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EDlection 2020
EDlection 2020
Trump Uses State of the Union Address to Push for Tax-Credit Scholarships, Declaring No Child Should Be Forced to Attend ‘a Failing Government School’
The 74 Interview
The 74 Interview
74 Interview: TN Ed Chief Penny Schwinn on Her Radical Plan Using Schools to Bring Social Services to Rural Areas — and Her Whole-Child Approach to Training Teachers
Middle School Marvel: For Her Science Project, This 14-Year-Old Invented a Way to Eliminate a Car’s Blind Spot. Now She’s Won $25,000 — and Volvo Is Intrigued
New York
New York
After 7 School Integration Strikes, NYC Students Get Rare Public Meeting With Ed Department Officials, Asking ‘How Much Longer Will We Have to Wait?’
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
U.S. Economic Activity Could Grow by Tens of Billions of Dollars If We Invested More in Single Mothers Attending College, Report Shows
For the First Time, EPA Could Order Schools to Test Water for Lead, but Experts Warn That Doesn’t Mean It Will Be Safe to Drink — or That Lead Will Be Removed
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Cal State University Approves Plan to Add New Admissions Requirement — but Delays Making Formal Change Before Studying Impact
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week
Three Distinct Charter Schools, One Shared Mission: To Provide High-Quality Choices for Students in Rural Idaho
Best of the Month
Best of the Month
The 12 Best Education Articles From January: America’s Most Segregated Classrooms, New Social-Emotional Efforts at (and After) School, the Rise of Esports & More
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week
For Maverick Polly Williams, the Mother of School Choice, The Point Was Always to Empower Parents and Improve Education for Black Children
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week
‘You’re Debating Someone Else’s Child’: 30 Years Later, Milwaukee’s School Voucher Program Divides a City Whose Public Schools Struggle
Every Student Succeeds Act
Every Student Succeeds Act
This Week’s ESSA News: Why a New DOE Spending Study Could Have Major Implications for Equity, Rewriting the Rules on Religious Liberty & More
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
How Well Are Teachers Being Taught? New Report Finds Majority of Teacher Prep Programs Thoroughly Instructing Future Educators on the Science of Reading
At National Literacy Summit, State Education Chiefs Warn of Reading Stagnation
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week
Mothers of Invention: Frustrated With the Educational Status Quo and Conventional Parent Organizing, Two Latinas Gave Birth to a National Parents Union
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Schools Regain Control of Special Education After More Than 20 Years. What That Means for Priorities, Parent Concerns in the Nation’s Second-Largest District
Inspiring
Inspiring
This New York High School Student Had a NASA Internship — and on His Third Day Discovered a New Planet Revolving Around 2 Stars
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week
New Poll: Majority of Democratic Voters Prefer Candidates Who Would Preserve Federal Charter School Spending
Chief Justice Roberts, Potential Supreme Court Swing Vote in Key Religious Schools Case, Plays Cards Close
EDlection 2020
EDlection 2020
Buttigieg Was ‘Under the Illusion’ That South Bend’s Schools Are Integrated. But Despite a Decades-Long Struggle (and Federal Court Order), Stark Racial Divisions Persist