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Reading Champion Penny Schwinn Expected to Keep Ed. Dept. Focused on Achievement

But if confirmed as deputy secretary, she could find herself in culture war conflicts she’s previously sidestepped.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Altadena

LA Schools Reopen, But Recovery Will Be Long and Painful

As historic wildfires recede, families and educators confront burned homes and schools

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman
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analysis

Public Schools Added 121,000 Employees in 2024 — Even as They Served Fewer Kids

Aldeman: New data show school staffing levels continue to hit all-time highs.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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California

Trump’s Deportation Plans Threaten Millions of Families. Who Is Protecting Them?

Nearly six million kids fear family separation as Donald Trump’s administration prepares for the largest deportation operation in American history.

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Analysis
analysis

The New Social Security ‘Fairness’ Act Is Neither Fair Nor Just

Aldeman: Giving some retirees extra funds will undermine the program's progressive nature, cost taxpayers billions, force painful cuts down the road.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Indiana
charter school

Shrinking Indianapolis Schools Could Be Dissolved, Turned Into Charters

Threat comes as state officials debate additional funding for charters as students abandon schools in five districts.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Los Angeles
Alberto Carvalho

LA Schools Struggle To Reopen As Fires Still Rage

At least seven LAUSD schools that were destroyed, damaged or threatened by flames will remain closed, along with campuses in other districts.

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman
4Fams
4Fams
4Fams

How Keeping 8th Graders from Taking Algebra Can Derail Their Futures in STEM

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams

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Alberto Carvalho

LA Fires in Photos: How the Crisis Destroyed Schools, Uprooted Students' Lives

The haunting images show what’s left of Los Angeles schools and what’s lost forever

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher

School (In)Security

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Cyberattack
School (In)Security

PowerSchool Got Hacked. Now What?

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
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AI
School (In)Security

7 School Security Storylines That Topped 2024 — and Will Evolve in 2025

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
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School (In)Security

Trump’s School Improvement Plan: Deport American Students

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
AI
School (In)Security

FTC: AI ‘Weapons Detection’ Co. Evolv Misled Schools About its Safety Abilities

Evolv Technology claimed its school security scanners harnessed artificial intelligence to detect “all the guns, all the bombs’ at unrivaled speed.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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commentary

With TikTok in Limbo, Let’s Not Forget What #TeacherQuitTok Taught Us

Muskin: With more than 400 million views, the digital repository of teachers’ resignation stories reveals raw emotion and unfiltered truths.

Melanie Muskin
Author: Melanie Muskin
4Fams
4Fams
4Fams

Not All School Buses Are Yellow. But Drivers Must Still Stop for All of Them

Cipriano: Heedless motorists put my son in danger every time they speed past his school transportation van.

Christina Cipriano
Author: Christina Cipriano
Rural Schools
education

Why Natural Disasters Hit Harder in Rural School Districts

Natural disasters and health crises have lasting effects on rural schools, where physical, financial and organizational resources are limited.

Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
Opinion
civic education

Why Students Need A Civic Education to Navigate Today’s World

Trivers and Duroseau: Amid shifting politics and policies, students need to know how to thrive in a world that doesn’t always prioritize their needs.

Natasha Trivers & Rashid Duroseau
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education

How To Teach STEM? Make It Explosive

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
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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Which School Districts Do the Best Job of Teaching Math?

Aldeman: In some 600 districts, 8th graders significantly outperform expectations. See which school systems in your state get exceptional results.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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immigration

22 States, Civil Rights Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Birthright Order

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
New York

For New York’s Statewide School Cellphone Ban, Hochul Proposes $13.5 Million to Cover Costs

Julian Shen-Berro, Chalkbeat
math

Teachers Join Forces to Understand Dyscalculia, a Math-Related Learning Disorder

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Wyoming

Wyoming School Cellphone Restrictions Bill Endorsed by Ed Committee

Katie Klingsporn
The Big Picture

Poll of High Schoolers Shows Many Are Taught That America Is ‘Inherently Racist’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Maryland

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Montgomery Parents’ Challenge to LGBTQ+ Book Rules

Steve Crane, Maryland Matters
The 74 Interview

Content Guru Natalie Wexler Urges Us to Move ‘Beyond The Science of Reading’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Altadena Girls

Teens Provide Sense of Normalcy in the Face of the L.A. Fires

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Utah

Utah Teachers, Stretched by Stress and Student Behavior, Ask for More Funding

Alixel Cabrera, Utah News Dispatch
New Jersey

Unreleased Report Details Racism Faced By Teens, Teachers at New Jersey School

Catherine Carrera, Chalkbeat
California

California Rural Schools Battle for Funding Congress Cut

Carolyn Jones
South Dakota

As Noem’s School Choice Bill Divides Educators, Some Districts Cooperate with Homeschool Families

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight
school funding

Many Schools Used COVID Aid on Curriculum and Buildings, Feds Say

Kayln Belsha
California

After Altadena School Burns to the Ground, Community Wonders What’s Next

Gabrielle Birkner, Chalkbeat
New York

Hochul Unveils Universal Free School Meals Program Across New York

Bianca Fortis
Donald Trump

9 Education Storylines to Watch as Trump Returns to the White House

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
school lunch

Lunchables in Schools: Are They Bad for Kids or for Business?

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child care

What to Expect on Child Care from Trump’s Second Presidency

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
Oklahoma

Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
childhood health

RFK Jr. Could Pull Many Levers to Hinder Childhood Immunization as HHS Head

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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