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GOP Groups Funnel Millions to Defeat ESA Critics. Their Target: Republicans

Supporters say the cash is necessary to offset the ‘humongously large coffers’ of teachers unions. But is it fueling a Democratic backlash?

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
pandemic recovery
education

White House Plan Yields 323K Tutors, Mentors to Aid COVID Learning Recovery

The response topped a goal for 250,000 — 9 months early — but the effort’s future depends ‘100% on the election,’ one leader said.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Bullying
Bullying

1st Federal Survey of Trans Students: 72% Feel ‘Hopeless,’ 1 in 4 Tried Suicide

CDC finds 3.3% of U.S. high schoolers identify as transgender. They report alarmingly high rates of depression, harassment, in-school victimization.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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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
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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
career training

The U.S. Needs Workers to Fill Good-Paying Jobs. The Time to Train Them Is in HS

Shackleford & Hengtgen: School counselors are stretched too thin to provide students with the guidance they need. How the federal government can help.

Rebeca Shackleford & Kristen Hengtgen
commentary
afterschool programs

ESSER Deadline Puts Out-of-School Programs on the Chopping Block. That’s a Shame

Banay: Afterschool, vacation and summer programs aren't just an opportunity to improve academic skills. They are — simply put — fun.

Emma Banay
Indianapolis
accountability

How Indiana Is Leading the Way in Measuring Schools By What Matters Most

Harris: In recent years, Indiana has shown that a better approach is possible by tracking and reporting an array of life-outcome metrics for students.

David Harris
commentary
commentary

Curriculum Alone Won’t Fix America’s Reading Crisis — Teachers Must Have a Say

Stone & Hirsch: Gaps between materials required by districts and those used in classrooms put the mission of improving student literacy at risk.

Evan Stone & Eric Hirsch
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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
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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Indiana

Vincennes Program Offers Immersion Into Deaf Culture

Claire Rafford, Mirror Indy
Arkansas

LEARNS Act Positioned at Core of Central Arkansas Senate Race

Mary Hennigan
Washington

Washington Districts Received $2.6 Billion in Federal COVID Relief Funding. Here’s How They Spent It

Grace Deng
North Carolina

North Carolina Lawmakers Approve $273 Million for Initial Hurricane Helene Recovery

Galen Bacharier
Texas

After 10 Years of Reshaping El Paso Education, CREEED Lands $10 Million Grant to Continue Work

Robert Moore
Oklahoma

Oklahoma Changes Criteria for Bible Bids

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
Rhode Island

Stolen Providence School District Data May Be Making Its Way Online

Alexander Castro
New Jersey

Officials Weigh How to Keep Cellphones Out of Students’ Hands

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor
Opinion

Being Bullied in High School Can Make Teens Less Optimistic About the Future

Hannah L. Schacter
Washington

UW Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard
school choice

Study: Charters Hastened Catholic School Decline. Will ESAs Slow the Process?

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
book bans

Video: New Data Shows Book Bans Sweeping the US

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alabama

Bill Would Forbid K-12 schools to Hold Student Records Based on Non-Payment

Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector
child care

Universal Pre-K Among the Most Effective Labor Market Policies, Study Finds

Madison McVan
math research

Nashville Study Finds Major Disconnect Between Black Girls and Mathematics

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
achievement gap

In Cities With School Choice, Low-Income Kids Catching up to Wealthier Peers

Lauren Camera
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
opinion

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

Barbara Duffield
Author: Barbara Duffield
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