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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.

Jacob Matthews & 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
South Carolina

5 Years After Reopening, South Carolina Agriculture School is Beyond Capacity

Skylar Laird
Texas

Texas Bill Would Limit Uncertified Teachers in Schools

Sneha Dey
school (in)security

The Education Department is Dead — or Is It?

Mark Keierleber
education department

In Bid to Close Ed Department, Trump Rehouses Student Loan, Special Ed Programs

Shauneen Miranda
unions

Pennsylvania Teachers Union Admits Cyberattack That Hit 500,000 People in July

Lauren Wagner
childhood health

Amid Deadly Measles Outbreak, West Virginia Moves to Loosen Vaccine Rules

Amanda Geduld
Los Angeles

‘Not In The Playbook:’ How a Palisades Principal is Saving a School That Burned

Shruthi Narayanan
education department

Linda McMahon Became Ed Secretary Without Discussing Schools’ Scariest Issue: Guns

Nadra Nittle
U.S. Department of Education

As Trump Moves to Shutter Education Dept., GOP Clamors for Funding Flexibility

Linda Jacobson
education department

‘See You in Court’: Schools Face Whiplash in Trump Push Against Trans Athletes

Greg Toppo
Pandemic

Remote Learning Was Supposed to Make Snow Days Obsolete. But Did It Really?

Lauren Wagner
National Park Service

Students Among Those Hurt Most by Crippling National Park Service Cuts

Mark Keierleber
The 74 Interview

L.A. High School Teacher and Author Rebuilds Classroom Libraries After Fires

Trinity Alicia
Pandemic

KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

Linda Jacobson
Department of Education

After Gutting Staff, Education Department Remains Quiet on Future of NAEP Test

Greg Toppo
lausd

L.A. Students Protest Against Trump and in Support of DEI 

Katie VanArnam
st. louis

In St. Louis, Empowering Missouri Students to Learn the System – And Then Beat It

Lauren Camera
Immigrants

From TB Tests to Leases, PA District Delays Enrolling Scores of Immigrant Kids

Jo Napolitano
school choice

GOP’s Push for School Choice Sees Pushback from Unlikely Crowd: Homeschoolers

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

Mysterious Recusal Could Upend Pivotal Supreme Court Charter School Case

Linda Jacobson
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