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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
United Teachers Los Angeles
United Teachers Los Angeles

Teachers Union, Activists Dissatisfied With Los Angeles Unified Budget

United Teachers and Students Deserve were upset at moratorium on salary increases in LAUSD and police money.

Ben Chapman
Innovative High Schools
Innovative High Schools
Future of High School

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
parent engagement

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

Rebecca Gale
California

Schools In This California Town Won Praise for Their Pandemic Comeback. Here’s How

Carolyn Jones
California

Cal State Is Automatically Admitting High School Students With Good Grades

Mikhail Zinshteyn
teachers

She Loved Teaching, but After COVID Lockdowns, She Broke Up With It

Gabrielle Birkner
Tennessee

GOP Bill Allowing Tennessee Schools to Deny an Education to Immigrant Children Advances

Anita Wadhwani
School (In)Security

Thousands of Student Civil Rights Cases Left Adrift After Trump Guts Ed Dept

Mark Keierleber
homelessness

Homelessness Rates Spike for Families, Putting Young Children at Risk

Bryce Covert
U.S. Department of Education

Iowa Submits Plan to Combine Federal Education Funds, and Experts are Skeptical

Linda Jacobson
Artificial Intelligence

AI Skeptic Creates Chatbot to Help Teachers Design Courses

Greg Toppo
Department of Education

Lives Upended: 3 Ed Dept Staffers Worry for Themselves — And the Nation’s Kids

Amanda Geduld
school leadership

University of Virginia Leadership Program Helps Transform Struggling Schools

Lauren Wagner
Class Disrupted

Podcast: How AI Is Changing How Young People Connect

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Donald Trump

LA Schools Face Stiff Headwinds From Wildfires and Trump, Report Says

Ben Chapman
child care

Child Care Centers Embedded in Empty Classrooms Support Teachers, Schools

Mark Swartz
Texas

2 Texas Bills Tackle Long-Overdue Special Ed Reforms — & a $1.7B Funding Gap

Beth Hawkins
Department of Education

Trump Ed Department Decimates Office Serving 5 Million Students Learning English

Kalyn Belsha
caregivers

Program Looks to Support High-Schoolers Responsible for Caregiving at Home

Allen Siegler
Connecticut

A Connecticut Student’s Research Project Became a Casualty of Trump’s DEI Purge

John Moritz
The 74 Interview

Scholar Douglas Harris Debuts New ‘Wikipedia’ of K–12 Research

Kevin Mahnken
Kansas

Former Kansas City School Police Officer Fights for Student Safety Via Nonprofit

Grace Hills
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