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Learning Loss, AI and the Future of Education: Our 24 Most-Read Essays of 2023

From rethinking the American high school to the fiscal cliff, tutoring and special ed, what our most incisive opinion contributors had to say

Bev Weintraub
Author: Bev Weintraub
The Big Picture
Attendance Works
The Big Picture

Absenteeism Crisis: Data Show Surge in Missing Suburban, Rural, Latino Students

An analysis finds more than 14 million chronically absent students during the 2021 academic year — an increase of nearly 7 million students vs. 2017.

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
A Way Forward for Schools After COVID
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A Way Forward for Schools After COVID

Closing Education’s ‘Honesty Gap’: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Guidera: The pandemic simply illuminated & exacerbated what’s been happening in education for years: the dismantling of a culture of high expectations

Aimee Guidera
Author: Aimee Guidera

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American Math Scores Fall on International Test — But Many Other Countries Suffered More

The PISA test offers the latest evidence on COVID-related learning loss.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Career and Technical Education

Supe’s View: How My Colorado District Is Helping Students Find Their Life’s Path

Cheser: Durango's strategic plan includes a makerspace, travel opportunities, expanded extracurriculars, career exploration, internships and more.

Karen Cheser
Author: Karen Cheser
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Study Shows Benefits of Holding 3rd Graders Back, but Few Are Being Retained

Research finds Indiana students make more academic progress than peers who weren't held back — and the benefits last through middle school.

Wayne D’Orio
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Baton Rouge
Curriculum

Louisiana Teachers Using ‘Phenomenon-Driven’ Curriculum to Lift Kids’ Confidence

Inside Baton Rouge’s Central Intermediate School, where educators are now implementing phenomenon-driven curriculum across all elementary grades.

Tiffany Neill
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Center on Reinventing Public Education

Oakland Study Finds Parents as Effective as Teachers in Tutoring Young Readers

CRPE’s look at The Oakland REACH called parents ‘untapped pools of talent’ in promoting literacy.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

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2023’s Best Journalism: 17 Education Stories We Wish We Had Published This Year

The 74’s newsroom spotlights some of the most important education journalism of 2023.

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Innovative High Schools

Reinventing High School: 8 Common Trends at America’s Most Innovative Campuses

Reporters at The 74 fanned across America to find some of the nation’s most inventive and personalized high schools. Here’s what we learned.

Greg Toppo & Emmeline Zhao
Innovative High Schools
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Innovative High Schools

Why One NYC High School Created ‘13th Grade’ to Help Alumni After Graduation

Thousands of young adults are not working or going to college. How high schools like NYC’s MESA Charter can bolster support well after graduation.

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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Future of High School

Internships Rule at The Met, Where High School is a Matter of ‘Trial and Error’

For more than 27 years, this legendary Providence institution has devoted itself to placing students ‘in an environment where they want to work.’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Innovative High Schools
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Future of High School

A High School for Dropouts: Goodwill Offers Adults a Second Chance at a Diploma

From the organization known for second-hand records and cookware comes a school devoted to personalized attention and ‘small wins.’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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A Way Forward for Schools After COVID
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A Way Forward for Schools After COVID

Closing Education’s ‘Honesty Gap’: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Guidera: The pandemic simply illuminated & exacerbated what’s been happening in education for years: the dismantling of a culture of high expectations

Aimee Guidera
Author: Aimee Guidera
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Learning Loss, AI and the Future of Education: Our 24 Most-Read Essays of 2023

From rethinking the American high school to the fiscal cliff, tutoring and special ed, what our most incisive opinion contributors had to say

Bev Weintraub
Author: Bev Weintraub
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Career and Technical Education

Supe’s View: How My Colorado District Is Helping Students Find Their Life’s Path

Cheser: Durango's strategic plan includes a makerspace, travel opportunities, expanded extracurriculars, career exploration, internships and more.

Karen Cheser
Author: Karen Cheser
Curriculum
Baton Rouge
Curriculum

Louisiana Teachers Using ‘Phenomenon-Driven’ Curriculum to Lift Kids’ Confidence

Inside Baton Rouge’s Central Intermediate School, where educators are now implementing phenomenon-driven curriculum across all elementary grades.

Tiffany Neill
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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
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Boston

In Boston, Bridging Meals with Learning

At Boston Bridge Charter School, Healthy, Nutritious Meals are at the Center of the School — Literally.

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
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TikTok’s Star Teacher: Florida Educator’s Videos Streamed 4 Million Times

Science teacher Yennifer Castillo makes classroom a safe haven with elaborate decorations, weekly life skills projects & a 'Take What You Need' bin

Sierra Lyons
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More Teachers, Fewer Students — What’s Happening in Your School District

In 35 states, the student population is lower than it was 5 years before the pandemic. See the latest data on 9,800 districts

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More Information About Federal Indian Boarding Schools Out in January

Austin Fisher, Source New Mexcio

Early Child Care Shortages in Oregon Costing Parents Jobs, Survey Finds

Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle

FAFSA Opening Delayed; Application Will Look Different This Year

Madison McVan

Virginia Data Shows Severe Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Hollyann Purvis/Capital News Service

Toyota Tsusho Announces Investment in Teach For America North Carolina

Alli Lindenberg, EducationNC

After Texas Voucher Bill Fails, Supporters & Opponents Prepare for Future Fights

Maia Pandey, Texas Tribune

America Must Recommit to a Learning Recovery Moonshot With High-Dosage Tutoring

Nakia Towns
Author: Nakia Towns

Oklahoma Education Officials Urge Tulsa to Eye School Closures, Improve Scores

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice

New AI Tool to Help Parents Search, Compare Student Test Scores Across 50 States

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Inside Los Angeles’s Plan to Open 300 Parent Centers at Public Schools

Charles Hastings

South Dakota Seeks Food Program Sponsors After Declining Separate Funding Source

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight

Watch: Melding High School Learning and Career Prep in Minnesota

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District Survey: Texas Teachers, Employees Preferring 4-Day Work Schedule

Ramon Bracamontes

Who Is Being Chosen for State Superintendent — and What Voters Need to Know

Art Nevins
Author: Art Nevins

Vermont’s Foster Care IT System Predates the Internet — And Puts Kids at Risk

Lola Duffort

ESSER Funds: NC Districts Played It Safe on Teacher Pay & May Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco

To Improve Student Outcomes, Oklahoma Lawmakers Should Consider Tackling Hunger

Janelle Stecklein

Confronting Chronic Absenteeism: Why Parents Are Picking New Schools For Kids

Kerry McDonald

Louisiana District Failed to Notify Thousands of Leaked Info After Cyberattack

Mark Keierleber, Stephen Marcantel & Ashley White

Pentagon Worries about Lack of Young STEM Grads. Alabama HS May Have an Answer

Marcus Lingenfelter & Matt Massey
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