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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
Innovative High Schools
Innovative High Schools
Innovative High Schools

To Bullied and Bored Teens, North Star Offers ‘Unschooling’ — and a Cup of Ramen

'We tend not to get your football player, cheerleader, sports team kids,' says the school’s founder. 'But we get all the kids they pick on.'

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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
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
Wisconsin

Head Start Providers Shocked as Federal Office Serving Wisconsin Shuts Without Notice

Erik Gunn
Colorado

New Report: Colorado School Attendance Zones Keep Racial, Socioeconomic Segregation Going

Melanie Asmar
HBCU

Black Colleges Ponder Their Future As Trump Makes Cuts to Education Dollars

Robbie Sequeira
School (In)Security

School (in)Security Newsletter: Punishing Parents for Chronic Absenteeism

Mark Keierleber
Trump Administration

Trump’s ‘School Choice’ Push Adds to Momentum in Statehouses

Robbie Sequeira
school finance

New Report: Despite Red Ink & Academic Losses, School Boards Rarely Talk Budgets

Beth Hawkins
school (in)security

Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed

Mark Keierleber
Maine

Title IX Case Against Maine Schools Headed to U.S. Department of Justice

Eesha Pendharkar
Trump Administration

Trump Education Department Threatens Federal School Funding Nationwide Over DEI

Erica Meltzer
unions

$1.5 Billion Chicago Teachers Union Contract Headed to Member Vote

Lauren Wagner
special education

As Trump Shakes Up Oversight of Special Ed, Frustrated DC Parents Want Change

Linda Jacobson
Indiana

Indiana Poised to Make School Board Elections Partisan After Key Vote

Aleksandra Appleton
Maryland

Education Department Employees Cheered as They Leave, Warn of Impacts of Cuts on the Future

Jade Tran & Jess Daninhirsch
The 74 Interview

Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

Greg Toppo
Child Nutrition

New Food Security Threats 5 Years After COVID-Era Effort to Feed All Kids

Jo Napolitano
Ohio

‘Whiplash’: Ohio Republicans Press MAGA Agenda in Barrage of Culture War Bills

Patrick O’Donnell
education department

Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments

Linda Jacobson
parent engagement

‘It Made Me a Better Mom’: Home Visiting Program Delivers Support for Families

Rebecca Gale
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