A 2019 Education Journalism Jealousy List: 19 Important Articles About Schools We Wish We Had Published Last Year
‘If We Don’t Fight for Our Children, Who Else Is Going to Do It?’ Charter Advocates to Continue Democratic Debate Protests Thursday in Los Angeles
Just Two 2020 Candidates, Bennet and Warren, Discuss Charter Schools at Education Election Forum
Pre-K, School Choice Provisions Almost Derailed Final ESSA Deal, Authors Reveal on Law’s Fourth Anniversary
Turning Four This Month, the Every Student Succeeds Act Is Hailed as a Victory for State Control of Education Policy. And, Critics Say, That’s Part of the Problem
Briefs in Key School Choice Case Present Dueling Religious Freedom Arguments Ahead of January Supreme Court Hearing
DeVos’s First 1,000 Days: Whether Principled Advocate or ‘Flat-Out Disaster,’ the Survivor Secretary at the Education Department’s Helm Remains Uniquely Polarizing
SCOTUS Clears Way for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer
New CAP Report Urges Federal Charter Program to Shift Focus From Opening New Schools to Fixing Problems in Sector
Charter Supporters Deride Warren’s Proposed Crackdown on Sector as ‘Out of Touch’
Illinois Once Required Teachers to Be Paid a Minimum Salary of Just $10,000. A New Law Raised It to $40,000. So Why Isn’t Everyone Happy?
Former Obama Ed Secretaries Urge More Details on Democrats’ Big Education Spending Proposals
When It Comes to Maximizing School Funds, Ed Talking Heads at Policy Event Trumpet Choice, Transparency and a Quick Game of ‘Would You Rather?’
DeVos, Conway Tackle Widespread Opposition to $5 Billion Federal Tax-Credit Scholarship Proposal
5 Things We Learned From New Federal Study: Massive Growth of Charters, No Difference in Student Performance From Traditional Schools
Congress’s Looming $4 Billion Showdown Over Education Funding: As Senate Releases 2020 Priorities, a Huge Split With House Over Title I, IDEA, Charters & More
‘If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Somebody Else Will’: Sixty-Five Years Later, Brown v. Board Participants Work to Correct the Record
Leery of Charter Talk, Democratic Candidates Wade into Teacher Pay, College Debt, the Next Ed Secretary — Almost Any Other School Issue — During Thursday Debate-a-Thon
Chicago Agrees to Reinvestigation of Sexual Abuse Complaints, Other Remedies After Federal Investigation Finds ‘Widespread and Systemic’ Title IX Violations
2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Love ‘Universal’ Pre-K. But When It Comes to Providing Schooling for America’s Youngest Students, Few Are Moving Beyond Talking Points
As Trump Pushes to Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely, Advocates Fear Expansion of Already-Inadequate Schooling
‘We’ve Got a Real Crisis’: Half of U.S. Teachers Have Considered Leaving Profession, PDK Poll Finds
In Second Debate, Democrats Leave Busing Behind, Focusing Instead on Education’s Role in Racial Strife ‘Happening Now’
2020 Democrats Want to Dramatically Increase Title I Funding. But Without More Accountability, Is This Just the ‘Santa Claus Approach to Education Policy’?
To Protect Schools From Mass Shootings, Florida Advocates Urge Senators to Tie Federal Education Aid to Adoption of Tighter Security Measures
‘It Just Becomes Like a Ghost Town’: As Nuclear Plants Close in Record Numbers Across U.S., Small-Town School Districts Brace for Catastrophic Tax Losses
Fixing Struggling Schools Is Hard. Moving Past Quick Fixes and Focusing on ‘Continuous Improvement’ Is Key, Gates Grantees Say
Data Concerns, Determining Root Causes of Educational Inequities Among Early Challenges of Gates Foundation’s First Year of School Improvement Network Grants
Education, Civil Rights Groups Celebrate as Trump Drops Legal Fight on Controversial Census Citizenship Question
Exclusive: Ex-Puerto Rico Schools Chief Julia Keleher, Indicted in Corruption Probe, Previously Denied She Was Federal Target
Trump Administration Versus Supreme Court in Justice Department Tug-of-War Over Census Citizenship Question
Two Days of Democratic Debate Showcased Wide Canvas of Education Issues, From Busing to Social-Emotional Learning
Supreme Court Will Hear Key School Choice Case Challenging Ban on Religious Schools Participating in Montana Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
Education Advocates Relieved but Wary as High Court Blocks Citizenship Question From Census, Removing Threat to Federal School Funding — for Now
Human Right or Federal Overreach? House Members Spar Over Legislation to Protect Public Workers
Charters, Child Care & More: 5 Ways Education Could Come Up at the Democratic Debates
A Year After High Court Janus Ruling, New Survey Shows Most Teachers Still Don’t Know They Can Opt Out of Union Membership, Dues
Education Department Finalizes ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ Rules That Advocates Fear Could Harm Low-Income Students
Ed. Dept. Should Remedy Underreporting of Seclusion and Restraint Data, Government Watchdog Warns
Treasury Regs Give Some Leeway for Continued Federal Benefit for Donations to State Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs, Prompting Mixed Reactions From Choice Supporters
Mark Janus Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Win With Vow to Continue Advocating for Workers Seeking Freedom From Public Unions
Inside America’s Child Care Crisis: Even After a ‘Historic’ Federal Investment, Today’s System Only Serves 1 in 6 Eligible Kids. Could More Funding Now Be on the Way?
School Safety, Sex Ed & Other Proposed Amendments to Watch as House Takes Up 2020 Education Spending Bill
As High Court Mulls Ruling on Census Citizenship Question, Education Advocates Warn of Dire Impact on Federal Funding
Ed Dept. Creates Dedicated Disaster Response Team to Manage Federal Aid to Schools Amid Increased Hurricanes, Wildfires and Floods
EDlection 2020: Comparing K-12 Plans on Teacher Pay, Pre-K and More From Democratic Front-runners Biden & Sanders
In ‘Enormous Victory for Transgender Students,’ Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Doe v. Boyertown; Prior Ruling That Kids Can Use Facilities Matching Gender Identity Stands
74 Interview: Professor Rucker Johnson on How School Integration Helped Black Students — and How Much More Is Possible When It’s Paired With Early Education & Spending Reforms
Bernie Sanders’s K-12 Proposal Would More Than Double the Federal Education Budget: 6 of His Top Spending Priorities
74 Interview: Wisconsin Governor and Former State Schools Chief Tony Evers on Equitable School Funding, His GOP Foes & Hitting Pause on Private School Choice
Bernie Sanders Wants New Limits on Charters, but Impact May Be Less Than Revolutionary
Gates Foundation Launches Postsecondary Value Commission in Hopes of Influencing the Ongoing Higher Ed Reauthorization in Congress
As Free College Tuition Becomes a Popular Rallying Cry, ‘Tennessee Promise’ Hailed as Game Changer — but Equity Concerns Remain
Obama’s Now-Revoked 2014 Discipline Guidance: Necessary Federal Oversight or Inappropriate, Top-Down Intervention?
The 2020 Ed Funding Fight Has Begun: 5 Things You Need to Know About House Democrats’ Appropriations Bill and Its Big Spending Boosts for Education
100 Days Into His Tenure at Scandal-Weary DC Schools, New Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Promises to ‘Move at the Speed of Trust’
House Hearing on Brown v. Board Legacy Focuses on School Choice, Federal Discipline Guidance
Middle Schoolers Are Doing Better on a Key Tech and Engineering Test — and It’s Thanks to the Girls
This Week in Education Politics: 2020 Federal Funding Comes Into Focus, the State of Integration 65 Years After Brown, Entrepreneurship at HBCUs & More
Juvenile Justice Reform, Equitable Funding Among Priorities for 2019 Teacher of the Year
The 20-Year-Old Federal Education Provision You’ve Never Heard Of: For Decades, Students Have Had the Right to Transfer Out of ‘Persistently Dangerous’ Schools
Research Finds Pre-K Enrollment, Spending Stagnant, As Key Federal Early Learning Grants Are About to Dry Up
Social-Emotional Learning Is Vital — but Needs to Be Measured Correctly and Can’t Usurp Academics, Panelists Say
House Education Committee Homes In on DeVos’s Proposed Tax Credit Scholarship, Claiming It Would Take Funds From Other Ed Programs
Bobby Scott Again Raises ‘Disheartening’ Issue of Subgroup Performance in ESSA Implementation, Warns That Law’s Flexibility Is Not a ‘Blank Check’
DeVos Pushes State Chiefs to Consider ESSA Waivers, Particularly in Testing, Saying Anything That Helps Student Achievement ‘Is Going to Be Seen Very Favorably’
Free College. Debt-Free College. Higher Ed Affordability. Whatever You Call It, It’s the First Big Education Issue of the 2020 Campaign
This Week in Education Politics: Senate to Debate Title IX in the Higher Ed Act, House to Emphasize Gender Identity in ‘Equality Act,’ HHS Budget & More
Democrats Hammer DeVos for “Shameful” Proposal to Cut Special Olympics Funding, Eliminate Money for Student Mental Health Services
DeVos Takes Tough Stance as Congressional Democrats Hammer Her on Budget Cuts, School Choice
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: DeVos and Democrats Expected to Clash as Ed Secretary Testifies on Budget; Committees Look at Child Abuse Prevention, Apprenticeships & More
Supreme Court Could Hear Arguments From Students Claiming That School Policies Protecting Transgender Rights Violate Their ‘Bodily Privacy’
Education Department Nudges States to Think Bigger in Experimenting With the Every Student Succeeds Act
White House Focuses on Workforce Needs as Higher Ed Act Reauthorization Heats Up
Education Department Ends Ban on Religious Organizations Providing Services to Low-Income Students at Private Schools
74 Interview: Teacher of the Year Finalists on Setting Priorities, Changing Policy, and Taking On a More Political Role
Trump Proposes New School Choice Investments, 10 Percent Cut to Other Education Spending in Budget That Echoes Those Congress Has Twice Rejected
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Trump to Propose Ed Department Budget Cuts, Enforcing Equity in Special Ed, Cybersecurity Careers & More
Dems Highlight Plight of DACA Recipients — Including Rhodes Scholar — but GOP Says Fix Must Come With Border Enforcement
It’s Been One Year Since the Supreme Court Heard the Janus Case. The Lawsuits Challenging Unions Aren’t Anywhere Near Over
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Post-Trinity Lutheran Case, but Conservative Justices Anticipate Needing to Settle the Issue of State Support of Religious Organizations
In Rewriting the Higher Education Act, Lead Senate Democrat Patty Murray Says Affordability a Top Priority — but Free College Might Be a Step Too Far
Cruz, DeVos Defend Tax-Credit Scholarship Proposal as ‘Right Fight to Have’ as Conservatives Criticize Plan and Dems Declare It ‘Dead on Arrival’
Education Secretary DeVos, Congressional Republicans to Propose $5 Billion Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program to Support School Choice
Dems, GOP Agree Seclusion & Restraint Is Poor Practice but Differ on Need for New Federal Limits
‘It’s Not Like Any School You’ve Ever Seen’: DeVos Sees Radiology, Hydroponic Gardening, and a Tiny House in Visit to Innovative CTE High School
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Gun Control Bills, Return of the ‘Bern,’ Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary & More
Essential Cultural Knowledge or Backdoor Proselytizing? Trump’s Tweet Raises Profile of Bible Literacy Classes in Public Schools
In First K-12 Hearing Under Democratic Control, House Ed Committee Shines Spotlight on School Spending
Eating, Shopping, and Project-Based Learning: A View From Memphis’ Mall-Based Crosstown High
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Congress Eyes Crumbling Buildings, New Insights on STEM Education, Striking Teachers & More
Blink and You Missed It: Besides a One-Sentence Call to ‘Pass School Choice,’ K-12 Education Is Notably Absent From President Trump’s State of the Union
With 2 Years Left in Congress, Senator Lamar Alexander Lays Out His Road Map for Reauthorizing America’s Higher Education Act
This Week in Education Politics: A Road Map to Rewrite the Higher Ed Act, New Ed Department Nominees, Predicting the House’s ‘Ed Labor’ Priorities & More
The Education Department’s Title IX Proposal Is ‘Out of Step’ With Realities of Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools, Groups Warn as Comment Period Closes
House Democrats Unveil $100B School Facility Upgrade Bill, Urge Inclusion in Long-Sought Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
Supplement Not Supplant Is Back: Why Education Advocates Are Concerned a Wonky New ESSA Spending Proposal Will Hurt Poor Kids
A Federal Right to Education: Necessary Change to the Foundations of America’s Education System, or No Lawyer Left Behind?
Congress Should Reauthorize D.C. Scholarship Program That DeVos Calls Example for Country
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Praying Football Coach, but Conservatives Open Door for New Challenge
States With Newer Charter Laws Outpace Some Veterans on Annual Rankings
With 20 New (and 16 Re-elected) Governors Laying Out Education Plans, Here Are the Four States Where School Choice Seems Like a Priority
Republicans Offer Tempered Message for National School Choice Week Amid More Hostile Headwinds From New House Dem Majority
This Week in Education Politics: With Shutdown in Background, Congress Focuses on Disaster Aid for Districts, Higher Ed Regulations, School Choice & More
Gates Foundation to Give up to $10 Million to Support Teacher Training on High-Quality Curricula
18 Key Education Stories to Watch This Year (According to the Experts): Congress, Courts, Choice, Classroom Innovations & More
This Week in Education Politics: Navigating the Shutdown, New School Cases Possibly Headed to SCOTUS, Superintendents of the Year & More
School Choice Supporters Praise IRS Clarification as New Reg Hampers Tax-Credit Scholarships
6 Education Predictions for the New Split Congress: From School Infrastructure to Student Discipline to ‘Groundhog Day’ on Higher Ed?
How Montana’s Ruling Against Tax-Credit Scholarships Could Push the Supreme Court to Revisit the Religious Schools Issue
How School Policy Changed in 2018: The Year’s 7 Biggest Federal Storylines, From Unforgettable Student Advocacy to an Already Forgotten White House Proposal
Providing a Good Education Means Moving Beyond Outdated American Method of Schooling, Senator Says
Ed Dept’s New Title IX Rules Would Set Higher Bar for Proving Sex Harassment in K-12 vs. Higher Ed; Women’s Groups Vow Opposition as 60-Day Comment Period Begins
Ed Dept. Releases Parent Guide to Coming ESSA State, District Report Cards
Expert Review: Some States’ ESSA School Improvement Plans Are Missing the Mark on Equity
School Finance Reform Should Focus on Access to Key Programs, Not Just Money, CAP Says in New Report
Midterm Postmortem: Was the Election a Repudiation of Ed Reform? Or Just a Sign That It’s Going ‘Under the Radar’?
EDlection2018 Final Count: Taking Stock of All the Governor and Superintendent Races
EDlection2018: Nevada Democrats Win State Senate, Have Universal Control of State Government to Change Landmark 2015 GOP Reforms
EDlection2018: Republican Rick Scott Narrowly Leads in Florida Senate Race, With Recount Likely
EDlection2018: Dems Win Control of U.S. House, Starting Agenda Heavy on Ed Dept Oversight
EDlection2018: Republicans Keep Control of U.S. Senate, Setting Countdown Clock on Alexander’s Chairmanship
EDlection2018: Republican Hawley Defeats Democrat McCaskill for Missouri Senate Seat as Dems’ Margin in Chamber Shrinks
EDlection2018: Arizona Voters Block Universal Education Savings Account Expansion
EDlection2018: South Carolina Voters Reject Proposal to Allow Governor to Appoint State Schools Chief
EDlection2018: Wisconsin Re-elects Tammy Baldwin, Democratic Member of HELP Committee, to Senate
EDlection2018: Republican Lee Wins TN Governor’s Race, Will Oversee State’s Ed Reform Legacy
‘We Will Get Out the Vote’: D.C. Middle Schoolers Barnstorm College Campus to Get Students to the Polls
Countdown to EDlection2018: As Midterms Approach, Here’s What the Latest Polls Show in 16 Key Races With Big Stakes for Schools
Chamber of Commerce President: Workforce Training ‘Not Just a College Issue’
School Safety Tops Young People’s List of Election Concerns. But Will It Lead Them to Vote?
Fate of Nevada’s Landmark Ed Reforms Could Hinge on Outcome of Four State Senate Races
School Choice Is Great, but to Have Schools Worth Choosing, There Must Be Equity, Access, and Diversity, Say Authors of New Report
Students Ratify School Safety Bill of Rights Calling for New Gun Control, Mental Health Programs
From ESA Expansion to School Safety Bonds: The 12 Education Ballot Questions Voters Will Consider on Nov. 6
South Carolina Voters Will Soon Elect State K-12 Chief — and Decide If They Should Never Do It Again
As Tennessee Voters Prepare to Elect New Governor, a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for State’s Bipartisan Reforms on School Standards, Teacher Quality, Turnarounds
Small Charter Schools Among Big Winners in Nearly $400 Million in New Ed Dept Grants
Democrats Pan ‘Dangerous and Dumb’ Idea to Arm Teachers as Gun Concerns Hijack ESSA Hearing
This Week in Education Politics: Kavanaugh Controversy Continues, House Takes Up 2019 Education Funding, the ‘Opportunity Myth’ & More
5 Things to Know About the Education Funding Compromise Moving Through Congress
Look Overseas to Find Keys to 21st Century Schools, Expert Says, More Choice, Strong Accountability, and High-Stakes Tests for Students, Not Teachers
In Making Safer Schools, Don’t Overlook Everyday Gun Violence That Harms Children of Color, Panelists Say
This Week In Education Politics: Government Funding Countdown, Think Tanks and Advocates Consider Bullying, School Police
‘There Is an Open Question’: Four Religious School Choice Cases That Could Face SCOTUS and Kavanaugh
This Week In Education Politics: The Senate Holds Confirmation Hearings on SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Apprenticeships, ‘Playful Learning’ & More
The 5 Ways DeVos’s Reported New Title IX Rules Would Change Sex Assault Investigations
The Little-Known Education Legacy of John McCain, a ‘Great Champion’ of School Choice
Gates Foundation Announces $92 Million Going to School Networks Working to Boost High School Graduation, College Enrollment
Facing a ‘Really Big Issue,’ Senators Push for First Federal Survey of the Condition of U.S. Schools Since 1995
Democrats Move to Block Reported DeVos Proposal to Spend Federal Dollars on Guns for Schools, Education Department Calls It a ‘Hypothetical Scenario’
From School Security to Opting Out: 7 Interesting Pending Amendments to the Senate Education Spending Bill
WI Senator and Senate Education Committee Member Tammy Baldwin in Increasingly Tight Race Targeted by Republicans
In Age of Trump, Bill Gates Uses Blog to Highlight Teacher Voice, Programs Helping Immigrant, Refugee Children
The State of School Security Spending: Here’s How States Have Poured $900 Million Into Student Safety Since the Parkland Shooting
How Much More Money Are States Spending on School Security After the Parkland Shooting?
At the Military Child Education Coalition Conference, a Clearer View of How School Choice Is Expanding for Military Families — and the Unique Hurdles That Remain
Congress’s New Education Priorities If Democrats Win the House? Teacher Pay, the Higher Ed Bill, Oversight of DeVos & More
As House Prepares to Approve Federal CTE Law, Some Worry That Senate Provision Could Incentivize States to Lower Their Goals for Students
This Week in Education Politics: Congress Moves Forward on Trump Administration ‘Workforce Education’ Priorities, School Choice for Military Families & More
New Study of Common Core Reading Standards Finds Teachers Aren’t Giving Students Appropriately Challenging Texts
Senate Confirms Reform Advocate Jim Blew in Narrow Vote, Rounding Out Ed Dept’s K-12 Team
This Week in Education Politics: Summer Food for Students, Merging the Education and Labor Departments, the GI Bill & More
House Committee Approves $71 Billion Education Funding Bill in Meeting Dominated by Fate of Separated Migrant Children, Increases Money to School Safety Programs
‘Sticking With the Union’ in Face of Janus Ruling, AFT’s Weingarten Tells Senate Dems
Even Before the Supreme Court Ruled Against Mandatory Union Dues, 7 States Moved to Protect Unions. But Will Those New Laws Stand?
Brett Kavanaugh, Son of D.C. Teacher, Nominated for Supreme Court; Has Praised Efforts to Allow Religious Schools’ Participation in Publicly Funded Programs
This Week in Education Politics: Kennedy SCOTUS Replacement on Deck as Affirmative Action Again in Limelight
Senate Appropriations Committee Advances $71 Billion Education Spending Bill as Leaders Eye Rare Floor Consideration
Reform-Aligned Jared Polis Wins Democratic Primary for Colorado Governor, Beating Union-Backed Candidate in Race That Focused on Education
Divided Supreme Court Ends Mandatory Dues and — in Further Blow to Unions — Rules Members Must Opt In
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Teachers Unions Await SCOTUS Janus Ruling, Senate Rewrites Career & Technical Ed Law, House Talks Ed-Labor Merger & More
‘We Just Haven’t Seen a Race Like This’: How Education — and Differing Visions of School Reform — Has Become a Key Issue for Democrats in Colorado’s Governor Primary
The Department of Education and the Workforce: Why Trump Officials Are Looking to Merge Two Agencies, With a Focus on Better Developing a Modern Workforce
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Immigration Turmoil for DACA Students, House Moves on Ed Spending, LGBT Suicide Prevention & More
House Committee Advances Education Spending Bill With $41 Million Increase, Ends Long-standing Ban on Federal Integration Efforts
House Lawmakers Agree on Need for Accountability at Occasionally Tense Charter School Hearing
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Senate Takes Up Defense Bill that Adds Protections for Military Kids, House Talks ‘Power of Charter Schools’ & More
Finalists Named for the 2018 Broad Prize: An Inside Look at Repeat Nominees Uncommon Schools, Achievement First, DSST Public Schools
If Janus Ruling Means Teachers No Longer Have to Join Unions, Will Breaking Away From State and National Affiliates Be a Way to Save Local Membership?
DeVos Focuses School Safety Field Hearing on Positive Behavioral Interventions — an Obama-Backed Reform She’s Considering Scrapping
Education Issues, Control of the U.S. Senate Loom Large in Florida Senate Race Between Gov. Rick Scott and Longtime Democratic Incumbent Bill Nelson
No Vote in the House for Proposal on Military Education Savings Accounts, Closing the Door on Last Likely Federal Choice Proposal This Congress
From School Safety to Discipline Guidance: 9 Subjects DeVos Addressed in Wide-Ranging First Appearance Before House Ed Committee
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Last Efforts to Expand School Choice in Defense Bill Take Shape, DeVos Goes to the Hill for First Testimony Before House Ed Committee
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Petitions to Protect DACA & Reinstate Net Neutrality as Congress Weighs School Safety, Data Privacy & More
Braun Scores Upset Victory in Indiana GOP Senate Primary, Besting School Choice Advocates Rokita, Messer
DC Charter’s Project-Based After-School Program ‘Wows’ in Its Results for English Learners, Expands to District Schools
Busting the Myth of the 3-Year Superintendent: New Broad Center Report Finds Schools Chiefs Stay on the Job for Average of 6 Years
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: SCOTUS Rulings Coming Soon, Melania Trump’s Latest Projects, Food Stamps vs. School Lunch & More
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels Looks to Expand His Indy Charter School, Saying ‘We Would Wait Forever’ If Relying on K-12 System to Improve
Teachers of the Year Bring Support for Marginalized Students, Concerns about Empathy to White House Visit With Trump
‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’: Importance of African-American Voices in Ed Reform Focus of UNCF Event
Rahm Emanuel, Facing Re-election Fight, Credits Tough Policy Changes for Chicago Schools Success
How Harsh Discipline and Chronic Absenteeism Could Be About to Collide Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Hard Battle Lines Drawn as Congress Considers Using $1.4B in Federal ‘Impact Aid’ to Expand School Choice for Military Families
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: More Key Ed. Dept Nominees Await Senate Action, How ESSA Could Change School Grades, the ‘Workforce Pipeline’ & More
2018 Teacher of the Year Wants Her Refugee Students to Know They Are Wanted and Loved, to Give All Students and Teachers the Chance to Connect
New Research: As Enrollment in Public Pre-K Surges, Quality Fails to Keep Pace
K-12 Education Policy Heavyweights Squaring Off in ‘Nasty’ Indiana GOP Senate Primary
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Inside the House Speaker Race, Events on Student Safety, Teacher Diversity, Parental Choice & More
Florida Reforms Paying Off, DeVos Says, Citing Otherwise Dismal NAEP Results at ‘Nation at Risk’ Summit
New ‘Nation at Risk’ Would Start with ‘Dear American People: Wake Up,’ Janet Napolitano Says in Reagan Institute Panel With Condoleezza Rice
Michigan, Flint Schools to Pay for ‘Unprecedented’ Lead Screening Program for Children Affected by Water Crisis
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: ‘A Nation at Risk’ Turns 35, the Opioid Crisis, Assessments & More
74 Interview: Idaho Superintendent Ybarra on Rural Students, Rethinking School Funding, and Why She Opposes Private Choice Bill
Congress Uses New Funding Bill to Reassert Itself in ESSA Implementation, Nudging Use of Evidence for Struggling School Interventions
New Federal Funding Bill Pours Money Into School Safety & Early Education, With Smaller Bumps for Charters & Other Dept Programs
DeVos’s School Safety Commission Will Be Just Cabinet Secretaries, Will Begin Work ‘Within the Next Few Weeks,’ She Tells Congress
Prevention Key to Ending School Shootings, House Dems Argue, in Contrast to GOP Calls for Armed Teachers, ‘Hardened Schools’
Facing a ‘Significant Lack of Trust,’ D.C. Council Seeks to Rehabilitate Scandal-Plagued School System
The Week Ahead in Education Politics: DeVos Testifying on Ed Funding, the House Talks Apprenticeships, Dems Eye School Safety & More
‘It Is Very Hard to Swim Against the Current’: Advocates Fight for More Education Spending Amid Deep Budget Cuts
Students at D.C. Catholic School Use Stations of the Cross to Mourn Parkland Victims, Pray for End to Gun Violence
At U.S. Capitol, Students Condemn ‘Too Much Waiting Around’ by Adults as Hundreds Call for Stronger Gun Control
Ahead of National Walkout, Students From Across the Country Call for Limits on Campus Cops, More Counselors
A Defensive DeVos Tries to Sell School Safety Plan, Choice Agenda to Skeptical PTA Audience
Betsy DeVos’s Media Blitz, Recapped: The 10 Most Talked-About Exchanges From Her Sit-downs With 60 Minutes, Fox & Friends, & Today
White House Says Betsy DeVos Will Chair Commission Focusing on School Safety; Will Consider Ending Obama-Era Discipline Guidance
This Week in Education Politics: School Safety Debates Amid National Walkouts, Funding for Early Childhood Programs, Public Schools Week & More
‘It’s Rather Daunting’: Mark Janus Reflects on What It’s Like to Be the Plaintiff at the Center of a Key Supreme Court Union Dues Case
DeVos Upstaged by NBA Star in Visit With Florida Shooting Survivors, Criticized After Cutting Press Conference Short
In Kickoff to 2018 Campaigns, Texas Board of Education’s Center Holds as Swing Vote Wins Primary
Senators Tell Schools Chiefs They Plan to Act on School Safety With More Money for Counselors, Better Security, No Mention of Guns
DeVos Offers ‘Tough Love’ to State Chiefs on ESSA Plans That She Says Miss the Mark
This Week in Education Politics: State Chiefs Come to Town, HELP Considers Nominees as Guns Debate Continues
New Research Shows Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Deeply Affecting Students — Immigrant and Citizen, Alike — and Their Teachers
Gorsuch Doesn’t Tip Hand in Janus Union Dues Case as Justices, Attorneys Stick to Familiar Ground
This Week in Education Politics: Congress Returns to School Safety Debate, SCOTUS Hears Arguments In Janus Union Dues Case
Understanding Janus: 7 Articles to Read as Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Case on Public Worker Union Dues
At Education Town Hall, New Kansas Gov. Colyer Talks About State’s School Funding Lawsuit, Standing Firm Against School Closures & Arming Teachers
Exclusive: Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper on School Safety, Turnarounds & Showing Taxpayers a Return on Their Education Investment
As Trump Again Calls for Arming Educators, Teachers Ask for Basic Supplies, Mental Health Supports
Trump Pushes Concealed Weapons for Teachers, End to Gun-Free School Zones as Florida Shooting Survivors Plead for ‘Significant Change’
After Janus, Another Key Lawsuit Targeting Unions: How California’s Yohn Case Targets Opt-Out Rules
Lamar Alexander’s White Whale: Will 2018 Be the Year the Education Veteran Finally Gets His Chance to Rewrite the Higher Ed Act?
This Week in Education Politics: Trump’s 2019 Budget, Native American Education, Reforming ADA for Private Schools & More
Tackling the Opioid Epidemic: Senate Hearing Touts 3 Ways Education Can Play a Role, From Better Drug Prevention to Discipline Reform
This Week in Education Politics: Higher Ed in Focus as Funding, DACA Debates Continue
‘It Only Gets Better From Here’: After State of the Union, Students Stage ‘State of the Youth’
Trump Delves Into DACA Deal During State of the Union Address; All But Forgets to Mention K-12 Education
It’s Not Just Union Dues, It’s Collective Bargaining: Looking to States That Banned Them as Post-Janus Crystal Ball
This Week in Education Politics: Higher Ed Hearings, Immigration Showdown, Child Protections, SOTU & More
Congress Begins Vote to Re-Open Government, Extend Children’s Health Insurance — With A Pledge to Continue Work on DACA
This Week in Education Politics: Shutdown Slowdown, Ed Dept. Nominees, Discipline Reform & More
Republicans Kick Off National School Choice Week by Celebrating Rare Legislative Win in an Otherwise Tumultuous Year
More Than 90 Percent of Ed Dept. Staff Would Be Furloughed in Shutdown, Will Slow ESSA Plans, Hurt ‘Impact Aid’ Schools
An Unusually Pointed DeVos Pans Past Federal School Reform Efforts in Broad Call for ‘Educational Freedom’
As Oral Arguments Near in Landmark Janus Case, Both Sides Prepare for Possible End to Mandatory Union Dues
This Week in Education Politics: Federal Funding, Simplifying College Financial Aid, 21st Century Ed Reform & More
This Week in Education Politics: DACA Showdown, Ed Dept. Nominees Advance & More Key Events Inside the Beltway
Teacher of the Year Finalists Represent 3 States, Defense Dept. Schools, Subjects From Art to ASL
Homeschooling, Higher Ed Provisions Force Last-Minute Tax Reform Re-Do
DeVos Praises Tax Bill’s School Choice Provision at K-12 Education Summit, Sidesteps Funding Threat
How Education Fared in Congress’s Tax Deal Compromise: Teacher Tax Deductions, Charter Financing & 3 More Noteworthy Fixes
Opportunity Wasted: Second-Round ESSA Plans Get Largely Lackluster Reviews From Independent Experts
Federal Government Switches Sides, Joins Argument for Striking Down Mandatory Dues in Janus Case
State Report Cards Information Difficult to Find, Confusing to Use, Data Advocacy Group Says
Senators Focus on Campus Sex Assault, Disabled Student Rights in Confirmation Hearing for Two Ed Dept. Nominees
3 Education Issues That Will Have to Be Reconciled After Senate GOP’s Late-Night Weekend Tax Bill
Government Watchdog: Congress Should Require More Info on Special Ed Rights in Transition to Private School
DeVos Praises ‘Laudable’ Variety in ESSA Plans, Says She’s ‘Just Getting Started’ at Ed Dept.
Jeb Bush Calls for ‘New Coalitions of the Willing’ to Back Education Reform in Era of Intense Divisiveness
Reed Hastings, KIPP Co-founder, Rod Paige Join Forces at Capitol Hill, Urge Congress to Fix DACA — Not Turn It Into a Bargaining Chip
29 States Spending Less on Schools Than Before Recession, Report Finds
74 Interview: Massachusetts Education Leader Russell Johnston on Poverty, Improving Special Education & Living Mitchell Chester’s Legacy
Education Issues at Stake as Senate Takes Up Tax Reform: State and Local Deductions, Teacher Supplies, Choice
How an Online Personalized Preschool Experiment Could Change the Way Rural America Does Early Education
Educators Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences for Charter Schools in New GOP Tax Bill
DeVos Déjà Vu: Battles on Vouchers, ESSA, Title IX Confront Ed Dept. Picks in Confirmation Hearing
New Research: CTE Done Right Should Serve Both College-Bound and Career-Focused Students
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Launches Ed Platform in Crowded Colo. Governor Race
74 Interview: Save the Children’s Mark Shriver on Creating a Powerhouse Lobby for the Powerless
Family Engagement Key to School Choice Efforts Succeeding; New Report Finds Promising Signs in 18 Cities
House Hears Disturbing Tales of ‘Dramatic Change’ Opioid Crisis Has Brought to Schools, Children
Election Day 2017: 8 Important Education Races to Watch Tuesday
House Republicans’ Tax Plan Has Implications at All Levels of Education
Colorado School Board Races Draw Outsize Attention as School Reform, Vouchers at Stake
Kasich, Reportedly on Path to 2020 Bid, Says ‘We Need to Completely Redo Education’
In Virginia Governor’s Race, Education Issues Take Center Stage Mainly Through Trump and DeVos
Brandeis Center Leader and Bush-Era Alum Nominated as Ed Dept Civil Rights Head
San Francisco Failing to Serve Low-Income Students of Color, Report Says
Fate of Dreamers Shouldn’t Become ‘Political Football’: Advocates Urge DACA Protections Without Strings
74 Interview: D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson on Closing the City’s Achievement Gap and How His District Is Unlike Any Other in America
Alexander and Murray, Education Dealmakers, Reach Health Care Compromise, Report Says
Eli Broad, Giant of Education Philanthropy, Is Retiring
Don’t Believe the Hype: Local Education Advocates Say They See Little Change in DeVos’s Views on Federal School Choice Program
Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’
Senate HELP Democrats Continue to Sound Alarm on Weak ESSA Implementation
States Have Stepped Up, but Community, National Pressure Still Needed to Ensure Quality Schools Under ESSA, Chiefs Say
Janus v. AFSCME: 5 Things to Know About the Latest Union Dues Case Headed to the High Court
74 Interview: NOLA Schools Chief on Unifying City Schools and Differing With DeVos on Choice
Education Department Awards More Than $250 Million in Charter Grants; Winners Include Success, IDEA
New Research: Hiring More Teachers of Color and Raising the Teacher Hiring Bar Not Mutually Exclusive
Empty Cabinet: Education Department Has Highest Top Staff Vacancy Rate, at 80%
With Deadline Days Away, Fixes Floundering for Federal Health, Early Ed Programs Serving 9M Kids
37 States Are Using Their ESSA Plans to Crack Down on Chronic Student Absences. So How Will They Do It?
Why Fed Chair Janet Yellen Keeps Bringing Up Education as an Economic Force — and Why Not Everyone Is Thrilled
South Dakota to Offer College Acceptance Based on Smarter Balanced Scores
‘We’re All Kings’: Inside the All-Boys High School That’s Leading D.C.’s Campaign to Help Young Men of Color
The 74 Interview: Councilman Vincent C. Gray on Charters, Pre-K, and Rising Tides in D.C. Schools
Monument Academy in D.C. Tries a New Model to Help Kids in Foster Care — a Charter Boarding School
DeVos Rescinds Obama Sex Assault Rules, Allows Schools to Choose Proof Standard Until New One in Place
74 Interview: Philly’s U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans on Charters, Trump, and School Revitalization
‘Best of Both Worlds’: Denver Evolves Portfolio Strategy With New Innovation School Model
‘Last Shot’ New America Colorado Charter Juggles Refugees, Immigration Fears, Alternative Education Challenges
10 Years, 100% College Acceptance: Inside a Most Remarkable Decade at the Denver School of Science & Technology
DeVos Visits LGBT-Friendly, Arts-Focused School, Dual Credit Charter on Last Day of ‘Rethink School’ Tour
As Big ESSA Deadline Arrives, Many States Move Away From Summative Ratings for School Performance
DeVos Visits Private Schools, Zoo-Based Science Program in Nebraska on Tour’s 3rd Day
House Passes Education Funding Bill With Boosts for After-school Programs Threatened by Proposed Cuts
DeVos Continues ‘Rethink School’ Tour With Visit to Autism School, Air Force Academy
DeVos Urges ‘Something Radically Different’ in Back-to-School Tour Kickoff in Wyoming
Starting With Wyoming BIE School, DeVos Set to Visit Schools in States Aligned With Senate Education Committee
The Federal Education Funding Picture Is Getting Clearer, as House and Senate Advance Bills
DeVos Vows to Overhaul Title IX Rules on Campus Sexual Assault, Stressing Protections for Accused
‘Reinventing America’s Schools’ Author David Osborne Calls for New School Models in D.C.
At Barron Trump’s New School, an Emphasis on Brain Science and a Push to Share Its Breakthroughs
As House Takes Up Education Funding Bill, Lawmakers Offer Bevy of Amendments, From Autism to Desegregation
Congress Returns to a Lengthy Education To-Do List, From Implementing ESSA to Rewriting the Higher Education Act
‘Erasing Their Lives’: Education Advocates Slam Trump’s Decision to End DACA
Chiefs for Change Urges Trump to Protect DACA & Immigrant Students, Calling It a ‘Moral Issue’
Illinois Passes Landmark Funding Bill Creating Tax Credit Scholarship, Sending More Money to Poor Schools
Schools Should Be More Concerned With Teaching Career, Interpersonal Skills, 49th Annual PDK Poll Finds
New Study: KIPP Pre-K Has Big — and Possibly Lasting — Impact on Early Student Achievement
74 Interview: David Hardy on Putting Purpose Before Politics and Kids Before Adults in Leading Ohio’s 2nd State-Takeover District
The Every Student Succeeds Act: Civil Rights Groups Nudge Remaining States to Protect All Kids in ESSA Plans
Alexander & Murray to the Rescue: Will Obama’s Bipartisan Dream Team on Education Save Health Care for Trump?
Roberto Rodriguez, Obama Adviser on Education, to Take Helm of TeachPlus
Nearly 4 Million Students Attend Schools in Counties Most at Risk of Flooding, Pew Report Finds
New Fordham ESSA Report (Happily) Finds States Moving Beyond NCLB Limitations With New Education Plans
NAACP Calls for an End to For-Profit Charter Schools and Wider Rollback on Charter Sector Autonomy
‘This Is About Power and Control’: Advocates Push Back on Weingarten for Linking School Choice to Segregation
‘It Gave Us a Choice When We Didn’t Have One’: Private School Choice Participants Flood Capitol to Tell Their Stories
House Committee Rejects Democrats’ Bid to Restore Education Funding, Protect Teacher Training
House Republicans Warn Education Dept. on ESSA Overreach as Democrats Lament Lack of Accountability Rules
A Summer Education Meltdown: Why Everyone in DC Is Mad About ESSA, Congress, Charters, Choice — or All of the Above
House Subcommittee Advances Education Funding Bill as Democrats Protest ‘Anti-Teacher’ Cuts
House Committee Considers Education Spending Bill That Trims Trump’s Cuts, Drops Funding for Private Choice
Eight States’ End-of-Session Education Laws, Plus the Texas Special Session to Deal With Finance, Pay, Choice
SCOTUS Sends Church-State Cases Back to Colo., New Mexico in Light of Trinity Lutheran Pre-K Ruling
Exclusive: Independent Review of ESSA Plans Rates States Strong on Accountability, Weak on Counting All Kids
Supreme Court Sides With Preschool in Church/State Funding Dispute, Limits Decision to Playground
74 Interview: Rep. Virginia Foxx on Better Career and Technical Education, ‘An Idea Whose Time Has Come’
House Reauthorizes Career and Tech Ed Bill While Members Speak Out Against Trump Funding Cuts
Come Together: New Poll Finds High Bipartisan Support for Improving Early Education
In D.C.’s Revamped ‘Opportunity Academies,’ There Are No Forgotten Students on Graduation Day
As Charter Fans Fret About Trump’s Support, Leaders Warn Funding Boost Not a Done Deal
DeVos Urges Charter Advocates to Embrace Wider View of School Choice, Warns Them Not to Become ‘The Man’
74 Interview: Colorado Rep. (and Gov. Hopeful) Jared Polis on Denver Schools, ESSA & Special Education
Success Academy Wins 2017 Broad Prize, Unveils Ambitious Plans to Launch Digital Platform to Share Curriculum
A New Push for Early Ed: While Some States Expand Pre-K, Most Don’t Require (or Fund) Full-Day Kindergarten
DeVos Says IDEA, Other Federal Laws Apply to Private Voucher Schools, but No Pledge on LGBT
DeVos Returns to the Senate: 6 Education Issues She’s Sure to Face During Tuesday’s Testimony
DeVos Clashes With Democrats Over Federal Protections in School Choice Budget Proposals
State of American Pre-K: New Report Shows 1.5 Million Kids (and 1 in 20 3-Year-Olds) Enrolled
Trump Ed Budget Fleshes Out Choice Proposal, Justifies Deep Cuts
DeVos Emphasizes States’ Prerogative on School Choice, Gives No Details on Federal Expansion
Key Congressional Ally Backs Trump Admin’s School Choice Plan
The 4 Most Notable Cuts in Trump’s Education Budget — and Why Some Say It’s ‘Dead on Arrival’
Bureau of Indian Education Dressed Down in Senate Hearing
Career and Technical Ed Should Be ‘Plan A,’ Foxx Says as House Takes Up Perkins Bill Today
The First 100 Days for the New Education Secretary: How DeVos Stacks Up Against Her Predecessors
Teacher of the Year Finalist Athanasia Kyriakakos on Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders Through the Arts
74 Interview: Teacher of the Year Finalist Megan Gross on Embracing Students With Severe Disabilities
Q&A: How Georgia O’Keeffe Gave Teacher of the Year Finalist Chris Gleason His Best Moment
5 Education Priorities in the Federal Spending Deal That Averted Government Shutdown
Conservatives Embrace, Progressives Deride Trump’s Order to Scale Back Federal K-12 Role
As Trump Readies Sweeping Tax Reform, School Choice Experts Argue Merits of Federal Tax Credit Scholarships
Why Government Shutdowns Tend to Hurt 4-Year-Old Students Most — and Why This Time Might Be Different
Teacher of the Year: The First-Ever Charter Honoree Talks Social Justice, Trauma, and Accountability
Inside the Supreme Court: Are Justices Ready to Side With Church in Case About Playground & State Funding?
Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: 7 Things to Know About a SCOTUS Preschool Case With Big School Choice Implications
Student Advocates Sound the Alarm: States’ ESSA Plans Will Fail the Underserved Kids the Law Was Built to Protect
Exclusive: The 29 Experts Joining Forces to Give State ESSA Plans a Harder Accountability Look
Will the Same Conservative Coalition That Derailed Health Care Bill Now Kill Federal School Choice?
DeVos Hints at ESSA as Means for Feds to Push School Choice but Downplays Federal Oversight
Ivanka Trump, Betsy DeVos Tout STEM Education to 200 Students at Air & Space Museum
Supreme Court Sets New Standard for Special Ed, Unanimously Rejects Minimal School Progress
D.C. Approves ESSA Accountability Plan That Emphasizes Testing Standards & Transparency
In Pitching School Chiefs on ESSA Plans, 2 Congressmen See Wildly Different Futures for U.S. Education
Effective, Efficient — and Limited: DeVos Lays Out Her Vision of Federal Role to State Schools Chiefs
Is a Maryland Teachers Union Organizer Shepherding Weak ESSA Accountability Bill?
With No Senate-Confirmed Appointees, Who’s Helping DeVos Run the Education Department?
Trump Calls for New School Choice Initiatives, Big Cuts to K-12 Budget
Trump Reportedly Wants $6 Billion in Education Cuts — but History Shows He Likely Won’t Get Them
DeVos Pitches New ESSA Flexibility to Big-City Schools Leaders, Gets Tepid Response
The ‘Miraculous’ Rise and Ugly Fall of ESSA: Is Congress’s Education Coalition Too Broken to Tackle Higher Ed?
House Moves D.C. Scholarship Renewal Forward, Hints at School Choice Battles Ahead
The Senate’s 50–49 Killing of ESSA Rules: A Sweeping Change in How America Will Rate (and Fix) Schools
Senate Blocks Teacher Preparation Rules, Ending ESSA Accountability Rules on Deck
Supreme Court Sends Transgender Case Back to Lower Court; Gavin Grimm Vows to Continue His Fight
Nine and Counting: New Legislation Would Expand Virginia’s Charter Schools. Will Gov. McAuliffe Sign?
‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Stumps for Career and Tech Ed as House Readies for New CTE Bill
From Special Ed to College Sex Assault: 7 Policies DeVos Told Congress She Would Be Reviewing Now
After Reported Opposition, DeVos Defends Ending Transgender Protections to Friendly CPAC Crowd
Obama-Era Protections for Transgender Students to Be Revoked, Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case at Risk
‘We Must Draw a Line in the Sand’: Inside Nevada’s New Campaign to Rescue Failing Schools
DeVos Looks to Reassure, Pledging ‘Students Come First’ in First Speech to Ed Dept
House Blocks Obama-Era ESSA Accountability, Teacher Prep Rules Over Democrats’ Objections
DeVos Confirmed as Ed Secretary After Historic Tie-Breaking VP Vote, Unrelenting Opposition
The Last 24 Hours: Democrats Hold Senate Floor as Final DeVos Confirmation Looms
Collateral Damage: Betsy DeVos Survives Brutal Confirmation, but Ed Committee Civility May Not
GOP Moves to Wipe Out ESSA Accountability, Teacher Prep Rules; Some Advocates Predict ‘Chaos’
While DeVos Drama Took Center Stage, Congressional Republicans Push School Choice Bills
What SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Past Rulings on Education Cases Could Mean on the High Court
Whiplash: After 2 Senate Defections, DeVos Shores Up 50 Votes Thursday and Clears Cloture Friday
Betsy DeVos Nomination Clears Hurdle, Leaving Acrimony and Uncertainty About Full Senate Vote
GOP Firewall Expected to Hold on DeVos Nomination, but It’s Been an Unusually Scorching Battle
In the Shadow of Trump, Education Reformers Gather in D.C. to Talk Unity, Division, How to Help Kids
GOP Touts New Growth in School Choice at D.C. Rally, Defends DeVos Against Democrats’ ‘Fit’
As Trump Pauses on ESSA Accountability, Advocates Look for Signal on Whether New Rules Will Stick
Trump’s First Big Victory Is on Education Spending: How Obama Fought GOP on Title I — and Lost
Title I Portability, Grants, Tax Code Changes — The New Opportunities for Federal School Choice
DeVos Pledges Not to Gut Public Schools or Force School Choice During Confirmation Hearing
Your DeVos Hearing CliffsNotes: These Are the 10 Education Issues Sure to Surface in the Senate
The Question I’d Ask Betsy DeVos: Two Dozen Education Leaders Preview Tuesday’s Confirmation Hearing
Supreme Court Justices Eye Possible Higher Special Ed Standard, but What That Should Be Eludes Them
Special Education at the Supreme Court: 7 Things to Know About Wednesday’s Endrew F. Case
Attention, Senators: The Questions 14 Education Experts Would Put to Betsy DeVos Wednesday
74 Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Education, National Security and Donald Trump
How Partisan Flips Could Reshape Education Battles Underway in Kentucky, Nevada, Missouri
States Keep Their Focus on ESSA Implementation Amid Upheaval in D.C. and Beyond
With Eye Toward Trump, King Urges Advocates to Stand Together for Public Education
$20B Needed to Provide High-Quality Head Start, Fix State-to-State Inequities, Report Finds
States Must Target Racial Disparities in Districts’ Treatment of Special Ed Students, Feds Say
U.S. Students’ Math Scores Drop on International Exam, World Ranking Falls to No. 35
Jeb Bush Calls for ‘Earthquake’ in Federal Education Funding and Policy Under GOP Control
74 Interview: Tennis Great Andre Agassi Serves Up School Buildings to 69 Charters — and Counting
51 Votes: How Trump and Senate Republicans Can Bypass Democrats on School-Choice Initiatives
Vouchers, Union Dues, Transgender Students: How the High Court May Rule Under Trump
Analysis: Did Senate ‘Nuclear Option’ Help DeVos Rise Over Rhee for Education Secretary Nod?
Secretary King Tells Governors, School Chiefs Time to End Corporal Punishment for Good
GOP Education Priorities: 13 Stalled House and Senate Bills That Could Now Make It to President Trump’s Desk
How Would Trump Gut Obama’s Education Policies, Anyway? The Congressional Review Act
‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like’: D.C. Students March on the White House to Protest Trump’s Election
Analysis: Trumpism Goes to School — What Our New President Means for Local Choice and Control
An Overlooked Election Surprise: Three New House Democrats Who Back School Choice
Role of Unions and 3 Other Things Education Conservatives Are Eyeing in a Trump Presidency
What Will Trump Do on Education? Seeking Clues on Common Core, School Choice, ESSA
Sen. Pat Toomey Re-elected in Pennsylvania
Criticism From GOP, Concerns From Dems on ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ ESSA Funding Rule
Education at the Polls, Coast to Coast: 22 Big Races and Ballot Questions to Watch Tuesday Night
As Education Advocate Michelle Obama Leaves White House, What’s Role for the Next First Spouse?
As Deadline for Final ESSA Funding Rule Approaches, Opponents Pressure King With Alternative Plan
No Longer the Schools of Trump’s Youth, Military Academies Focus on College Prep, Character
Oregon Ballot Measure Looks to Turn Around One of the Worst Graduation Rates in the U.S.
Feeling the Bern: Will Bernie Sanders Become Head of the Senate’s Education Committee?
Clinton vs. Trump: The Final Education Election Guide
SCOTUS to Hear Virginia Transgender Case With Big Implications for Ed Policy and Beyond
Science Scores on ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Rise in Fourth and Eighth Grade, Stay Stagnant in 12th
Anti-LGBT Bill Drowns Out Discussion of Education Issues in Critical North Carolina Races
California Voters to Decide Future of Bilingual Education for Country’s Largest ELL Population
High School Graduation Rate Hits New High as Obama Credits Federal Investments in Education
EDlection 2016: Montana’s Schools Chief Vying to Be First Native American Woman in Congress
Supreme Court Preview: What You Need to Know About the 3 New School Cases at the High Court
VP Debate Brings Longwood University’s Little-Known Civil Rights Legacy to National Stage
Coming Up Empty on the Other End of the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Overage, Under-credited, Unwanted
Moral Duty or Impending Threat? Georgia Ballot to Include Proposed State Takeover District
Anne Holton, Former Va. Schools Chief and Would-Be Second Lady, Carrying Clinton’s Ed Message
Career and Tech Ed for the Modern Age: 3 Things to Know About the New Federal Proposal
Trump Goes All In on School Choice in First Major Education Policy Speech
Gifted Education, ESSA and Ending the “Persistent Talent Underclass”
Trump’s ‘Education Week’ Calculation: A New Pivot to Woo Reluctant Republicans and Swing State Minorities
Inside Sen. McCain’s Fight to Correct a Catch-22 Holding Back Arizona’s Native American Students
5 States in Crisis: Budget Battles, Court Challenges, Political Bickering Leave Schools Millions Short
74 Interview: Sen. Tom Harkin on Endorsing Clinton Early and Why He’s Wary of ESSA
New Video: Gov. Scott Walker Talks Education and School Choice With The 74 at the RNC
The Pro-School Choice, Anti-Common Core Education Legacy of GOP VP Nominee Mike Pence
GOP Sets the Stage for Cleveland Convention: Here’s Where 18 RNC Elites Stand on Education
74 Interview: Senator Lamar Alexander on Keeping ESSA From Becoming The Next Obamacare
Teachers Union Receives Clinton Warmly – Except on Charter Schools
Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy
74 Interview: Communities In Schools’ Retiring Prez on Helping At-Risk Kids with Love — and Data
K-12 at Gallaudet: Schools Beloved by Deaf Students Defy National Trend Away from Specialized Education
Who’s Advising Donald Trump on Education Anyway? Is Anyone?
Chiefs for Change Unveils First Class of ‘Future Chiefs’ in Bid to Nurture New, More Inclusive Leaders
Data Shows Persistent Racial Disparities in U.S. Schools, King Calls for Tough ESSA Equity Rules
Washington Jesuit Academy Leads Graduates from D.C.’s Toughest Neighborhoods to its Most Elite High Schools
Obama Administration, At Odds with Congress, Doubles Down on ESSA Equity Regulations
Under ESSA, Why John King Won’t Go Along to Get Along
Washington, D.C. — The Pre-K Capital Where Nearly All 4-Year-Olds (and Most 3-Year-Olds!) Go to School
74 Interview: State Senator Scott Hammond on the Rise of Nevada’s ESA Program — and the Challenges Ahead
As Education Savings Accounts Thrive, Experts Look Ahead to 4 Possible Growing Pains
Civics Education IRL: One Day on the Campaign Trail With a Couple of Maryland High School Volunteers
The White House Reflects on Education Victories: What Obama Did for Dropouts, Standards, Pre-K
‘That’s the Easiest Part, Loving These Students,’ Says Award-Winning DC Special Ed Teacher
Testing Wars and the Educational Whack-a-Mole Facing Indiana’s Next State Schools Chief
Favoring Charter Schools Moves from Concept to Reality for More Parents, New Survey Shows
Trump’s Education Legacy: A Rise in School Bullying? New Teacher Survey Shows Election’s Dark Impact
The First Big ESSA Fight Is Here: 7 Things to Know About This Week’s Title I Showdown
New Report Makes a Case: Build Your STEM Program Around Diversity and the Students Will Come
Three Ways of Fixing A City School System: Leaders Weigh in
The 74 Interview: DeRay Mckesson, Baltimore Mayoral Candidate and Black Lives Matter Leader
Next Administration Will Decide on States’ New Accountability Systems, King Says
Baltimore’s Next Mayor: 13 Democrats Who Want the Job, and What School Challenges Await Them
High Court Splits on Union Dues Case, Mandatory Fees Stand
John King Confirmed 49-40 as 10th Education Secretary, Democrats Backing Away from Opposition
Yet More Confusing Charter School Talk from Bernie Sanders: What Is a ‘Private Charter’ Anyway?
Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s New Education Expert, Dr. Ben Carson
The 74 Fact-Check: All the Ways Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Flubbed on Education at Thursday’s Debate
As Congress Weighs John King’s Nomination, Acting Secretary Urges Action on Career and Tech Education
Behind Christie’s New Education Push, Impressive Numbers: Newark’s Charter Schools 2nd Best in U.S.
Forms Are All Around: Minnesota’s Baffling System for Licensing Teachers
Overhauling Gifted Ed: Schools, Feds, Researchers Race to Better Identify Top Students of Color
22-year ‘Moral Imperative’: All the Times Congress Tried, And Failed, To Protect Kids From Abusive Teachers
From Arne Duncan on Down: 23 Critical Education Questions for the Presidential Candidates
Fault Lines Emerge on Putting New Federal Education Law into Practice
Vergara v. California: 5 Things to Know As Students Take Their Legal Case to the Appeals Court
After Scalia, a 4-4 Friedrichs Decision? Lawyers Say There’s Precedent to Demand a Re-Hearing
Clinton Doubles Down on Obama’s K-12 Agenda, Commits $2 Billion to Fight School-to-Prison Pipeline
Why the Race for the Washington State Schools Chief Is Complicated — and Could be the Last
And Then There Were Seven: What We Know About Every Candidate’s Education Agenda
Visions of a School-to-Prison-Back-to-School Pipeline at TFA’s 25th Anniversary
The 74 Interview: Arne Duncan Grades Himself — and Sees Failures on Pre-K, Safety, Desegregation
Funding Crisis, Charter War, Teacher Shortage: Who Wants to be WA. State Schools Chief? These Five.
‘The Kids Come First’: A Day with D.C.’s Principal of the Year
Five Things To Know About Bush’s Education Plan
Behind the Scenes with Rebecca Friedrichs: Teacher Details a Surreal Day at the Supreme Court
Inside the Supreme Court: Scalia, Once Seen as Key Friedrichs Swing Vote, Turns on Teachers Unions
GOP Presidential Contenders Talk Education, Poverty
With Greater Power Under ESSA, State Education Officials Commit to an Era of Greater Responsibility
Teachers Unions At the Supreme Court: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Friedrichs Case
New Federal Funding Bill Boosts Charter School Dollars By 32% — But Is $40 Million Short of Obama’s Request
Parents Tell Supreme Court That Upcoming Friedrichs Union Dues Case Is Also a Classroom Issue
Clinton Praises Rewrite of No Child Left Behind, Sees ESSA as a Boost to Charter Schools, Pre-K and High Standards
Senate Passes NCLB Rewrite in 85-12 Landslide, Obama to Sign Thursday
Broken Bureaucracy: How a Small Federal Agency Fails Native American Kids
NCLB Endgame: State-Focused K-12 Compromise Easily Clears GOP Opposition and Passes House 359-64
Rewriting No Child Left Behind: Analyzing the Fine Print Behind Congress’ 3 Top Compromises
Exclusive Videos: 13 Things We Learned About How Six Top GOP Candidates Would Shape K-12 Education
Montana’s ‘Schools of Promise’: Inside the Fight to Turn Around America’s Remote Native American Classrooms
NCLB Committee Green Lights Compromise After Funding Proposal Nearly Derails Deal
A Grand NCLB Compromise Takes Shape, as Conference Rewrite Chips Away at Federal Accountability
Education World Waits to Glimpse Final NCLB Deal, as Congress Suddenly Sprints to Act — 8 Years Late
Exclusive Video: Rubio Says Clinton ‘Owned’ By Unions, Decries System Where Only Rich Choose Schools
New Poll Shows Majority of Voters List Schools As Big 2016 Issue, But 2/3 Haven’t Heard Peep From Politicians
Watch The 74 Q&A: Carson Doubles Down on School Choice, Wishes Common Core a ‘Quiet Death’
Philosophers vs. Welders: Rubio Trumpets Vocational Training in Debate that Again Skirts Education
At the Center of the No Child Left Behind Debate, a Push to Boost Early Childhood Education
60 Years After Brown v. Board, School Choice and the Persistent Problem of Integrating the Classroom
Rethinking Civics Education, and National Standards, For the Class of 2016
Republicans Debate Higher Ed, Again Silent on K-12 Education Issues
Optimism for No Child Left Behind Rewrite As Ryan Takes House Gavel, Calls for Cooperation
Test Scores on “Nation’s Report Card” Fall, Leaders Cite Common Core Rollout
Education a Low Priority? College Costs Overshadow Equitable K-12 Classrooms in Democratic Debate
Hillary & Bernie Do Vegas: Expect a Lot About Student Loans, Little on Common Core, at Dem Debate
Senate Dems Turn Up the Heat on NCLB Negotiations, As Booker Suggests Possible Filibuster
4 Things to Know About John King, the Next Education Secretary
In naming John King to Replace Arne Duncan, Obama Doubles Down on Push to Renew No Child Left Behind
Arne Duncan vs. the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Reform Jails, Put Money Into Poor Classrooms
Feds Give Away $150M For Charter Expansion, Ask States To Keep A Closer Eye on Charter Finances
New Research Shows Achievement Gap Grows As Schools Become More Segregated
A Legislative Fix to Washington’s Sweeping Anti-Charter Ruling? Separate the Money
Maryland’s Lowery Says Common Core Top Achievement as Ed Chief
Nevada’s Voucher Program: The Next Legal Battle in the War for Parental Choice
‘I’m Not Going to Keep Quiet:’ Washington Parents Depressed But Determined After Charter Court Verdict
The National PTA: A Surprising Force on School Lunches, NCLB and…Gun Control?
Court Rules Washington Charters Unconstitutional: Now What Will Happen to Students?
The Top 5 Education Debates Set to Hit Congress This Fall
Education on the Back Burner: Why Congress Might Not Settle the NCLB Debate Until 2016
74 Survey: 58% Confused About Common Core, 63% See ‘Serious Problems’ in U.S. Schools
In New Hampshire, Scott Walker Doubles Down on Fighting Unions — and Protecting Best Teachers
Jeb Bush at the Ed Summit: Urgent Defense of Higher Standards, Firm Views on State Control
VIDEO: Here’s Where 6 GOP Leaders Stand on Education Policy
WATCH THIS: 5 Things to Know About Chris Christie Ahead of the Education Summit
WATCH NOW: 4 Things to Know About Carly Fiorina Ahead of the Education Summit
VIDEO: 3 Things to Know About Bobby Jindal’s Education Platform Ahead of Our NH Summit
VIDEO: 4 Things to Know About John Kasich’s Education Platform Ahead of The 74 Summit
Tiny New Hampshire District Caught in Crosshairs of School Choice Debate
VIDEO: 4 Things to Know About Jeb Bush’s K-12 Platform Ahead of the Education Summit
Virginia District Evens Graduation Rate for White, Black Students with Programs, Persistence
WATCH THIS: 5 Things to Know About Scott Walker Ahead of the Education Summit
Higher Standards Gets Applause, Common Core Booed as GOP Debate Turns Briefly to Education
Cue the GOP Debates: Three Ways Education Issues Could Spark Prime-Time Drama
The Race to Protect Student Data: New Bill Aims to Strengthen Privacy
John Kasich Joins the Crowd: 8 Things to Know About the Ohio Governor’s Education Record
Senate Rewrites NCLB, Leaders Hail it as Historic Fix That Still Protects Vulnerable Students
After All That Senate Consensus on NCLB, the Real Accountability Debate Begins
Accountability Proposals Defeated in NCLB Rewrite as Civil Rights, Teachers Groups Keep Score
Senate Closes in on No Child Left Behind Rewrite as Accountability and Funding Fight Looms
Scott Walker Is In: 9 Things to Know About His Education Record
Cue the No Child Left Behind Debate: Bullying, Preschool, Funding Formulas Hit Senate Floor
What a Game-Changing Supreme Court Case About Teachers and Union Dues Means for Students
House and Senate Debate Billions in Education Cuts That Will Surely Never Hit Obama’s Desk
EDlection 2016: Iowa Rallies Around New Science Standards
EDlection 2016: Desperate Times Call for Urgent School Reforms in Nevada