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Essential Cultural Knowledge or Backdoor Proselytizing? Trump’s Tweet Raises Profile of Bible Literacy Classes in Public Schools
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The Big Picture
Is Homework Too Easy? With Half of Parents Expressing Concerns, New Study Says Students’ Assignments Lack Rigor, Favor Lower-Level Skills
Possip Text-Messaging Service Enables Easy Two-Way Communications Between Families and Schools
In First K-12 Hearing Under Democratic Control, House Ed Committee Shines Spotlight on School Spending
3 States Tried to Shutter Failing For-Profit Online Charter Schools. A Suspicious Pattern of Allegations, Accusations, and Legal Complaints Quickly Followed
Eating, Shopping, and Project-Based Learning: A View From Memphis’ Mall-Based Crosstown High
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The 74 Interview
How One Education Leader’s Newark Nonprofit Became One of the Few Minority-Led Groups to Win a $30 Million Federal Grant to Fight Poverty
Every Student Succeeds Act
Every Student Succeeds Act
This Week’s ESSA News: Civil Rights Groups Target State Plans, Support for Highly Qualified Teachers, Equity vs. Performance & More
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
The L.A. Teacher Strike May Be Over, but Observers Warn There’s No ‘Clear Path Forward’ for How the School District Can Afford Its New Contract
Maryland Students Want Excused Absences for Protests — and a Year After They Were Dinged for Post-Parkland Marches, Their School Board Is Poised to Agree
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The Big Picture
New Florida Study Shows Students Using State’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program More Likely to Attend and Graduate College
As Chicago Faces Surge in Student Sexual Misconduct Reports, Advocates Warn the Problem Isn’t Unique to America’s 3rd-Largest School System
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Poll: School Safety Is Main Concern for California Voters, but College Affordability Tops List for Parents
Blink and You Missed It: Besides a One-Sentence Call to ‘Pass School Choice,’ K-12 Education Is Notably Absent From President Trump’s State of the Union
Inspiring
Inspiring
To Make Sure Their Students Don’t Go Hungry on Back-to-Back Snow Days, Kentucky Teachers Deliver Food to the Kids at Home
Every Student Succeeds Act
Every Student Succeeds Act
This Week’s ESSA News: So How Exactly Are We Supposed to Measure Graduate ‘Readiness’ After High School, Anyway?
With 2 Years Left in Congress, Senator Lamar Alexander Lays Out His Road Map for Reauthorizing America’s Higher Education Act
Gen Z Activists Rally Their Social Media Followers in Verizon Campaign to Close the Digital Divide
The 74 Interview
The 74 Interview
The 74 Interview: Parkland Teacher, Filmmaker Talk New HBO Documentary on the Shooting, Its Aftermath, and the Musical That ‘Must Go On’
EDlection 2020: With Cory Booker Running for President, 5 Insights Into His Education Record in Newark