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Gifted and Talented
gifted and talented

Students with Disabilities Often Overlooked in Gifted Programming

These “twice exceptional” children face unique challenges: Their disability can mask their smarts, leaving their talents undiscovered at school

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic
pandemic
Pandemic

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

Steiner, Schwartz, Diliberti: Low morale in today’s educators may dissuade tomorrow’s from entering the field. Stressed-out teachers are often absent

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Heather Schwartz & Melissa Kay Diliberti
Absenteeism
absence
The Big Picture

How Norway Cut Student Absences By 25% — And Why The Policy Is No Silver Bullet

In 2016, students who missed more than 10% of hours in a course automatically flunked it. But experts say U.S. students need supports, not punishments

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

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Indianapolis
Indiana

Food, With a Side of Reading: Indianapolis Food Pantry Adding Free Library

$2,000 award from The Mind Trust part of an effort to expand literacy throughout the city

Wayne D’Orio
Student Privacy
American Civil Liberties Union

Survey Reveals Extent that Cops Surveil Students Online — in School and at Home

Schools adopted digital monitoring tools to keep students safe. Instead, they’re being used to discipline them, report finds

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Los Angeles
Chronic Absenteeism

Nearly 70% of Homeless Students in LAUSD Chronically Absent Last Year

As chronic absenteeism rises nationwide amidst the pandemic, LA’s vulnerable student groups are hit hardest

Rebecca Katz
Union Report
Union Report
Union Report

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

Teacher hiring continues — in some cases, at an accelerated pace when compared with pre-pandemic levels — even as student populations drop

Mike Antonucci
Early-Childhood Education
child care

‘Like a Gut Punch’: Advocates Reel as Manchin Compromise Abandons Pre-K

The latest iteration of ‘Build Back Better’ doesn’t include funding for young children Biden has promised since he campaigned for president

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

16 Under 16

Meet The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers

These are some of the country's most impressive teen thinkers and doers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Teacher Survey
learning loss

122 Teachers Speak: Surviving Student Learning Loss, Behavior Challenges

In survey, teachers reflect on students’ struggles with raising hands, forming sentences, using scissors, crayons, tying shoes, and angry outbursts

Marianna McMurdock, Jasmine De Leon & Meghan Gallagher
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Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Weaving a Stronger Society
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

How 12 Educators & Mentors Are Weaving a Stronger Society, Starting With Schools

Over the past six months, we've traveled the country to meet and celebrate educators using community to help students succeed in school — and life

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
Weaving a Stronger Society
afterschool programs
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

For Atlanta-area students who have fled war and oppression, Allie Reeser does more than help them learn. She’s a translator, parent guide and neighbor

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Weaving a Stronger Society
art education
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Weaving a Stronger Society
Nebraska
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

A Rural Teacher Challenges Students and Her Community to Wrestle With the World

In the Sandhills of Nebraska, acclaimed educator Megan Helberg is building a ‘woven community of travelers’ through Zooms, trips and life lessons

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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Rural Education
Montana

Thiel: Expanding Access to Higher Education for Montana’s Rural Students

Virtual learning and partnerships can provide educational and career pathways to more rural students — and address workforce demands

Joe Thiel
Author: Joe Thiel
Commentary
Ohio

Educator’s View: How My Ohio District is Recruiting and Retaining Black Teachers

Diversifying the field must begin by verbalizing to Black and brown children that they are needed and valued

Marlon Styles
Author: Marlon Styles
Commentary
COVID-19

Walking in the Shoes of a School Superintendent in 2022

Sullivan: COVID, bans on certain topics in classrooms, mass shootings and vocal extremism have left K-12 leaders in crisis management mode

Caitlin Sullivan
New Book
achievement gap

From Playing the Game to Slaying the Game: Why I Wrote ‘Tangible Equity’

Author and attorney Colin Seale wants to give marginalized students the tools to succeed in an unjust system — and the tools to dismantle that system

Colin Seale
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Hawaii
Hawaii

How an Island Teacher Builds Community Bridges Through Her Hawaii School

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Pandemic
microschool
Pandemic

WATCH: Teachers Reflect on Leaving Classrooms to Launch Microschools Amid COVID

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Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska Teacher of the Year Challenges Her Rural Community to Wrestle with the World

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Absenteeism
absenteeism
Pandemic

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Students are missing class at unprecedented levels. Researcher Jing Liu shares tips for how schools can identify at-risk youth early & intervene

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

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Teachers

Want To Become a Teacher? You Could Land a $25K Signing Bonus

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
4Fams

NYC Parents Rage: With No G&T Qualifying Test, Selection Process Is Chaos

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Atlanta

How Universities Are Offering New Ways to Help Freshmen Upended by Pandemic

Vanessa McCray & Ty Tagami
Georgia

Governor Diverts COVID Relief Funds to Grant Every Teacher $125 For Supplies

Ross Williams , Georgia Recorder
Pandemic

CDC Eyes New School Rules on COVID Testing, Spacing, Quarantines

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Virginia

VA Rep. Scott Argues for SCOTUS to Uphold College Affirmative Action Policies

Ariana Figueroa
Uvalde Shooting

Uvalde Elementary Principal Reinstated After School Shooting Investigation

William Melhado , The Texas Tribune
Pandemic

New Data: Despite Progress, a Third of Students Finished Year Below Grade Level

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss

Elisa Villanueva Beard , Teach For America
Remote Learning

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

Thomas Arnett
Pandemic

The Pandemic Isn’t Over — But Are Schools Over COVID Protocols?

Allison Donahue , Michigan Advance
16 Under 16

16 Under 16: Meet The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
Mental Health

How One Rural South Carolina School District is Tackling the In-School Therapist Shortage

Sara Gregory , The Charleston Post and Courier
Sex Education

Sex Ed Was in Trouble Before Roe Reversal. Now the Curriculum Matters Even More

Nadra Nittle , The 19th
Texas

Inside How Texas Trains Teachers to Carry Guns

Emily Donaldson , The Dallas Morning News
Pandemic

Young Children’s Vaccination Rates May Have Already Peaked

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
School Funding Case

Landmark PA School Funding Case May Spur — or Chill — Similar Suits Nationwide

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Democracy Prep

Democracy Prep Founder Seth Andrew Sentenced to a Year in Prison For Wire Fraud

Kevin Mahnken & Asher Lehrer-Small
Texas

Texas Suing USDA Over Requirement to Add LGBTQ Protections to Nutrition Programs’ Policies

Ariana Perez-Castells , The Texas Tribune
Alaska

Alaska OKs Public Funds for Private Education to Support, Not Replace, Public Ed

Lisa Phu , The Alaska Beacon
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