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Florida, Critical Race Theory and the Future of Textbooks

Florida education officials favored social-emotional content until conservative activists decided to taint SEL terminology with a racial tinge

Morgan Polikoff
Edunomics Lab
Edunomics Lab

New Learning Loss Calculator Estimates Costs of Catching Kids Up In 8K Districts

We now know that closing schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic harmed students academically. So just how much help will they need?

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Silberstein, Aashish Dhammani & Chad Aldeman
Union Report
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Union Report

Analysis: NEA Calls For End to School Police Policies Union Previously Supported

Last year the National Education Association created a task force to form a new policy on 'safe, just, and equitable schools'

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic
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Pandemic

Smith: Some Clues to What States Will Do When School COVID Funding Runs Out

While it will be a painful process, states need to acknowledge that school districts losing students should not get more funds to teach fewer kids

Aaron Garth Smith
Pandemic
learning loss

Analysis: Many Districts Doing Less This Summer to Make Up for Lost Learning

Lisa Chu & Christine Pitts
Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E20: Does Banning Things Actually Keep Children Safe in Schools?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Illinois

Reed: States Must Step in to Give Youngest Learners the Foundation to Succeed

Katie Reed
Pandemic Relief Funding

How 100 Large and Urban Districts Are (and Aren’t) Engaging Stakeholders

Alvin Makori & Bree Dusseault
Union Report

Guns, Gas and Governments: Why Teacher Pension Divestments Are Complicated

Mike Antonucci
Uvalde Shooting

Analysis: School Shootings Are Too Common, but Schools Are Still Relatively Safe

Aaron Kupchik, Benjamin W. Fisher, Samantha Viano & F. Chris Curran
Union Report

Exclusive: California Teachers Union Expects to Lose 4,000 Members, Gain $2.3M

Mike Antonucci
Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E19: Are Older Students Fixed in Their Abilities?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Union Report

Analysis: Powers-That-Be Triumph in Union Elections in NYC, Chicago and MA

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Analysis: How Medicaid Can Help Schools Support Students’ Mental Health

Phyllis W. Jordan, Anne Dwyer & Bella DiMarco

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Class Disrupted Podcast: 30 Years After the 1st Charter School

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

New Interactive Database Tracks Districts' Federal Relief Fund Spending

Chad Aldeman, Katherine Silberstein & Aashish Dhammani
Union Report

Analysis: Salaries, School Spending & Inflation — When the Numbers Don’t Add Up

Mike Antonucci
District of Columbia

Hidden Figures Behind Student Funding in D.C., Maryland and Virginia

David J. Hoff
Analysis

New Bullying Research: Disruptive Kindergarteners Much More Likely to Be Bullied

Paul Morgan
Union Report

Is 'Per-Pupil Spending' Really an Accurate Description?

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

$3 Billion for Summer Programs to Fight Learning Loss

Bella DiMarco & Phyllis W. Jordan
Class Disrupted Podcast

Class Disrupted Podcast: What America Can Learn From Germany

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Union Report

Which is More Important — Teachers Contract or Real Vaccination Cards?

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

From Pre-K to the Workforce, Time to Reimagine State Data Systems

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
Analysis

Focus on Fixing Schools, Not Culture Wars, in the Next Election

Emma Bloomberg
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