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The 74 Interview
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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
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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