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School Infrastructure

Pennsylvania Schools Have Doubled Their Solar Power Use Since 2020

Civics Education

Teachers Have 2 Hours a Week to Teach Social Studies, Prepare Informed Citizens

Kenneth Anthony

Youngkin Says Report on ‘Honesty Gap’ Points to Decline in Virginia Schools

Albuquerque Indian School

The Dark Legacy of the Indian Boarding School System All Americans Need to Know

Pandemic Babies Are Facing Speech & Social Development Delays. 5 Ways to Help

Abigail A. Allen

US Schools Are Not Racially Integrated, Despite Decades of Effort

Pedro A. Noguera

As Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Boost Kids’ Connection

Eleanore Catolico

To Recruit New Hires, Big Employers Team Up with Historically Black Colleges

LGBTQ Teachers Face Discrimination, Hate — and Their Own Fears

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Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

How 12 Educators & Mentors Are Weaving a Stronger Society, Starting With Schools

Language Preservation

Crow Nation Celebrates Culture, Language As New Dictionary Is Published

Darrell Ehrlick

School Mental Health Resources Critical to Ensuring Safe School Environments

Amy Briesch & Sandra M. Chafouleas

How Libraries Came to be Sanctuaries for LGBTQ Kids

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law

NC Gov.’s DRIVE Task Force Unveils Plan to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color

Higher Education

8 Ways Colleges Are Stepping Up After Roe Reversal

Marianna McMurdock

Uvalde Shooting

Graduation in Uvalde Gives Tragedy-Stricken Town a Night of Normality

Ariana Perez-Castells & Kylie Cooper

Awakened By SCOTUS Ruling, Young People Join Push For Reproductive Rights

Asher Lehrer-Small

Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

Campus Security

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

Mark Keierleber

Enrollment Data

National Education Data: K-12 Enrollment More Racially Diverse Compared to a Decade Ago

Danielle J. Brown

How Schools & Communities Can Work Together for the Betterment of Both

Plan to Expand School Vouchers to All 1.1 Million Arizona Students Clears House

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Educator's View

Educator’s View: As a Teacher, I Feel More Powerless and Stressed Than Ever

Missouri Attorney General Subpoenas School Districts Over Student Surveys

Student Well-Being

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber

Wisconsin School District Rejects Book About Japanese Internment

340,000 School Door Locks in Texas to be Checked in Response to Uvalde Shooting

‘They’ve Been Through the Worst’: Grads at NYC Ukrainian School Celebrate & Ache

Meghan Gallagher

As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs

School Discipline

In a Year of ‘Abysmal’ Student Behavior, Ed Dept. Seeks Discipline Overhaul

Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Expand Transgender Student Protections

High Quality Curriculum

Quality Curriculum Is Not Enough: Committed Educator Supports Are Key

Michelle Hawley

New Learning Loss Calculator Estimates Costs of Catching Kids Up In 8K Districts

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Silberstein, Aashish Dhammani & Chad Aldeman

Analysis: NEA Calls For End to School Police Policies Union Previously Supported

Fuller: L.A. Offers Lessons for Helping Kids Recover from COVID Learning Loss

In Indianapolis, Charter Schools ‘Move the Needle’ on Achievement, Study Finds

Weaving a Stronger Society

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School Is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Smith: Some Clues to What States Will Do When School COVID Funding Runs Out

Aaron Garth Smith

COVID & Schools: Michigan Aims to Invest $280 Million in Large-Scale Tutoring Plan

Ex-Teacher’s Mission: Making Sure Ed Tech Really Works in the Classroom

Supreme Court Throws Out Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds

Uvalde’s Robb Elementary: Before Tragedy, a Legacy in Advancing Equal Education

In Yet Another March For Our Lives, Fresh Despair, But Defiant Hope in Democracy

School Chiefs’ POV: Arming Teachers & ‘Hardening’ Schools Reckless, Toxic Ideas

Cami Anderson, Eric S. Gordon & William R. Hite

WATCH: Teachers Reflect on Leaving Classrooms to Launch Microschools Amid COVID

Harris Poll: Education Political Driver for Parents Ahead of Midterm Elections

Solutions Journalism

What Happened When France Sent Low-Income Kids to Wealthy Schools

Mississippi Turnaround

After Steering Mississippi’s Unlikely Learning Miracle, Carey Wright Steps Down

Higher Education

Medical Training Programs Teach Abortion Procedures. What Happens if Abortion is Outlawed?

New Education Data Show Nearly 1 in 10 Florida Students Considered ‘English Learners’

Danielle J. Brown

Solutions Journalism

Inspiring: A Black Literary Society Helps High Schoolers Fall in Love With Books

Two Surprising Runoffs Likely in L.A. School Board Elections

New GOP Bill Would Bar Biden Administration From Canceling Student Loan Debt

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

Mark Keierleber

The Kids Hiding in Plain Sight: Advocates Push to Collect Data on LGBT Students

Pandemic Policy

FDA Recommends COVID Vaccines for Young Kids; 3rd Pfizer Dose May Be Key

Curriculum Quality

In Delaware, How a District ‘Started Slow to Go Fast’ on a New Math Curriculum

Gina Robinson & Rebecca Feathers

Adams: What NYC’s New Remote-Only Schools Could Mean for Educational Choice

Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts

The 74's Student Council

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock

FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines for Kids as Young as 6 Months

Asher Lehrer-Small

Charter Schools

Attorneys Consider Asking SCOTUS to Weigh in on Public Status of Charter Schools

Weaving a Stronger Society

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Weaving a Stronger Society

A Rural Teacher Challenges Students and Her Community to Wrestle With the World

Every D.C. High School Grad Gifted Free Tickets to Pharrell Music Festival

Jasmine De Leon

Analysis: New York City Schools Take on Every Contentious Issue at Once

Replay: Why Teachers Are Leaving Classrooms Amid COVID to Launch Microschools

Here’s What I Tell Teachers About How to Teach Young Students About Slavery

Raphael E. Rogers

Women Who Fought for Title IX 50 Years Ago Divided Over Transgender Inclusion

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

This LGBTQ+ Affirming High School in Alabama Just Graduated Its First Class

Dougal: What’s the Cost of a Bad Test? Much More than $7 Per Student

Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E20: Does Banning Things Actually Keep Children Safe in Schools?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Charter Schools

Bipartisan Group of Mayors Demand Ed Dept Spike Change to Charter School Program

What Barring Immigrant Students from School Would Mean for Them — & the Country

Carola Suárez-Orozco

Ed Dept. Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Parent Council

Reed: States Must Step in to Give Youngest Learners the Foundation to Succeed

Curriculum Quality

With the World Shut Down, Bringing a Global Perspective to Math Class Changed Everything

March for Our Lives

‘I’ve Been Having Nightmares…About Getting Shot’: Inside NYC March for Our Lives

Marianna McMurdock

March for Our Lives

They Ran for their Lives: Panic at DC March Inflames the Trauma of Parkland

Mark Keierleber

March for Our Lives

‘I Was the Lucky One’: School Shooting Survivor Shares Story at L.A. March

New Mexico’s Education Reform Plan Presented to Tribal Leaders

3 Months In, LA’s Carvalho Earns High Marks, But Tough Tests Lie Ahead

Uvalde Shooting

Five Takeaways From Uvalde Schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s Interview With the Texas Tribune

James Barragán & Zach Despart

Pandemic Relief Funding

How 100 Large and Urban Districts Are (and Aren’t) Engaging Stakeholders

Alvin Makori & Bree Dusseault

Munson: Don’t Let Reading Be a Stumbling Block in Math

Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models

March for Our Lives

Terror at DC Rally after Screaming Man Reportedly Claimed He was Armed

Mark Keierleber

When Sheryl Sandberg is Your Mentor: Scholarship Winners Reach College Milestone

Suing Schools Over Vaccine Rules? Why One State’s Legislature Passed New Law

Calling All Teachers — We Want to Hear About Your School Year

No HS Degree? No Problem. A State’s Plan to Nudge Adults Into Community College

Maine News Service

In Kansas AG’s School Safety & Gun Violence Plan, New Bid For Bipartisan Support

Ohio Teachers May Soon Carry Guns. Among Experts’ Safety Concerns: Racial Bias

Asher Lehrer-Small

Pandemic Policy

Many Kids Who Had COVID Don’t Have Antibodies to Protect Against Omicron

Community Colleges Across NC Are Collaborating to Build Up Regional Workforce

Hannah McClellan

NJ Public School Enrollment Dropped 18K Since Start of COVID, State Data Shows

Sophie Nieto-Munoz

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