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Want Children to Cooperate? Let Them Swing Together

Researchers found that synchronized movements, such as swinging in time with each other, can promote prosocial behaviors in young children.

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
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Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID

Silver, Polikoff & Hackman: Overall, students felt happier, less stressed attending classes in person during pandemic. But that's not true for all

Daniel Silver, Morgan Polikoff & Daniel A. Hackman
New Orleans
New Orleans
Katrina

20 Years After Katrina, Lessons from the Fight to Reopen New Orleans’ Schools

The newest episode of ‘Where the Schools Went’ spotlights the tumultuous reopening of George Washington Carver High in the Ninth Ward.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Analysis
Katrina

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Podcast Explores Evolution of NOLA Schools

Much has been written about the city’s long road to recovery. Behind those headlines is another story that shaped the lives of thousands of children.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Analysis

Public School Enrollment Is Declining — But Not Everywhere, or for All Students

Moon: A new analysis shows these trends vary widely by race, grade level, geography, even schools. What that could mean for the future.

Tara Moon
Analysis

Leaving the Classroom to Start a School — Teachers Who Made the Move

Michael McShane & James Shuls
100 Top School Districts Adapt to COVID

Many Remote Learning Options Shutting Down as School Reopens for Fall 2022

Cara Pangelinan & Bree Dusseault
Union Report

Minneapolis Teacher Layoff Exemption Based on Race — But Not the Way You Think

Mike Antonucci
gun violence

Analysis: School Safety Is About More Than Keeping Guns Out of the Classroom

Roseanna Ander & Monica Bhatt
Child Care Crisis

Sharing the Findings from Better Life Lab: Improving Child Care Assistance and Investment

Rebecca Gale
Analysis

How Educators Are Tackling Disrupted Learning in ESL and Bilingual Students

Nathan Martin
Union Report

Analysis: ‘Teacher Shortage’ — A History Told in Numbers, and Decades

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Rausch: 10 Steps Toward Measuring Great Schools During and after the Pandemic

Karega Rausch
Indianapolis

Brown: Students Are Making Modest Learning Gains. That’s Not Good Enough

Brandon Brown
Union Report

Analysis: Schools Closed, Membership Fell. NEA’s Take Still Rose by $35M in 2020

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Bryce Covert
Pandemic

Teens Have Changed Their Higher Ed Plans — Survey Shows They May Never Go Back

John Kristof & Colyn Ritter
Pandemic

Educators’ Poor Morale Matters, Even If They Don’t Quit. Here’s Why

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Heather Schwartz & Melissa Kay Diliberti
Union Report

After Millions in Relief Funds, Why Won’t Schools Do More to Find Lost Students?

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

Recent Study Suggests Head Start Programs Provide Effective Intervention in Addressing Childhood Obesity

K.C. Compton
pandemic

Poll Shows Not All Students & Teachers Are Eager to Go Back to In-Person School

Thomas Arnett
teacher job market

Schools Try Bonuses, Stipends to Attract & Keep Teachers in a Tight Labor Market

Chad Aldeman & Katherine Silberstein
Child Care Crisis

Child Care Innovation: Centralizing Administrative Roles

Rebecca Gale
CRPE

Enrollment Drops, Staff Shortages Cause Budget Whiplash for Top School Districts

Christine Pitts & Alvin Makori
Union Report

AFT Convention Seemed More Transparent Than NEA’s. But Looks Can Be Deceiving

Mike Antonucci
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