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GOP Parents Rights Bill Passes House, But Faces Likely ‘Dead End’ in Senate

Even if it’s defeated, the measure is expected to be a cornerstone of the Republican agenda heading into the 2024 elections

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
social mobility
march madness

In March Madness Social Mobility Women’s Tourney, Sac State Wins Big

Which NCAA women's basketball tournament schools are best at giving students income mobility and a good return on investment? Check out our bracket!

Jorge Klor de Alva
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classical education

Classical Academies: What if Education’s Next Big Thing is 2,500 Years Old?

“We need to return to a better way of doing things,” one scholar says. But as it looks to the past, the movement faces distinctly modern headaches

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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higher education

If March Madness Were about Social Mobility, We’d Be Cheering Florida Atlantic U

Which NCAA men's basketball tournament schools are best at giving students income mobility and a good return on investment? Check out our bracket!

Jorge Klor de Alva
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African Americans

To Retain the Support of Black Voters, Democrats Must Re-Embrace Charter Schools

Butler: Charter schools once enjoyed bipartisan support, but Democrats have largely ceded the movement to Republicans. That shouldn’t be the case

Markose Butler
Author: Markose Butler
special education
AASA

Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Deaf Man in Special Education Case

Students can seek monetary damages even if they accept a settlement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the court said.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture
ACT
The Big Picture

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

Research suggests grade inflation has escalated in recent years, but students assigned to tougher graders earn higher math scores.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
K-12 Funding
education

As Testing Approaches, Tenn. Reconsiders Holding Back Third Graders

Michigan is close to repealing a similar law as the debate over the benefits and drawbacks of retention continue.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

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analysis

Teacher Pay, School Choice, Literacy: Top Priorities for 44 Governors in 2023

DiMarco & Kirsch: COVID & culture wars give way to focus on early learning, higher ed and workforce prep in this year's State of the State addresses

Bella DiMarco & Nathalie Kirsch

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Bridges to Science
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How Bridges to Science Aims to Close the Diversity Gaps in STEM Education

Inside the Houston-based nonprofit working to bolster STEM programs for homeschool students, and help train their parents in core math skills

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Curriculum
The 74 Interview

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

Building a strong “tutoring infrastructure” — curricula, coaching, scheduling — can expand the pool of possible tutors, says the Brown U. professor

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
design-based education
COVID-19
The 74 Interview

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

Remote schooling isn’t for everyone, she says, but for many it’s a “game changer.”

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

The historian said that the need to preserve large markets like Florida means “the College Board was always going to cave” on African American Studies

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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African Americans

To Retain the Support of Black Voters, Democrats Must Re-Embrace Charter Schools

Butler: Charter schools once enjoyed bipartisan support, but Democrats have largely ceded the movement to Republicans. That shouldn’t be the case

Markose Butler
Author: Markose Butler
Opinion
LAUSD Strike

Why LA School Workers Deserve More & the City’s 420,000 Students Deserve Better

Yolie Flores, former LA board member, writes that families need the adults to sit in a room and get to a resolution so children can continue learning.

Yolie Flores
book bans
book bans

Story of 1939 VA Library Sit-in Reinforces Today’s Fight for Access to Books

Guernsey & Owens: Just as 5 young Black men protested for educational freedom, young people are raising their voices for the right to read

Lisa Guernsey & Jazmyne Owens
Future of High School
education
Future of High School

Transforming How High School Is Taught Is Tough, But Possible: How I Did It

Takeaways from a Tennessee biology teacher on the conditions and supports critical to making learning relevant to the real world.

Nikki Wallace
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Tutors For All? Education Expert Says Tutoring Could Reshape Schools After COVID

7 key education questions in 4 minutes: The Brown University professor talks the future of tutoring & post-COVID learning recovery

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STEM
California

California Teenager Makes History By Sequencing Genome of His Pet Fish

California teen Indeever Madireddy was the first to ever submit an angelfish’s genetic code to the National Library of Medicine.

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STEM
bees

Watch: A California Teen’s Research Experiment Is Now Saving the Lives of Bees

With the help of a local beekeeper, San Jose’s Rory Hu launched an experiment where artificial flowers helped boost learning within bee colonies

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California

16 Under 16: Where Are The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers Now?

What last year’s most impressive teen thinkers and doers in science, technology, engineering and math are up to 9 months later

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao

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COVID Slide

Less Classroom Time For Students? New Washington Bill Would Trim 4 Hours a Week

Joshua Parrish
Rhode Island

ACLU: Out-of-School Suspensions Hit Rhode Island’s Students of Color Hardest

Kevin G. Andrade, Rhode Island Current
Alaska

K-12 Funding Increase Takes First Step Forward in Alaska House

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
North Carolina

These Rural NC Districts are Tackling the Teacher Shortage in an Innovative Way

Cheyenne McNeill, EdNC.org
third grade

New Bill Would Eliminate Retention Under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee

Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
school choice

Gov. Greg Abbott Organizes ‘School Choice’ Rally at Texas Capitol

Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune
reporter's notebook

‘I Just Hope It Doesn’t Go Longer’ — Scenes from Day 1 of the L.A. Strike

Will Callan
school meals

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Signs Universal Free School Meals Into Law

Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer
Rhode Island

Rhode Island Senate Approves Bill Seeking Class Size Limit for K-2 Students

Kevin G. Andrade, Rhode Island Current
LAUSD Strike

Photos From the L.A. School Shutdown: Picket Lines, Meal Pickups & Lots of Rain

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher
Union Report

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci
ed tech

Virtual Solution to a Math Emergency at a Rural Wyoming School

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
enrollment

Public School Enrollment Dropped by 1.2M During the Pandemic

Thomas Dee, The Conversation
Los Angeles

Carvalho Faces ‘Defining Moment’ as L.A.’s Largest Unions Prepare to Strike

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
learning loss

In Rare Move, New Mexico Adds Weeks’ Worth of Extra K-12 Class Time

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Arkansas

Arkansas House Approves Bill to Hold Libraries Accountable for ‘Obscene’ Material

Tess Vrbin
school lunch

North Carolina Schools Report Nearly $3 Million in School Meal Debt

Alex Granados, EdNC.org
book bans

Arizona Teachers Could go to Prison for Recommending ‘Sexually Explicit’ Books Under GOP Proposal

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror
School (In)Security

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
school counselors

School Advocates Worry About Keeping Counselors as Federal Funding Set to Expire

Kylie Werner, Arizona Mirror
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