2 Billion: Inside New Orleans’s Biggest School Recovery Effort in History

Hurricane Katrina destroyed 110 New Orleans school buildings. How to upgrade them while honoring their architectural importance and historic heritage?

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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Hawaii

Test Scores For Hawaii Students Show Little Progress Despite Major Funding Boost

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
EDlection 2024

Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
New York

NYC Schools Launch Anti-Hate Hotline as Antisemitism and Islamophobia Reports Rise

Amy Zimmer
michigan

Whitmer Signs Bill Reforming Teacher Retirement System Contributions

Jon King, Michigan Advance
Supreme Court

Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School Asks U.S. Supreme Court for Review

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Illinois

All Chicago Board of Education Members to Resign

Reema Amin
school discipline

Push to Remedy Grossly Unequal Suspensions of Black Girls After Sweeping Report

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
hurricane helene

North Carolina Board of Ed Outlines Legislative Needs for Hurricane Recovery

Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline
EDlection 2024

LA School Board Race Could Change the Nation’s Second-Largest District

Ben Chapman
Maryland

Banned Books Find Shelter in Maryland ‘Sanctuary Library’

Sofia Appolonio, Capital News Service, Capital News Service
New York

New York Child Care Providers are Bleeding Workers

Julia Rock
classroom supplies

Protein Bars, Paper, a Rabbit: What Teachers Buy for their Classrooms with Their Own Cash

Wellington Soares & Caroline Bauman
school (in)security

VP Candidate Vance on Stopping School Shootings: Get Doors that ‘Lock Better’

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Arkansas

Arkansas AG Accuses YouTube and Google of Targeting Minors with Harmful Content

Tess Vrbin
Wyoming

Lawmakers Recommend 8.5% Funding Bump for Teachers, School Staff

Katie Klingsporn
vermont

Family Shelters are Scarce as Hundreds of Children and Caregivers Exit Motels

Carly Berlin & Lola Duffort
The 74 Interview

New Book Reveals ‘Gatekeeping’ System Icing Out Community College Transfers

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
hurricane helene

In North Carolina, Education Leaders Team Up in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

Emily Thomas, EdNC.org
FAFSA

U.S. Department of Education Begins Testing of New FAFSA Form

Shauneen Miranda
Nebraska

First-of-Its-Kind Report on Dyslexia, Reading Unveiled at Nebraska Department of Education

Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
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