Explore

News

Our expert team of journalists cover the latest in K-12 education and uncover stories that are hidden from view.

The 74 Interview
education
The 74 Interview

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

Following a speech at ASU+GSV, the education secretary spoke briefly with The 74 about civil rights, dismantling the department and NAEP’s future.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
New Jersey
AI

Newark High School Students Learn About AI Through Career Exploration

Newark students learn the basics of AI as they weigh its use in their future careers.

Jessie Gómez, Chalkbeat
Trump Administration
disabilities

How Kids with Disabilities Will Be Impacted by Medicaid, Education Department Cuts

‘She’ll fall through the cracks’: Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality.

Barbara Rodriguez & Nadra Nittle
School Closures
Brookings Institution

Exclusive Data Highlights Paradox: As Enrollment Falls, Fewer Schools Close

Districts with plans to close schools often meet stiff community resistance. School leaders, in the words of one expert, are ‘so bad at this.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Trump Administration
immigration

America’s Undocumented Educators Unsure of What’s Next Under Trump

There are 15,000 immigrant educators who rely on temporary permission to live and work in the U.S. But they fear for their futures under Trump.

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
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
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
Load More