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school choice
school choice

Big Tax Bill Passes Senate With Less ‘Beautiful’ Plan for National School Choice

House members must now wrestle with scaled-back proposal, which no longer requires states to participate.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Department of Education
Department of Education

Trump Education Department Delays Return of Laid-Off Workers Over Logistics

Why hasn’t the Education Department brought back laid-off workers? They don’t have parking.

Erica Meltzer
Hawaii
Hawaii

Students Learn To Farm Fish, Seaweed. But Where Are The Jobs?

Aquaculture is projected to become Hawaiʻi’s strongest food industry, but state may not be doing enough to ensure there are good jobs in the future.

Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat
North Carolina
North Carolina

Guilford County Schools Sees Increase in Dual Enrollment

From the 2021-22 school year to the 2023-24 school year, the number of students in dual enrollment classes increased by 25% in Guilford County.

Alli Lindenberg, EducationNC
reading instruction
reading instruction

California Retires RICA; New Teacher Test to Focus on Phonics

The Reading Instruction Competence Assessment test has been a major hurdle for teacher candidates for years.

Diana Lambert, EdSource
Texas

Does Texas Have a Teacher Retention Crisis?

Jacob Carpenter
Autism

Head of New RFK Jr. Vaccine Study Practiced Unlicensed Medicine on Autistic Kids

Beth Hawkins
New Jersey

‘I’m Just So Worried’: Newark Educators Fear Federal Funding Cuts Will Have Devastating Consequences

Jessie Gómez
Louisiana

As EPA Pulls Back, Louisiana Schoolchildren Could Face the Steepest Risks

Terry L. Jones
lausd

LA Unified Unveils Competitive Video Game Esports Championship

Matthew Royer
immigration

Federal Agents Turn Up at Two LA Schools Seeking ‘Access’ to Young Children

Ben Chapman
child care

What the Looming Child Tax Credit Expiration Means for Your Family

Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch
Secretary of Health and Human Services

Parents Are Receiving Mixed Messages About Measles from RFK Jr.

Barbara Rodriguez
special education

Isolation & Neglect: Disability Advocates Fear Return to a Bleak Past Under HHS

Beth Hawkins
Curriculum

Gallup Poll: Half of School Leaders Say Finding a Good Math Teacher is Tough

Jo Napolitano
Department of Education

The Education Department Asked for Reports of DEI. It Might Get Something Else

Linda Jacobson
digital divide

COVID Internet Connectivity Crisis Has Eased For Most Families, But Risks Remain

Patrick O’Donnell
Hawaii

Hawaiʻi Is Failing Special Education Students. Federal Cuts Could Make It Worse

Megan Tagami
Pandemic

Five Years Later: How COVID Triggered a School Choice Renaissance

Kevin Mahnken
The 74 Interview

NAEP ‘Absolutely’ Needs to Stay, Linda McMahon Says. The Department? Not So Much

Greg Toppo
STEM

From Water Quality to Cancer, Meet 6 STEM Students Solving Real-World Problems

Lauren Wagner
Texas

Second Texas Child Dies from Measles; RFK Jr. Visits

Pooja Salhotra & Jayme Lozano
California

Fight Over Phonics: Will California Require the ‘Science of Reading’ in Schools?

Carolyn Jones
unions

Pennsylvania Teachers Union Members Sue After Cyberattack Exposes Personal Data

Lauren Wagner
Innovative high schools

At Project-Based Tech Valley High School, Small Is Big

Greg Toppo
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