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Greg Toppo

Greg Toppo is a senior writer at The 74.

To Bullied and Bored Teens, North Star Offers ‘Unschooling’ — and a Cup of Ramen

Greg Toppo

As Duolingo Turns to AI, Some Users Say Language App Has Joined ‘The Dark Side’

Greg Toppo

An Antidote to Plagiarism: New App Uses AI to Help Students Think Critically

Greg Toppo

David Zweig Calls COVID School Closures ‘a False Story about Medical Consensus’

Greg Toppo

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

Greg Toppo

At Project-Based Tech Valley High School, Small Is Big

Greg Toppo

Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

Greg Toppo

AI Skeptic Creates Chatbot to Help Teachers Design Courses

Greg Toppo

‘See You in Court’: Schools Face Whiplash in Trump Push Against Trans Athletes

Greg Toppo

After Gutting Staff, Education Department Remains Quiet on Future of NAEP Test

Greg Toppo

‘Going for Blood’: After Mass Firing, Many Wonder How Ed Dept. Will Function

Linda Jacobson, Mark Keierleber, Greg Toppo & Amanda Geduld

Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture ‘Mississippi Miracle’

Greg Toppo

Along Party Lines, McMahon Bid to Lead Education Department Advances to Senate

Greg Toppo

How Artificial Intelligence Could Change Schools & Change How We Test Students

Greg Toppo

SXSW EDU Cheat Sheet: 25 (Mostly AI) Sessions to Enjoy in 2025

Greg Toppo

Stunned Education Researchers Say Cuts Go Beyond DEI, Hitting Math, Literacy

Greg Toppo

Is Trump Gutting Ed Research a New Beginning or Just ‘Slashing & Burning’?

Greg Toppo

New Book Says There’s More to Holding Students’ Attention Than Silencing Phones

Greg Toppo

Content Guru Natalie Wexler Urges Us to Move ‘Beyond The Science of Reading’

Greg Toppo

New Research: Done Right, Virtual Tutoring Nearly Rivals In-Person Version

Greg Toppo

For Students Who Struggle, Boston High School Offers ‘Space to Grow Emotionally’

Greg Toppo

Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Greg Toppo

Q&A: Putting AI In its Place in an Era of Lost Human Connection at School

Greg Toppo

Judge Rebuffs Family’s Bid to Change Grade in AI Cheating Case

Greg Toppo

AI-Fueled Testing, From the Mouths of Babes

Greg Toppo

Chicago’s First School Board Race Brings a Mixed Bag of Ideologies

Greg Toppo

GOP Victories in Texas House Give Abbott a Path to Universal ESA

Greg Toppo

Could Massachusetts AI Cheating Case Push Schools to Refocus on Learning?

Greg Toppo

New Survey Says U.S. Teachers Colleges Lag on AI Training. Here are 4 Takeaways

Greg Toppo

Q&A: Katy Knight’s Quest to Fund Ed Tech’s ‘Deeply Unsexy Things’

Greg Toppo

GOP Groups Funnel Millions to Defeat ESA Critics. Their Target: Republicans

Greg Toppo

Study: AI-Assisted Tutoring Boosts Students’ Math Skills

Greg Toppo

Competency-Based Parker Essential School Succeeds by Doing More With Less

Greg Toppo

Exclusive: Study Finds COVID Harmed Cognitive Skills of Students — and Teachers

Greg Toppo

Philadelphia’s Building 21 Pushes Students to Tackle ‘Unfinished Learning’

Greg Toppo

Can AI Bring Students Back to the Great Books?

Greg Toppo

Veep, Candidate, brat: Kamala Harris Fires Up Gen Z on Social Media

Greg Toppo

Is AI in Schools Promising or Overhyped? Potentially Both, New Reports Suggest

Greg Toppo

For Microschools, ‘Location Has Been the Hardest Thing.’ Florida Made It Easier

Greg Toppo

AI ‘Companions’ are Patient, Funny, Upbeat — and Probably Rewiring Kids’ Brains

Greg Toppo

Harris Pick Tim Walz Would be First K-12 Teacher Since Lyndon Johnson to be VP

Greg Toppo

Benjamin Riley: AI is Another Ed Tech Promise Destined to Fail

Greg Toppo

Was Los Angeles Schools’ $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Greg Toppo

Oklahoma Supreme Court Knocks Down Bid for Virtual Catholic Charter School

Greg Toppo

Homeschoolers Embrace AI, Even As Many Educators Keep It at Arms’ Length

Greg Toppo

‘Summer Boost’ Shows Promise in Halting COVID Slide

Greg Toppo

Tutoring Company with Chinese Ties Hits Back at Parents Group’s Bid to ‘Destroy’ It

Greg Toppo

Arkansas’ Shrinking City: A Charter Network Transforms Schools in Pine Bluff

Greg Toppo

A Cautionary AI Tale: Why IBM’s Dazzling Watson Supercomputer Made a Lousy Tutor

Greg Toppo

Five Things to Know About Missy Testerman, the 2024 National Teacher of the Year

Greg Toppo

School Finance Data ‘Sucks.’ Rebecca Sibilia’s New Org is Offering $ to Fix It

Greg Toppo

Wizard Chess, Robot Bikes and More: Six Students Creating Cool Stuff with AI

Greg Toppo

Artificial Intelligence & Schools: Innovators, Teachers Talk AI’s Impact at SXSW

Greg Toppo

At 93, Joy Hakim is Still in the Fight for Better Children’s Textbooks

Greg Toppo

Drawing on Video Games, Educators Land on Unlikely Idea: ‘Playful Assessment’

Greg Toppo

In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the ‘Burbs

Greg Toppo

Experts on Kids & Social Media Weigh the Pros and Cons of ‘Growing Up in Public’

Greg Toppo

New AI Tool to Help Parents Search, Compare Student Test Scores Across 50 States

Greg Toppo

Alaska Leads States in First-Ever Rankings of Charter Performance on NAEP

Greg Toppo

6 Hidden & Not-So-Hidden Factors Driving America’s Student Absenteeism Crisis

Greg Toppo

Survey: AI is Here, but Only California and Oregon Guide Schools on its Use

Greg Toppo

Reinventing High School: 8 Common Trends at America’s Most Innovative Campuses

Greg Toppo & Emmeline Zhao

Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo

‘Time is Running Out’: COVID-19 Set Back Older Students the Most, Study Finds

Greg Toppo

Exclusive: For Busy Teachers, AI Could Crack Open the Dense World of Ed Research

Greg Toppo

Hope Chicago: A Unique Scholarship That Sends Parents to College, Too

Greg Toppo

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful from Latest Summer School Study

Greg Toppo

Before Trump, D.A. Fani Willis Targeted Teachers in Atlanta Cheating Scandal

Greg Toppo

Internships Rule at The Met, Where High School is a Matter of ‘Trial and Error’

Greg Toppo

A High School for Dropouts: Goodwill Offers Adults a Second Chance at a Diploma

Greg Toppo

What I Learned Touring a NYC Arts School With Its Founder, Tony Bennett

Greg Toppo

To Combat Nursing Shortage, Rhode Island Charter Turns to High School Students

Greg Toppo

National ChatGPT Survey: Teachers Even More Accepting of Chatbot Than Students

Greg Toppo

‘Meaningful, Big Things’ at One Stone, the Student-Led High School of Invention

Greg Toppo

From Bus Stops to Laundromats, Cities Embrace Play to Help Kids Learn

Greg Toppo

High School 2.0: These Teens Build Drones, Research Cancer & Try Out Careers

Greg Toppo

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo

Choice Supporters to Catholic Charter School Backers: ‘Proceed with Caution’

Greg Toppo

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures

Greg Toppo

In New Graphic Novel, Pandemic Scatters a Vulnerable School Community

Greg Toppo

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Greg Toppo

South by Southwest Education: 23 Panels & Sessions Worth Seeing in 2023

Greg Toppo

ChatGPT Scores a C+ At the University of Minnesota Law School. Now What?

Greg Toppo

Homeschooling 2.0: Less Religious and Conservative, More Focused on Quality

Greg Toppo

In 2022 Midterms, Career Ed Emerged as Rare Source of Bipartisan Agreement

Greg Toppo

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

Greg Toppo

After Charter School Battles, Top Ed Official Offers an Olive Branch

Greg Toppo

The Essay’s Future: We Talk to 4 Teachers, 2 Experts and 1 AI Chatbot

Greg Toppo

Research: Achievement Shows Signs of Improvement, but Youngest Kids Need Help

Greg Toppo

Schools Face ‘Urgency Gap’ on Pandemic Recovery: 5 Takeaways from New Study

Greg Toppo

Fueled by Pandemic, Homeschool ‘Hybrids’ Gain Traction With Middle-Class Parents

Greg Toppo

The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo

Study: San Antonio Charter Schools Lifted Student Achievement Prior to Pandemic

Greg Toppo

In Indianapolis, Charter Schools ‘Move the Needle’ on Achievement, Study Finds

Greg Toppo

Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Expand Transgender Student Protections

Greg Toppo

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom, a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

Greg Toppo

School Gunmen Don’t Just ‘Snap,’ Says Author Who Urges Better Threat Assessment

Greg Toppo

A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group

Greg Toppo

Experts Call FL’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Bill ‘Flatly Unconstitutional’

Greg Toppo

Reformers Leading 3 Largest School Districts Welcomed by Hope — and Headaches

Greg Toppo

As COVID and culture wars roil schools, choice backers see an opening

Greg Toppo

Oregon Trail Began 50 Years Ago in Minneapolis Classroom

Greg Toppo

COVID Shots for Children Usher in New Wave of Vaccine Hesitancy

Greg Toppo

COVID Saliva Tests Could Keep More Students in School, Experts Say

Greg Toppo

Researchers Press Case for the Importance of Testing — Even During Pandemic

Greg Toppo

‘Social Experiment’ Gives Thousands of Girls Opportunity to Learn Game Design

Greg Toppo

Study: Summer School in 2022 Could Rescue U.S. from Long-Term GDP Decline

Greg Toppo

This Summer, Game Design on Tap to Remediate STEM Learning Loss

Greg Toppo

Parents Want Better School Ventilation this Fall, But Costs May Be Too High

Greg Toppo

Survey: Support for Remote Schooling is Limited, but Highest Among Minorities

Greg Toppo

De Blasio is Turning His Back on Remote Learning Innovations, Critics Say

Greg Toppo

COVID Learning Loss: New Warning as 54% of Miami Kids Below Grade Level in Math

Greg Toppo

Why Some Parents Don’t Want Schools to Go Back to ‘Normal’ in the Fall

Greg Toppo

Experimental College Tries to Move Beyond Founder’s Legal Woes

Greg Toppo

Now Recruiting: Online Army of Volunteer Tutors To Fight ‘COVID Slide’

Greg Toppo

Community Colleges Expected to Have Their Moment in Biden White House. But in Parting Salvo, DeVos Calls Ideas Like Free Tuition ‘Insidious’

Greg Toppo

Sign on, Zoom in, Drop Out: Pandemic Sparks Fears That Without Sports and Other Activities, Students Will Disengage from School

Greg Toppo

Shut Out of Schools Due to Pandemic, Many Education Researchers Say Their Work Is ‘In Shambles’

Greg Toppo

To Test or Not to Test: Students Missed a Lot of Learning This Spring, but Experts Disagree on How — or Even Whether — to Measure ‘COVID Slide’

Greg Toppo

School Reopening Plans Fuel Fears of Teacher ‘Brain Drain’ — and Trump’s Threats Aren’t Helping

Greg Toppo

Are Schools Ready for Competitive Video Gaming? By Including Girls and Downplaying First-Person Shooters, Cleveland Teacher Hopes to Chart New Course for ‘Esports’

Greg Toppo

74 Interview: Class, Race & the Pursuit of College. Veteran Journalist Paul Tough Addresses Higher Ed Admissions, Mobility Myths and What His Critics at the College Board Get Wrong

Greg Toppo

After School, Students Are ‘Playing the Whole Game’ in Activities From Drama to Sports to Debate. Backers of Project-Based Learning Ask: Why Can’t All of Education Look Like This?

Greg Toppo

74 Interview: Author and Harvard Scholar David Perkins on What Traditional Classroom Teachers Can Learn From Science Fairs, Backyard Sports & ‘Whole Game’ Learning

Greg Toppo