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Carolyn Phenicie is a senior writer at The 74 based in Washington, D.C., covering federal policy, Congress, and the Education Department.

Reading, Writing & Healing: Amid Widespread Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, an Ohio School for Refugees Emphasizes ‘Creating a Childhood’

Carolyn Phenicie

In Ohio, Epicenter of the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic, a Day in the Life of the State’s First High School Devoted to Students in Recovery

Carolyn Phenicie

A 2019 Education Journalism Jealousy List: 19 Important Articles About Schools We Wish We Had Published Last Year

Beth Hawkins, Carolyn Phenicie, Laura Fay, Kevin Mahnken, Mark Keierleber, Meghan Gallagher & Taylor Swaak

January 1, 2020

‘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

Carolyn Phenicie

December 18, 2019

Just Two 2020 Candidates, Bennet and Warren, Discuss Charter Schools at Education Election Forum

Carolyn Phenicie

December 15, 2019

Pre-K, School Choice Provisions Almost Derailed Final ESSA Deal, Authors Reveal on Law’s Fourth Anniversary

Carolyn Phenicie

December 11, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

December 9, 2019

Briefs in Key School Choice Case Present Dueling Religious Freedom Arguments Ahead of January Supreme Court Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

November 19, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

November 13, 2019

SCOTUS Clears Way for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer

Carolyn Phenicie

November 12, 2019

New CAP Report Urges Federal Charter Program to Shift Focus From Opening New Schools to Fixing Problems in Sector

Carolyn Phenicie

October 28, 2019

Charter Supporters Deride Warren’s Proposed Crackdown on Sector as ‘Out of Touch’

Carolyn Phenicie

October 21, 2019

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?

Carolyn Phenicie

October 14, 2019

Former Obama Ed Secretaries Urge More Details on Democrats’ Big Education Spending Proposals

Carolyn Phenicie

October 11, 2019

When It Comes to Maximizing School Funds, Ed Talking Heads at Policy Event Trumpet Choice, Transparency and a Quick Game of ‘Would You Rather?’

Carolyn Phenicie

October 8, 2019

DeVos, Conway Tackle Widespread Opposition to $5 Billion Federal Tax-Credit Scholarship Proposal

Carolyn Phenicie

October 1, 2019

5 Things We Learned From New Federal Study: Massive Growth of Charters, No Difference in Student Performance From Traditional Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

September 25, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

September 18, 2019

‘If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Somebody Else Will’: Sixty-Five Years Later, Brown v. Board Participants Work to Correct the Record

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

September 13, 2019

Chicago Agrees to Reinvestigation of Sexual Abuse Complaints, Other Remedies After Federal Investigation Finds ‘Widespread and Systemic’ Title IX Violations

Carolyn Phenicie

September 12, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

September 11, 2019

As Trump Pushes to Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely, Advocates Fear Expansion of Already-Inadequate Schooling

Carolyn Phenicie

August 26, 2019

‘We’ve Got a Real Crisis’: Half of U.S. Teachers Have Considered Leaving Profession, PDK Poll Finds

Carolyn Phenicie

In Second Debate, Democrats Leave Busing Behind, Focusing Instead on Education’s Role in Racial Strife ‘Happening Now’

Carolyn Phenicie

2020 Democrats Want to Dramatically Increase Title I Funding. But Without More Accountability, Is This Just the ‘Santa Claus Approach to Education Policy’?

Carolyn Phenicie

To Protect Schools From Mass Shootings, Florida Advocates Urge Senators to Tie Federal Education Aid to Adoption of Tighter Security Measures

Carolyn Phenicie

‘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

Carolyn Phenicie

Fixing Struggling Schools Is Hard. Moving Past Quick Fixes and Focusing on ‘Continuous Improvement’ Is Key, Gates Grantees Say

Carolyn Phenicie

Data Concerns, Determining Root Causes of Educational Inequities Among Early Challenges of Gates Foundation’s First Year of School Improvement Network Grants

Carolyn Phenicie

Education, Civil Rights Groups Celebrate as Trump Drops Legal Fight on Controversial Census Citizenship Question

Carolyn Phenicie

Exclusive: Ex-Puerto Rico Schools Chief Julia Keleher, Indicted in Corruption Probe, Previously Denied She Was Federal Target

Mark Keierleber & Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Administration Versus Supreme Court in Justice Department Tug-of-War Over Census Citizenship Question

Carolyn Phenicie

Two Days of Democratic Debate Showcased Wide Canvas of Education Issues, From Busing to Social-Emotional Learning

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Will Hear Key School Choice Case Challenging Ban on Religious Schools Participating in Montana Tax-Credit Scholarship Program

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Advocates Relieved but Wary as High Court Blocks Citizenship Question From Census, Removing Threat to Federal School Funding — for Now

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

Human Right or Federal Overreach? House Members Spar Over Legislation to Protect Public Workers

Carolyn Phenicie

Charters, Child Care & More: 5 Ways Education Could Come Up at the Democratic Debates

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

A Year After High Court Janus Ruling, New Survey Shows Most Teachers Still Don’t Know They Can Opt Out of Union Membership, Dues

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Department Finalizes ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ Rules That Advocates Fear Could Harm Low-Income Students

Carolyn Phenicie

Ed. Dept. Should Remedy Underreporting of Seclusion and Restraint Data, Government Watchdog Warns

Carolyn Phenicie

Treasury Regs Give Some Leeway for Continued Federal Benefit for Donations to State Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs, Prompting Mixed Reactions From Choice Supporters

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

Mark Janus Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Win With Vow to Continue Advocating for Workers Seeking Freedom From Public Unions

Carolyn Phenicie

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?

Carolyn Phenicie

School Safety, Sex Ed & Other Proposed Amendments to Watch as House Takes Up 2020 Education Spending Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

As High Court Mulls Ruling on Census Citizenship Question, Education Advocates Warn of Dire Impact on Federal Funding

Carolyn Phenicie

Ed Dept. Creates Dedicated Disaster Response Team to Manage Federal Aid to Schools Amid Increased Hurricanes, Wildfires and Floods

Carolyn Phenicie

EDlection 2020: Comparing K-12 Plans on Teacher Pay, Pre-K and More From Democratic Front-runners Biden & Sanders

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Bernie Sanders’s K-12 Proposal Would More Than Double the Federal Education Budget: 6 of His Top Spending Priorities

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Wisconsin Governor and Former State Schools Chief Tony Evers on Equitable School Funding, His GOP Foes & Hitting Pause on Private School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

Bernie Sanders Wants New Limits on Charters, but Impact May Be Less Than Revolutionary

Carolyn Phenicie

Gates Foundation Launches Postsecondary Value Commission in Hopes of Influencing the Ongoing Higher Ed Reauthorization in Congress

Carolyn Phenicie

As Free College Tuition Becomes a Popular Rallying Cry, ‘Tennessee Promise’ Hailed as Game Changer — but Equity Concerns Remain

Carolyn Phenicie

Obama’s Now-Revoked 2014 Discipline Guidance: Necessary Federal Oversight or Inappropriate, Top-Down Intervention?

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

District of Columbia

100 Days Into His Tenure at Scandal-Weary DC Schools, New Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Promises to ‘Move at the Speed of Trust’

Carolyn Phenicie

House Hearing on Brown v. Board Legacy Focuses on School Choice, Federal Discipline Guidance

Carolyn Phenicie

The Big Picture

Middle Schoolers Are Doing Better on a Key Tech and Engineering Test — and It’s Thanks to the Girls

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: 2020 Federal Funding Comes Into Focus, the State of Integration 65 Years After Brown, Entrepreneurship at HBCUs & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Juvenile Justice Reform, Equitable Funding Among Priorities for 2019 Teacher of the Year

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Research Finds Pre-K Enrollment, Spending Stagnant, As Key Federal Early Learning Grants Are About to Dry Up

Carolyn Phenicie

Social-Emotional Learning Is Vital — but Needs to Be Measured Correctly and Can’t Usurp Academics, Panelists Say

Carolyn Phenicie

House Education Committee Homes In on DeVos’s Proposed Tax Credit Scholarship, Claiming It Would Take Funds From Other Ed Programs

Carolyn Phenicie

Bobby Scott Again Raises ‘Disheartening’ Issue of Subgroup Performance in ESSA Implementation, Warns That Law’s Flexibility Is Not a ‘Blank Check’

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Pushes State Chiefs to Consider ESSA Waivers, Particularly in Testing, Saying Anything That Helps Student Achievement ‘Is Going to Be Seen Very Favorably’

Carolyn Phenicie

Free College. Debt-Free College. Higher Ed Affordability. Whatever You Call It, It’s the First Big Education Issue of the 2020 Campaign

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Democrats Hammer DeVos for “Shameful” Proposal to Cut Special Olympics Funding, Eliminate Money for Student Mental Health Services

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Takes Tough Stance as Congressional Democrats Hammer Her on Budget Cuts, School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Could Hear Arguments From Students Claiming That School Policies Protecting Transgender Rights Violate Their ‘Bodily Privacy’

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Department Nudges States to Think Bigger in Experimenting With the Every Student Succeeds Act

Carolyn Phenicie

White House Focuses on Workforce Needs as Higher Ed Act Reauthorization Heats Up

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Department Ends Ban on Religious Organizations Providing Services to Low-Income Students at Private Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Teacher of the Year Finalists on Setting Priorities, Changing Policy, and Taking On a More Political Role

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Proposes New School Choice Investments, 10 Percent Cut to Other Education Spending in Budget That Echoes Those Congress Has Twice Rejected

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Trump to Propose Ed Department Budget Cuts, Enforcing Equity in Special Ed, Cybersecurity Careers & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Dems Highlight Plight of DACA Recipients — Including Rhodes Scholar — but GOP Says Fix Must Come With Border Enforcement

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

It’s Been One Year Since the Supreme Court Heard the Janus Case. The Lawsuits Challenging Unions Aren’t Anywhere Near Over

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Post-Trinity Lutheran Case, but Conservative Justices Anticipate Needing to Settle the Issue of State Support of Religious Organizations

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Cruz, DeVos Defend Tax-Credit Scholarship Proposal as ‘Right Fight to Have’ as Conservatives Criticize Plan and Dems Declare It ‘Dead on Arrival’

Carolyn Phenicie

February 28, 2019

Education Secretary DeVos, Congressional Republicans to Propose $5 Billion Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program to Support School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

February 28, 2019

Dems, GOP Agree Seclusion & Restraint Is Poor Practice but Differ on Need for New Federal Limits

Carolyn Phenicie

February 27, 2019

‘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

Carolyn Phenicie

February 26, 2019

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Gun Control Bills, Return of the ‘Bern,’ Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary & More

Carolyn Phenicie

February 23, 2019

Essential Cultural Knowledge or Backdoor Proselytizing? Trump’s Tweet Raises Profile of Bible Literacy Classes in Public Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

February 13, 2019

In First K-12 Hearing Under Democratic Control, House Ed Committee Shines Spotlight on School Spending

Carolyn Phenicie

February 12, 2019

Eating, Shopping, and Project-Based Learning: A View From Memphis’ Mall-Based Crosstown High

Carolyn Phenicie

February 11, 2019

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Congress Eyes Crumbling Buildings, New Insights on STEM Education, Striking Teachers & More

Carolyn Phenicie

February 9, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

February 5, 2019

With 2 Years Left in Congress, Senator Lamar Alexander Lays Out His Road Map for Reauthorizing America’s Higher Education Act

Carolyn Phenicie

February 4, 2019

This Week in Education Politics

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

Carolyn Phenicie

February 2, 2019

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

Carolyn Phenicie

January 31, 2019

House Democrats Unveil $100B School Facility Upgrade Bill, Urge Inclusion in Long-Sought Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

Carolyn Phenicie

January 30, 2019

Every Student Succeeds Act

Supplement Not Supplant Is Back: Why Education Advocates Are Concerned a Wonky New ESSA Spending Proposal Will Hurt Poor Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

January 28, 2019

A Federal Right to Education: Necessary Change to the Foundations of America’s Education System, or No Lawyer Left Behind?

Carolyn Phenicie

January 25, 2019

National School Choice Week

Congress Should Reauthorize D.C. Scholarship Program That DeVos Calls Example for Country

Carolyn Phenicie

January 23, 2019

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Praying Football Coach, but Conservatives Open Door for New Challenge

Carolyn Phenicie

January 22, 2019

States With Newer Charter Laws Outpace Some Veterans on Annual Rankings

Carolyn Phenicie

January 22, 2019

National School Choice Week

With 20 New (and 16 Re-elected) Governors Laying Out Education Plans, Here Are the Four States Where School Choice Seems Like a Priority

Carolyn Phenicie

January 21, 2019

National School Choice Week

Republicans Offer Tempered Message for National School Choice Week Amid More Hostile Headwinds From New House Dem Majority

Carolyn Phenicie

January 15, 2019

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: With Shutdown in Background, Congress Focuses on Disaster Aid for Districts, Higher Ed Regulations, School Choice & More

Carolyn Phenicie

January 12, 2019

Gates Foundation to Give up to $10 Million to Support Teacher Training on High-Quality Curricula

Carolyn Phenicie

January 8, 2019

18 Key Education Stories to Watch This Year (According to the Experts): Congress, Courts, Choice, Classroom Innovations & More

Beth Hawkins, Mark Keierleber, Carolyn Phenicie, Esmeralda Fabián Romero, Kate Stringer & Taylor Swaak

January 7, 2019

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Navigating the Shutdown, New School Cases Possibly Headed to SCOTUS, Superintendents of the Year & More

Carolyn Phenicie

January 6, 2019

School Choice Supporters Praise IRS Clarification as New Reg Hampers Tax-Credit Scholarships

Carolyn Phenicie

January 3, 2019

6 Education Predictions for the New Split Congress: From School Infrastructure to Student Discipline to ‘Groundhog Day’ on Higher Ed?

Carolyn Phenicie

January 2, 2019

How Montana’s Ruling Against Tax-Credit Scholarships Could Push the Supreme Court to Revisit the Religious Schools Issue

Carolyn Phenicie

December 18, 2018

Best of the Month

How School Policy Changed in 2018: The Year’s 7 Biggest Federal Storylines, From Unforgettable Student Advocacy to an Already Forgotten White House Proposal

Carolyn Phenicie

December 16, 2018

Providing a Good Education Means Moving Beyond Outdated American Method of Schooling, Senator Says

Carolyn Phenicie

December 6, 2018

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

Carolyn Phenicie

November 16, 2018

Every Student Succeeds Act

Ed Dept. Releases Parent Guide to Coming ESSA State, District Report Cards

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2018

Every Student Succeeds Act

Expert Review: Some States’ ESSA School Improvement Plans Are Missing the Mark on Equity

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2018

School Finance Reform Should Focus on Access to Key Programs, Not Just Money, CAP Says in New Report

Carolyn Phenicie

November 13, 2018

Midterm Postmortem: Was the Election a Repudiation of Ed Reform? Or Just a Sign That It’s Going ‘Under the Radar’?

Carolyn Phenicie

November 9, 2018

EDlection2018 Final Count: Taking Stock of All the Governor and Superintendent Races

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Nevada Democrats Win State Senate, Have Universal Control of State Government to Change Landmark 2015 GOP Reforms

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Republican Rick Scott Narrowly Leads in Florida Senate Race, With Recount Likely

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Dems Win Control of U.S. House, Starting Agenda Heavy on Ed Dept Oversight

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Republicans Keep Control of U.S. Senate, Setting Countdown Clock on Alexander’s Chairmanship

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Republican Hawley Defeats Democrat McCaskill for Missouri Senate Seat as Dems’ Margin in Chamber Shrinks

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Arizona Voters Block Universal Education Savings Account Expansion

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: South Carolina Voters Reject Proposal to Allow Governor to Appoint State Schools Chief

Carolyn Phenicie

November 6, 2018

EDlection2018: Wisconsin Re-elects Tammy Baldwin, Democratic Member of HELP Committee, to Senate

Carolyn Phenicie

November 6, 2018

EDlection2018: Republican Lee Wins TN Governor’s Race, Will Oversee State’s Ed Reform Legacy

Carolyn Phenicie

November 6, 2018

‘We Will Get Out the Vote’: D.C. Middle Schoolers Barnstorm College Campus to Get Students to the Polls

Carolyn Phenicie

November 5, 2018

Countdown to EDlection2018: As Midterms Approach, Here’s What the Latest Polls Show in 16 Key Races With Big Stakes for Schools

Carolyn Phenicie & Kevin Mahnken

October 31, 2018

Chamber of Commerce President: Workforce Training ‘Not Just a College Issue’

Carolyn Phenicie

October 30, 2018

School Safety Tops Young People’s List of Election Concerns. But Will It Lead Them to Vote?

Carolyn Phenicie

October 29, 2018

Fate of Nevada’s Landmark Ed Reforms Could Hinge on Outcome of Four State Senate Races

Carolyn Phenicie

October 26, 2018

School Choice Is Great, but to Have Schools Worth Choosing, There Must Be Equity, Access, and Diversity, Say Authors of New Report

Carolyn Phenicie

October 25, 2018

Students Ratify School Safety Bill of Rights Calling for New Gun Control, Mental Health Programs

Carolyn Phenicie

October 21, 2018

From ESA Expansion to School Safety Bonds: The 12 Education Ballot Questions Voters Will Consider on Nov. 6

Carolyn Phenicie

October 19, 2018

South Carolina Voters Will Soon Elect State K-12 Chief — and Decide If They Should Never Do It Again

Carolyn Phenicie

October 16, 2018

As Tennessee Voters Prepare to Elect New Governor, a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for State’s Bipartisan Reforms on School Standards, Teacher Quality, Turnarounds

Carolyn Phenicie

October 8, 2018

Small Charter Schools Among Big Winners in Nearly $400 Million in New Ed Dept Grants

Carolyn Phenicie

October 4, 2018

Every Student Succeeds Act

Democrats Pan ‘Dangerous and Dumb’ Idea to Arm Teachers as Gun Concerns Hijack ESSA Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

September 25, 2018

This Week in Education Politics: Kavanaugh Controversy Continues, House Takes Up 2019 Education Funding, the ‘Opportunity Myth’ & More

Carolyn Phenicie

September 22, 2018

5 Things to Know About the Education Funding Compromise Moving Through Congress

Carolyn Phenicie

September 19, 2018

Look Overseas to Find Keys to 21st Century Schools, Expert Says, More Choice, Strong Accountability, and High-Stakes Tests for Students, Not Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

September 18, 2018

In Making Safer Schools, Don’t Overlook Everyday Gun Violence That Harms Children of Color, Panelists Say

Carolyn Phenicie

September 13, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week In Education Politics: Government Funding Countdown, Think Tanks and Advocates Consider Bullying, School Police

Carolyn Phenicie

September 8, 2018

‘There Is an Open Question’: Four Religious School Choice Cases That Could Face SCOTUS and Kavanaugh

Carolyn Phenicie

September 5, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week In Education Politics: The Senate Holds Confirmation Hearings on SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Apprenticeships, ‘Playful Learning’ & More

Carolyn Phenicie

September 2, 2018

The 5 Ways DeVos’s Reported New Title IX Rules Would Change Sex Assault Investigations

Carolyn Phenicie

August 29, 2018

The Little-Known Education Legacy of John McCain, a ‘Great Champion’ of School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

August 28, 2018

Gates Foundation Announces $92 Million Going to School Networks Working to Boost High School Graduation, College Enrollment

Carolyn Phenicie

August 28, 2018

Facing a ‘Really Big Issue,’ Senators Push for First Federal Survey of the Condition of U.S. Schools Since 1995

Carolyn Phenicie

August 24, 2018

Democrats Move to Block Reported DeVos Proposal to Spend Federal Dollars on Guns for Schools, Education Department Calls It a ‘Hypothetical Scenario’

Carolyn Phenicie

August 23, 2018

From School Security to Opting Out: 7 Interesting Pending Amendments to the Senate Education Spending Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

August 22, 2018

WI Senator and Senate Education Committee Member Tammy Baldwin in Increasingly Tight Race Targeted by Republicans

Carolyn Phenicie

August 22, 2018

In Age of Trump, Bill Gates Uses Blog to Highlight Teacher Voice, Programs Helping Immigrant, Refugee Children

Carolyn Phenicie

August 21, 2018

The State of School Security Spending: Here’s How States Have Poured $900 Million Into Student Safety Since the Parkland Shooting

Carolyn Phenicie

August 20, 2018

How Much More Money Are States Spending on School Security After the Parkland Shooting?

Carolyn Phenicie

August 20, 2018

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Congress’s New Education Priorities If Democrats Win the House? Teacher Pay, the Higher Ed Bill, Oversight of DeVos & More

Carolyn Phenicie

As House Prepares to Approve Federal CTE Law, Some Worry That Senate Provision Could Incentivize States to Lower Their Goals for Students

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Congress Moves Forward on Trump Administration ‘Workforce Education’ Priorities, School Choice for Military Families & More

Carolyn Phenicie

New Study of Common Core Reading Standards Finds Teachers Aren’t Giving Students Appropriately Challenging Texts

Carolyn Phenicie

Senate Confirms Reform Advocate Jim Blew in Narrow Vote, Rounding Out Ed Dept’s K-12 Team

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Summer Food for Students, Merging the Education and Labor Departments, the GI Bill & More

Carolyn Phenicie

House Committee Approves $71 Billion Education Funding Bill in Meeting Dominated by Fate of Separated Migrant Children, Increases Money to School Safety Programs

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

‘Sticking With the Union’ in Face of Janus Ruling, AFT’s Weingarten Tells Senate Dems

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

Even Before the Supreme Court Ruled Against Mandatory Union Dues, 7 States Moved to Protect Unions. But Will Those New Laws Stand?

Carolyn Phenicie

Brett Kavanaugh, Son of D.C. Teacher, Nominated for Supreme Court; Has Praised Efforts to Allow Religious Schools’ Participation in Publicly Funded Programs

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Kennedy SCOTUS Replacement on Deck as Affirmative Action Again in Limelight

Carolyn Phenicie

Senate Appropriations Committee Advances $71 Billion Education Spending Bill as Leaders Eye Rare Floor Consideration

Carolyn Phenicie

Reform-Aligned Jared Polis Wins Democratic Primary for Colorado Governor, Beating Union-Backed Candidate in Race That Focused on Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

Divided Supreme Court Ends Mandatory Dues and — in Further Blow to Unions — Rules Members Must Opt In

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Teachers Unions Await SCOTUS Janus Ruling, Senate Rewrites Career & Technical Ed Law, House Talks Ed-Labor Merger & More

Carolyn Phenicie

‘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

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Immigration Turmoil for DACA Students, House Moves on Ed Spending, LGBT Suicide Prevention & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Building Integrated Classrooms

House Committee Advances Education Spending Bill With $41 Million Increase, Ends Long-standing Ban on Federal Integration Efforts

Carolyn Phenicie

House Lawmakers Agree on Need for Accountability at Occasionally Tense Charter School Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Senate Takes Up Defense Bill that Adds Protections for Military Kids, House Talks ‘Power of Charter Schools’ & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Finalists Named for the 2018 Broad Prize: An Inside Look at Repeat Nominees Uncommon Schools, Achievement First, DSST Public Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

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?

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Focuses School Safety Field Hearing on Positive Behavioral Interventions — an Obama-Backed Reform She’s Considering Scrapping

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Issues, Control of the U.S. Senate Loom Large in Florida Senate Race Between Gov. Rick Scott and Longtime Democratic Incumbent Bill Nelson

Carolyn Phenicie

No Vote in the House for Proposal on Military Education Savings Accounts, Closing the Door on Last Likely Federal Choice Proposal This Congress

Carolyn Phenicie

From School Safety to Discipline Guidance: 9 Subjects DeVos Addressed in Wide-Ranging First Appearance Before House Ed Committee

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

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

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Petitions to Protect DACA & Reinstate Net Neutrality as Congress Weighs School Safety, Data Privacy & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Braun Scores Upset Victory in Indiana GOP Senate Primary, Besting School Choice Advocates Rokita, Messer

Carolyn Phenicie

National Charter Schools Week

DC Charter’s Project-Based After-School Program ‘Wows’ in Its Results for English Learners, Expands to District Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Busting the Myth of the 3-Year Superintendent: New Broad Center Report Finds Schools Chiefs Stay on the Job for Average of 6 Years

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: SCOTUS Rulings Coming Soon, Melania Trump’s Latest Projects, Food Stamps vs. School Lunch & More

Carolyn Phenicie

National Charter Schools Week

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

Carolyn Phenicie

Teachers of the Year Bring Support for Marginalized Students, Concerns about Empathy to White House Visit With Trump

Carolyn Phenicie

‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’: Importance of African-American Voices in Ed Reform Focus of UNCF Event

Carolyn Phenicie

Rahm Emanuel, Facing Re-election Fight, Credits Tough Policy Changes for Chicago Schools Success

Carolyn Phenicie

How Harsh Discipline and Chronic Absenteeism Could Be About to Collide Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Carolyn Phenicie

Hard Battle Lines Drawn as Congress Considers Using $1.4B in Federal ‘Impact Aid’ to Expand School Choice for Military Families

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: More Key Ed. Dept Nominees Await Senate Action, How ESSA Could Change School Grades, the ‘Workforce Pipeline’ & More

Carolyn Phenicie

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

Carolyn Phenicie

The Big Picture

New Research: As Enrollment in Public Pre-K Surges, Quality Fails to Keep Pace

Carolyn Phenicie

K-12 Education Policy Heavyweights Squaring Off in ‘Nasty’ Indiana GOP Senate Primary

Carolyn Phenicie

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Inside the House Speaker Race, Events on Student Safety, Teacher Diversity, Parental Choice & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Florida Reforms Paying Off, DeVos Says, Citing Otherwise Dismal NAEP Results at ‘Nation at Risk’ Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

New ‘Nation at Risk’ Would Start with ‘Dear American People: Wake Up,’ Janet Napolitano Says in Reagan Institute Panel With Condoleezza Rice

Carolyn Phenicie

Michigan, Flint Schools to Pay for ‘Unprecedented’ Lead Screening Program for Children Affected by Water Crisis

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: ‘A Nation at Risk’ Turns 35, the Opioid Crisis, Assessments & More

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Idaho Superintendent Ybarra on Rural Students, Rethinking School Funding, and Why She Opposes Private Choice Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

Congress Uses New Funding Bill to Reassert Itself in ESSA Implementation, Nudging Use of Evidence for Struggling School Interventions

Carolyn Phenicie

New Federal Funding Bill Pours Money Into School Safety & Early Education, With Smaller Bumps for Charters & Other Dept Programs

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos’s School Safety Commission Will Be Just Cabinet Secretaries, Will Begin Work ‘Within the Next Few Weeks,’ She Tells Congress

Carolyn Phenicie

Prevention Key to Ending School Shootings, House Dems Argue, in Contrast to GOP Calls for Armed Teachers, ‘Hardened Schools’

Carolyn Phenicie

Facing a ‘Significant Lack of Trust,’ D.C. Council Seeks to Rehabilitate Scandal-Plagued School System

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: DeVos Testifying on Ed Funding, the House Talks Apprenticeships, Dems Eye School Safety & More

Carolyn Phenicie

‘It Is Very Hard to Swim Against the Current’: Advocates Fight for More Education Spending Amid Deep Budget Cuts

Carolyn Phenicie

Students at D.C. Catholic School Use Stations of the Cross to Mourn Parkland Victims, Pray for End to Gun Violence

Carolyn Phenicie

At U.S. Capitol, Students Condemn ‘Too Much Waiting Around’ by Adults as Hundreds Call for Stronger Gun Control

Carolyn Phenicie

Ahead of National Walkout, Students From Across the Country Call for Limits on Campus Cops, More Counselors

Carolyn Phenicie

A Defensive DeVos Tries to Sell School Safety Plan, Choice Agenda to Skeptical PTA Audience

Carolyn Phenicie

Betsy DeVos’s Media Blitz, Recapped: The 10 Most Talked-About Exchanges From Her Sit-downs With 60 Minutes, Fox & Friends, & Today

Carolyn Phenicie

White House Says Betsy DeVos Will Chair Commission Focusing on School Safety; Will Consider Ending Obama-Era Discipline Guidance

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: School Safety Debates Amid National Walkouts, Funding for Early Childhood Programs, Public Schools Week & More

Carolyn Phenicie

Janus v. AFSCME

‘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

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Upstaged by NBA Star in Visit With Florida Shooting Survivors, Criticized After Cutting Press Conference Short

Carolyn Phenicie

In Kickoff to 2018 Campaigns, Texas Board of Education’s Center Holds as Swing Vote Wins Primary

Carolyn Phenicie

Senators Tell Schools Chiefs They Plan to Act on School Safety With More Money for Counselors, Better Security, No Mention of Guns

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Offers ‘Tough Love’ to State Chiefs on ESSA Plans That She Says Miss the Mark

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: State Chiefs Come to Town, HELP Considers Nominees as Guns Debate Continues

Carolyn Phenicie

New Research Shows Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Deeply Affecting Students — Immigrant and Citizen, Alike — and Their Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

February 28, 2018

Janus v. AFSCME

Gorsuch Doesn’t Tip Hand in Janus Union Dues Case as Justices, Attorneys Stick to Familiar Ground

Carolyn Phenicie

February 26, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Congress Returns to School Safety Debate, SCOTUS Hears Arguments In Janus Union Dues Case

Carolyn Phenicie

February 25, 2018

Janus v. AFSCME

Understanding Janus: 7 Articles to Read as Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Case on Public Worker Union Dues

Carolyn Phenicie

February 25, 2018

Raising the Bar: Axios #EDlection2018 Town Hall

At Education Town Hall, New Kansas Gov. Colyer Talks About State’s School Funding Lawsuit, Standing Firm Against School Closures & Arming Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

February 23, 2018

Raising the Bar: Axios #EDlection2018 Town Hall

Exclusive: Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper on School Safety, Turnarounds & Showing Taxpayers a Return on Their Education Investment

Carolyn Phenicie

February 23, 2018

As Trump Again Calls for Arming Educators, Teachers Ask for Basic Supplies, Mental Health Supports

Carolyn Phenicie

February 22, 2018

Trump Pushes Concealed Weapons for Teachers, End to Gun-Free School Zones as Florida Shooting Survivors Plead for ‘Significant Change’

Carolyn Phenicie

February 21, 2018

Janus v. AFSCME

After Janus, Another Key Lawsuit Targeting Unions: How California’s Yohn Case Targets Opt-Out Rules

Carolyn Phenicie

February 20, 2018

Lamar Alexander’s White Whale: Will 2018 Be the Year the Education Veteran Finally Gets His Chance to Rewrite the Higher Ed Act?

Carolyn Phenicie

February 12, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Trump’s 2019 Budget, Native American Education, Reforming ADA for Private Schools & More

Carolyn Phenicie

February 11, 2018

Tackling the Opioid Epidemic: Senate Hearing Touts 3 Ways Education Can Play a Role, From Better Drug Prevention to Discipline Reform

Carolyn Phenicie

February 9, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Higher Ed in Focus as Funding, DACA Debates Continue

Carolyn Phenicie

February 4, 2018

‘It Only Gets Better From Here’: After State of the Union, Students Stage ‘State of the Youth’

Carolyn Phenicie

February 1, 2018

Trump Delves Into DACA Deal During State of the Union Address; All But Forgets to Mention K-12 Education

Carolyn Phenicie

January 30, 2018

Janus v. AFSCME

It’s Not Just Union Dues, It’s Collective Bargaining: Looking to States That Banned Them as Post-Janus Crystal Ball

Carolyn Phenicie

January 29, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Higher Ed Hearings, Immigration Showdown, Child Protections, SOTU & More

Carolyn Phenicie

January 28, 2018

Congress Begins Vote to Re-Open Government, Extend Children’s Health Insurance — With A Pledge to Continue Work on DACA

Carolyn Phenicie

January 22, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Shutdown Slowdown, Ed Dept. Nominees, Discipline Reform & More

Carolyn Phenicie

January 21, 2018

2018 School Choice Week

Republicans Kick Off National School Choice Week by Celebrating Rare Legislative Win in an Otherwise Tumultuous Year

Carolyn Phenicie

January 21, 2018

Every Student Succeeds Act

More Than 90 Percent of Ed Dept. Staff Would Be Furloughed in Shutdown, Will Slow ESSA Plans, Hurt ‘Impact Aid’ Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

January 18, 2018

An Unusually Pointed DeVos Pans Past Federal School Reform Efforts in Broad Call for ‘Educational Freedom’

Carolyn Phenicie

January 16, 2018

Janus v. AFSCME

As Oral Arguments Near in Landmark Janus Case, Both Sides Prepare for Possible End to Mandatory Union Dues

Carolyn Phenicie

January 16, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: Federal Funding, Simplifying College Financial Aid, 21st Century Ed Reform & More

Carolyn Phenicie

January 15, 2018

This Week in Education Politics

This Week in Education Politics: DACA Showdown, Ed Dept. Nominees Advance & More Key Events Inside the Beltway

Carolyn Phenicie

January 8, 2018

Teacher of the Year Finalists Represent 3 States, Defense Dept. Schools, Subjects From Art to ASL

Carolyn Phenicie

January 4, 2018

Homeschooling, Higher Ed Provisions Force Last-Minute Tax Reform Re-Do

Carolyn Phenicie

December 20, 2017

DeVos Praises Tax Bill’s School Choice Provision at K-12 Education Summit, Sidesteps Funding Threat

Carolyn Phenicie

December 19, 2017

How Education Fared in Congress’s Tax Deal Compromise: Teacher Tax Deductions, Charter Financing & 3 More Noteworthy Fixes

Carolyn Phenicie

December 18, 2017

Every Student Succeeds Act

Opportunity Wasted: Second-Round ESSA Plans Get Largely Lackluster Reviews From Independent Experts

Carolyn Phenicie

December 11, 2017

Janus v. AFSCME

Federal Government Switches Sides, Joins Argument for Striking Down Mandatory Dues in Janus Case

Carolyn Phenicie

December 7, 2017

State Report Cards Information Difficult to Find, Confusing to Use, Data Advocacy Group Says

Carolyn Phenicie

December 6, 2017

Senators Focus on Campus Sex Assault, Disabled Student Rights in Confirmation Hearing for Two Ed Dept. Nominees

Carolyn Phenicie

December 5, 2017

3 Education Issues That Will Have to Be Reconciled After Senate GOP’s Late-Night Weekend Tax Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

December 4, 2017

Government Watchdog: Congress Should Require More Info on Special Ed Rights in Transition to Private School

Carolyn Phenicie

December 3, 2017

DeVos Praises ‘Laudable’ Variety in ESSA Plans, Says She’s ‘Just Getting Started’ at Ed Dept.

Carolyn Phenicie

November 30, 2017

Jeb Bush Calls for ‘New Coalitions of the Willing’ to Back Education Reform in Era of Intense Divisiveness

Carolyn Phenicie

November 30, 2017

Reed Hastings, KIPP Co-founder, Rod Paige Join Forces at Capitol Hill, Urge Congress to Fix DACA — Not Turn It Into a Bargaining Chip

Carolyn Phenicie

November 29, 2017

29 States Spending Less on Schools Than Before Recession, Report Finds

Carolyn Phenicie

November 29, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Massachusetts Education Leader Russell Johnston on Poverty, Improving Special Education & Living Mitchell Chester’s Legacy

Carolyn Phenicie

November 28, 2017

Education Issues at Stake as Senate Takes Up Tax Reform: State and Local Deductions, Teacher Supplies, Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

November 27, 2017

Personalized Learning

How an Online Personalized Preschool Experiment Could Change the Way Rural America Does Early Education

Carolyn Phenicie

November 26, 2017

Educators Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences for Charter Schools in New GOP Tax Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

November 19, 2017

DeVos Déjà Vu: Battles on Vouchers, ESSA, Title IX Confront Ed Dept. Picks in Confirmation Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2017

New Research: CTE Done Right Should Serve Both College-Bound and Career-Focused Students

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2017

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Launches Ed Platform in Crowded Colo. Governor Race

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Save the Children’s Mark Shriver on Creating a Powerhouse Lobby for the Powerless

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2017

Family Engagement Key to School Choice Efforts Succeeding; New Report Finds Promising Signs in 18 Cities

Carolyn Phenicie

November 14, 2017

House Hears Disturbing Tales of ‘Dramatic Change’ Opioid Crisis Has Brought to Schools, Children

Carolyn Phenicie

November 8, 2017

Election Day 2017: 8 Important Education Races to Watch Tuesday

Carolyn Phenicie

November 3, 2017

House Republicans’ Tax Plan Has Implications at All Levels of Education

Carolyn Phenicie

November 2, 2017

Colorado School Board Races Draw Outsize Attention as School Reform, Vouchers at Stake

Carolyn Phenicie

November 1, 2017

Kasich, Reportedly on Path to 2020 Bid, Says ‘We Need to Completely Redo Education’

Carolyn Phenicie

October 30, 2017

In Virginia Governor’s Race, Education Issues Take Center Stage Mainly Through Trump and DeVos

Carolyn Phenicie

October 27, 2017

Brandeis Center Leader and Bush-Era Alum Nominated as Ed Dept Civil Rights Head

Carolyn Phenicie

October 26, 2017

San Francisco Failing to Serve Low-Income Students of Color, Report Says

Carolyn Phenicie

October 26, 2017

Fate of Dreamers Shouldn’t Become ‘Political Football’: Advocates Urge DACA Protections Without Strings

Carolyn Phenicie

October 23, 2017

The 74 Interview

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

Carolyn Phenicie

October 20, 2017

Alexander and Murray, Education Dealmakers, Reach Health Care Compromise, Report Says

Carolyn Phenicie

October 17, 2017

Eli Broad, Giant of Education Philanthropy, Is Retiring

Carolyn Phenicie

October 13, 2017

Don’t Believe the Hype: Local Education Advocates Say They See Little Change in DeVos’s Views on Federal School Choice Program

Carolyn Phenicie

October 9, 2017

Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

Carolyn Phenicie

October 3, 2017

Senate HELP Democrats Continue to Sound Alarm on Weak ESSA Implementation

Carolyn Phenicie

October 3, 2017

Every Student Succeeds Act

States Have Stepped Up, but Community, National Pressure Still Needed to Ensure Quality Schools Under ESSA, Chiefs Say

Carolyn Phenicie

October 2, 2017

Janus v. AFSCME

Janus v. AFSCME: 5 Things to Know About the Latest Union Dues Case Headed to the High Court

Carolyn Phenicie

September 29, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools – New Orleans

74 Interview: NOLA Schools Chief on Unifying City Schools and Differing With DeVos on Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

September 29, 2017

Education Department Awards More Than $250 Million in Charter Grants; Winners Include Success, IDEA

Carolyn Phenicie

September 28, 2017

New Research: Hiring More Teachers of Color and Raising the Teacher Hiring Bar Not Mutually Exclusive

Carolyn Phenicie

September 28, 2017

Empty Cabinet: Education Department Has Highest Top Staff Vacancy Rate, at 80%

Carolyn Phenicie

September 27, 2017

With Deadline Days Away, Fixes Floundering for Federal Health, Early Ed Programs Serving 9M Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

September 27, 2017

Every Student Succeeds Act

37 States Are Using Their ESSA Plans to Crack Down on Chronic Student Absences. So How Will They Do It?

Carolyn Phenicie

September 26, 2017

Why Fed Chair Janet Yellen Keeps Bringing Up Education as an Economic Force — and Why Not Everyone Is Thrilled

Carolyn Phenicie

September 25, 2017

South Dakota to Offer College Acceptance Based on Smarter Balanced Scores

Carolyn Phenicie

September 25, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

‘We’re All Kings’: Inside the All-Boys High School That’s Leading D.C.’s Campaign to Help Young Men of Color

Carolyn Phenicie

September 24, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

The 74 Interview: Councilman Vincent C. Gray on Charters, Pre-K, and Rising Tides in D.C. Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

September 24, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

Monument Academy in D.C. Tries a New Model to Help Kids in Foster Care — a Charter Boarding School

Carolyn Phenicie

September 24, 2017

DeVos Rescinds Obama Sex Assault Rules, Allows Schools to Choose Proof Standard Until New One in Place

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 22, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Philly’s U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans on Charters, Trump, and School Revitalization

Carolyn Phenicie

September 18, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools - Denver

‘Best of Both Worlds’: Denver Evolves Portfolio Strategy With New Innovation School Model

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools - Denver

‘Last Shot’ New America Colorado Charter Juggles Refugees, Immigration Fears, Alternative Education Challenges

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2017

Reinventing America's Schools - Denver

10 Years, 100% College Acceptance: Inside a Most Remarkable Decade at the Denver School of Science & Technology

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2017

DeVos Visits LGBT-Friendly, Arts-Focused School, Dual Credit Charter on Last Day of ‘Rethink School’ Tour

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2017

As Big ESSA Deadline Arrives, Many States Move Away From Summative Ratings for School Performance

Carolyn Phenicie

September 17, 2017

DeVos Visits Private Schools, Zoo-Based Science Program in Nebraska on Tour’s 3rd Day

Carolyn Phenicie

September 14, 2017

House Passes Education Funding Bill With Boosts for After-school Programs Threatened by Proposed Cuts

Carolyn Phenicie

September 14, 2017

DeVos Continues ‘Rethink School’ Tour With Visit to Autism School, Air Force Academy

Carolyn Phenicie

September 13, 2017

DeVos Urges ‘Something Radically Different’ in Back-to-School Tour Kickoff in Wyoming

Carolyn Phenicie

September 12, 2017

Starting With Wyoming BIE School, DeVos Set to Visit Schools in States Aligned With Senate Education Committee

Carolyn Phenicie

September 11, 2017

The Federal Education Funding Picture Is Getting Clearer, as House and Senate Advance Bills

Carolyn Phenicie

September 8, 2017

DeVos Vows to Overhaul Title IX Rules on Campus Sexual Assault, Stressing Protections for Accused

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 7, 2017

‘Reinventing America’s Schools’ Author David Osborne Calls for New School Models in D.C.

Carolyn Phenicie

September 6, 2017

At Barron Trump’s New School, an Emphasis on Brain Science and a Push to Share Its Breakthroughs

Carolyn Phenicie

September 6, 2017

As House Takes Up Education Funding Bill, Lawmakers Offer Bevy of Amendments, From Autism to Desegregation

Carolyn Phenicie

September 5, 2017

Congress Returns to a Lengthy Education To-Do List, From Implementing ESSA to Rewriting the Higher Education Act

Carolyn Phenicie

September 5, 2017

‘Erasing Their Lives’: Education Advocates Slam Trump’s Decision to End DACA

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 5, 2017

Chiefs for Change Urges Trump to Protect DACA & Immigrant Students, Calling It a ‘Moral Issue’

Carolyn Phenicie

August 30, 2017

Illinois Passes Landmark Funding Bill Creating Tax Credit Scholarship, Sending More Money to Poor Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

August 29, 2017

Schools Should Be More Concerned With Teaching Career, Interpersonal Skills, 49th Annual PDK Poll Finds

Carolyn Phenicie

August 28, 2017

New Study: KIPP Pre-K Has Big — and Possibly Lasting — Impact on Early Student Achievement

Carolyn Phenicie

August 22, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: David Hardy on Putting Purpose Before Politics and Kids Before Adults in Leading Ohio’s 2nd State-Takeover District

Carolyn Phenicie

August 16, 2017

Every Student Succeeds Act

The Every Student Succeeds Act: Civil Rights Groups Nudge Remaining States to Protect All Kids in ESSA Plans

Carolyn Phenicie

Alexander & Murray to the Rescue: Will Obama’s Bipartisan Dream Team on Education Save Health Care for Trump?

Carolyn Phenicie

Roberto Rodriguez, Obama Adviser on Education, to Take Helm of TeachPlus

Carolyn Phenicie

Nearly 4 Million Students Attend Schools in Counties Most at Risk of Flooding, Pew Report Finds

Carolyn Phenicie

New Fordham ESSA Report (Happily) Finds States Moving Beyond NCLB Limitations With New Education Plans

Carolyn Phenicie

NAACP Calls for an End to For-Profit Charter Schools and Wider Rollback on Charter Sector Autonomy

Carolyn Phenicie

‘This Is About Power and Control’: Advocates Push Back on Weingarten for Linking School Choice to Segregation

Carolyn Phenicie

‘It Gave Us a Choice When We Didn’t Have One’: Private School Choice Participants Flood Capitol to Tell Their Stories

Carolyn Phenicie

House Committee Rejects Democrats’ Bid to Restore Education Funding, Protect Teacher Training

Carolyn Phenicie

House Republicans Warn Education Dept. on ESSA Overreach as Democrats Lament Lack of Accountability Rules

Carolyn Phenicie

A Summer Education Meltdown: Why Everyone in DC Is Mad About ESSA, Congress, Charters, Choice — or All of the Above

Carolyn Phenicie

House Subcommittee Advances Education Funding Bill as Democrats Protest ‘Anti-Teacher’ Cuts

Carolyn Phenicie

House Committee Considers Education Spending Bill That Trims Trump’s Cuts, Drops Funding for Private Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

Eight States’ End-of-Session Education Laws, Plus the Texas Special Session to Deal With Finance, Pay, Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

SCOTUS Sends Church-State Cases Back to Colo., New Mexico in Light of Trinity Lutheran Pre-K Ruling

Carolyn Phenicie

Every Student Succeeds Act

Exclusive: Independent Review of ESSA Plans Rates States Strong on Accountability, Weak on Counting All Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Sides With Preschool in Church/State Funding Dispute, Limits Decision to Playground

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Rep. Virginia Foxx on Better Career and Technical Education, ‘An Idea Whose Time Has Come’

Carolyn Phenicie

House Reauthorizes Career and Tech Ed Bill While Members Speak Out Against Trump Funding Cuts

Carolyn Phenicie

Come Together: New Poll Finds High Bipartisan Support for Improving Early Education

Carolyn Phenicie

In D.C.’s Revamped ‘Opportunity Academies,’ There Are No Forgotten Students on Graduation Day

Carolyn Phenicie

As Charter Fans Fret About Trump’s Support, Leaders Warn Funding Boost Not a Done Deal

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Urges Charter Advocates to Embrace Wider View of School Choice, Warns Them Not to Become ‘The Man’

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Colorado Rep. (and Gov. Hopeful) Jared Polis on Denver Schools, ESSA & Special Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Success Academy Wins 2017 Broad Prize, Unveils Ambitious Plans to Launch Digital Platform to Share Curriculum

Carolyn Phenicie

A New Push for Early Ed: While Some States Expand Pre-K, Most Don’t Require (or Fund) Full-Day Kindergarten

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Says IDEA, Other Federal Laws Apply to Private Voucher Schools, but No Pledge on LGBT

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Returns to the Senate: 6 Education Issues She’s Sure to Face During Tuesday’s Testimony

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Clashes With Democrats Over Federal Protections in School Choice Budget Proposals

Carolyn Phenicie

State of American Pre-K: New Report Shows 1.5 Million Kids (and 1 in 20 3-Year-Olds) Enrolled

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Ed Budget Fleshes Out Choice Proposal, Justifies Deep Cuts

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Emphasizes States’ Prerogative on School Choice, Gives No Details on Federal Expansion

Carolyn Phenicie

Key Congressional Ally Backs Trump Admin’s School Choice Plan

Carolyn Phenicie

The 4 Most Notable Cuts in Trump’s Education Budget — and Why Some Say It’s ‘Dead on Arrival’

Carolyn Phenicie

Bureau of Indian Education Dressed Down in Senate Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

Career and Technical Ed Should Be ‘Plan A,’ Foxx Says as House Takes Up Perkins Bill Today

Carolyn Phenicie

The First 100 Days for the New Education Secretary: How DeVos Stacks Up Against Her Predecessors

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

Teacher of the Year Finalist Athanasia Kyriakakos on Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders Through the Arts

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Teacher of the Year Finalist Megan Gross on Embracing Students With Severe Disabilities

Carolyn Phenicie

National Teacher Appreciation Week 2017

Q&A: How Georgia O’Keeffe Gave Teacher of the Year Finalist Chris Gleason His Best Moment

Carolyn Phenicie

5 Education Priorities in the Federal Spending Deal That Averted Government Shutdown

Carolyn Phenicie

Conservatives Embrace, Progressives Deride Trump’s Order to Scale Back Federal K-12 Role

Carolyn Phenicie

As Trump Readies Sweeping Tax Reform, School Choice Experts Argue Merits of Federal Tax Credit Scholarships

Carolyn Phenicie

Why Government Shutdowns Tend to Hurt 4-Year-Old Students Most — and Why This Time Might Be Different

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

Teacher of the Year: The First-Ever Charter Honoree Talks Social Justice, Trauma, and Accountability

Carolyn Phenicie

Inside the Supreme Court: Are Justices Ready to Side With Church in Case About Playground & State Funding?

Carolyn Phenicie

Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: 7 Things to Know About a SCOTUS Preschool Case With Big School Choice Implications

Carolyn Phenicie

Student Advocates Sound the Alarm: States’ ESSA Plans Will Fail the Underserved Kids the Law Was Built to Protect

Carolyn Phenicie

Exclusive: The 29 Experts Joining Forces to Give State ESSA Plans a Harder Accountability Look

Carolyn Phenicie

Will the Same Conservative Coalition That Derailed Health Care Bill Now Kill Federal School Choice?

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Hints at ESSA as Means for Feds to Push School Choice but Downplays Federal Oversight

Carolyn Phenicie

Ivanka Trump, Betsy DeVos Tout STEM Education to 200 Students at Air & Space Museum

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Sets New Standard for Special Ed, Unanimously Rejects Minimal School Progress

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

D.C. Approves ESSA Accountability Plan That Emphasizes Testing Standards & Transparency

Carolyn Phenicie

In Pitching School Chiefs on ESSA Plans, 2 Congressmen See Wildly Different Futures for U.S. Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Effective, Efficient — and Limited: DeVos Lays Out Her Vision of Federal Role to State Schools Chiefs

Carolyn Phenicie

Is a Maryland Teachers Union Organizer Shepherding Weak ESSA Accountability Bill?

Carolyn Phenicie

With No Senate-Confirmed Appointees, Who’s Helping DeVos Run the Education Department?

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Calls for New School Choice Initiatives, Big Cuts to K-12 Budget

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Reportedly Wants $6 Billion in Education Cuts — but History Shows He Likely Won’t Get Them

Carolyn Phenicie

DeVos Pitches New ESSA Flexibility to Big-City Schools Leaders, Gets Tepid Response

Carolyn Phenicie

The ‘Miraculous’ Rise and Ugly Fall of ESSA: Is Congress’s Education Coalition Too Broken to Tackle Higher Ed?

Carolyn Phenicie

House Moves D.C. Scholarship Renewal Forward, Hints at School Choice Battles Ahead

Carolyn Phenicie

The Senate’s 50–49 Killing of ESSA Rules: A Sweeping Change in How America Will Rate (and Fix) Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Every Student Succeeds Act

Senate Blocks Teacher Preparation Rules, Ending ESSA Accountability Rules on Deck

Carolyn Phenicie

Supreme Court Sends Transgender Case Back to Lower Court; Gavin Grimm Vows to Continue His Fight

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

Nine and Counting: New Legislation Would Expand Virginia’s Charter Schools. Will Gov. McAuliffe Sign?

Carolyn Phenicie

‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Stumps for Career and Tech Ed as House Readies for New CTE Bill

Carolyn Phenicie

February 28, 2017

From Special Ed to College Sex Assault: 7 Policies DeVos Told Congress She Would Be Reviewing Now

Carolyn Phenicie

February 26, 2017

After Reported Opposition, DeVos Defends Ending Transgender Protections to Friendly CPAC Crowd

Carolyn Phenicie

February 23, 2017

Obama-Era Protections for Transgender Students to Be Revoked, Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case at Risk

Carolyn Phenicie

February 21, 2017

‘We Must Draw a Line in the Sand’: Inside Nevada’s New Campaign to Rescue Failing Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

February 21, 2017

DeVos Looks to Reassure, Pledging ‘Students Come First’ in First Speech to Ed Dept

Carolyn Phenicie

February 8, 2017

House Blocks Obama-Era ESSA Accountability, Teacher Prep Rules Over Democrats’ Objections

Carolyn Phenicie

February 7, 2017

DeVos Confirmed as Ed Secretary After Historic Tie-Breaking VP Vote, Unrelenting Opposition

Carolyn Phenicie

February 7, 2017

The Last 24 Hours: Democrats Hold Senate Floor as Final DeVos Confirmation Looms

Carolyn Phenicie

February 6, 2017

Collateral Damage: Betsy DeVos Survives Brutal Confirmation, but Ed Committee Civility May Not

Carolyn Phenicie

February 5, 2017

GOP Moves to Wipe Out ESSA Accountability, Teacher Prep Rules; Some Advocates Predict ‘Chaos’

Carolyn Phenicie

February 2, 2017

While DeVos Drama Took Center Stage, Congressional Republicans Push School Choice Bills

Carolyn Phenicie

February 2, 2017

Janus v. AFSCME

What SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Past Rulings on Education Cases Could Mean on the High Court

Carolyn Phenicie

February 2, 2017

Whiplash: After 2 Senate Defections, DeVos Shores Up 50 Votes Thursday and Clears Cloture Friday

Carolyn Phenicie

February 1, 2017

Betsy DeVos Nomination Clears Hurdle, Leaving Acrimony and Uncertainty About Full Senate Vote

Carolyn Phenicie

January 31, 2017

GOP Firewall Expected to Hold on DeVos Nomination, but It’s Been an Unusually Scorching Battle

Carolyn Phenicie

January 30, 2017

In the Shadow of Trump, Education Reformers Gather in D.C. to Talk Unity, Division, How to Help Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

January 25, 2017

GOP Touts New Growth in School Choice at D.C. Rally, Defends DeVos Against Democrats’ ‘Fit’

Carolyn Phenicie

January 24, 2017

As Trump Pauses on ESSA Accountability, Advocates Look for Signal on Whether New Rules Will Stick

Carolyn Phenicie

January 23, 2017

Trump’s First Big Victory Is on Education Spending: How Obama Fought GOP on Title I — and Lost

Carolyn Phenicie

January 19, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Title I Portability, Grants, Tax Code Changes — The New Opportunities for Federal School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

January 18, 2017

DeVos Pledges Not to Gut Public Schools or Force School Choice During Confirmation Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

January 18, 2017

Your DeVos Hearing CliffsNotes: These Are the 10 Education Issues Sure to Surface in the Senate

Carolyn Phenicie

January 16, 2017

The Question I’d Ask Betsy DeVos: Two Dozen Education Leaders Preview Tuesday’s Confirmation Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

January 16, 2017

Supreme Court Justices Eye Possible Higher Special Ed Standard, but What That Should Be Eludes Them

Carolyn Phenicie

January 11, 2017

Special Education at the Supreme Court: 7 Things to Know About Wednesday’s Endrew F. Case

Carolyn Phenicie

January 9, 2017

Attention, Senators: The Questions 14 Education Experts Would Put to Betsy DeVos Wednesday

Carolyn Phenicie

January 8, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Education, National Security and Donald Trump

Carolyn Phenicie

January 4, 2017

How Partisan Flips Could Reshape Education Battles Underway in Kentucky, Nevada, Missouri

Carolyn Phenicie

January 3, 2017

States Keep Their Focus on ESSA Implementation Amid Upheaval in D.C. and Beyond

Carolyn Phenicie

December 19, 2016

With Eye Toward Trump, King Urges Advocates to Stand Together for Public Education

Carolyn Phenicie

December 14, 2016

$20B Needed to Provide High-Quality Head Start, Fix State-to-State Inequities, Report Finds

Carolyn Phenicie

December 14, 2016

States Must Target Racial Disparities in Districts’ Treatment of Special Ed Students, Feds Say

Carolyn Phenicie

December 12, 2016

U.S. Students’ Math Scores Drop on International Exam, World Ranking Falls to No. 35

Carolyn Phenicie

December 6, 2016

Jeb Bush Calls for ‘Earthquake’ in Federal Education Funding and Policy Under GOP Control

Carolyn Phenicie

December 1, 2016

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Tennis Great Andre Agassi Serves Up School Buildings to 69 Charters — and Counting

Carolyn Phenicie

November 30, 2016

51 Votes: How Trump and Senate Republicans Can Bypass Democrats on School-Choice Initiatives

Carolyn Phenicie

November 30, 2016

Vouchers, Union Dues, Transgender Students: How the High Court May Rule Under Trump

Carolyn Phenicie

November 28, 2016

Analysis: Did Senate ‘Nuclear Option’ Help DeVos Rise Over Rhee for Education Secretary Nod?

Carolyn Phenicie

November 27, 2016

Secretary King Tells Governors, School Chiefs Time to End Corporal Punishment for Good

Carolyn Phenicie

November 22, 2016

GOP Education Priorities: 13 Stalled House and Senate Bills That Could Now Make It to President Trump’s Desk

Carolyn Phenicie

November 20, 2016

How Would Trump Gut Obama’s Education Policies, Anyway? The Congressional Review Act

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2016

‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like’: D.C. Students March on the White House to Protest Trump’s Election

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2016

Analysis: Trumpism Goes to School — What Our New President Means for Local Choice and Control

Carolyn Phenicie

November 15, 2016

An Overlooked Election Surprise: Three New House Democrats Who Back School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

November 11, 2016

Role of Unions and 3 Other Things Education Conservatives Are Eyeing in a Trump Presidency

Carolyn Phenicie

November 10, 2016

What Will Trump Do on Education? Seeking Clues on Common Core, School Choice, ESSA

Carolyn Phenicie

November 9, 2016

Sen. Pat Toomey Re-elected in Pennsylvania

Carolyn Phenicie

November 9, 2016

Criticism From GOP, Concerns From Dems on ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ ESSA Funding Rule

Carolyn Phenicie

November 7, 2016

Education at the Polls, Coast to Coast: 22 Big Races and Ballot Questions to Watch Tuesday Night

Carolyn Phenicie

November 4, 2016

As Education Advocate Michelle Obama Leaves White House, What’s Role for the Next First Spouse?

Carolyn Phenicie

November 3, 2016

As Deadline for Final ESSA Funding Rule Approaches, Opponents Pressure King With Alternative Plan

Carolyn Phenicie

November 2, 2016

On the Campaign Trail

No Longer the Schools of Trump’s Youth, Military Academies Focus on College Prep, Character

Carolyn Phenicie

November 2, 2016

Oregon Ballot Measure Looks to Turn Around One of the Worst Graduation Rates in the U.S.

Carolyn Phenicie

October 31, 2016

Feeling the Bern: Will Bernie Sanders Become Head of the Senate’s Education Committee?

Carolyn Phenicie

October 31, 2016

Clinton vs. Trump: The Final Education Election Guide

Carolyn Phenicie

October 30, 2016

SCOTUS to Hear Virginia Transgender Case With Big Implications for Ed Policy and Beyond

Carolyn Phenicie, Naomi Nix & Mark Keierleber

October 27, 2016

Science Scores on ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Rise in Fourth and Eighth Grade, Stay Stagnant in 12th

Carolyn Phenicie

October 27, 2016

Anti-LGBT Bill Drowns Out Discussion of Education Issues in Critical North Carolina Races

Carolyn Phenicie

October 23, 2016

California Voters to Decide Future of Bilingual Education for Country’s Largest ELL Population

Carolyn Phenicie

October 18, 2016

High School Graduation Rate Hits New High as Obama Credits Federal Investments in Education

Carolyn Phenicie

October 17, 2016

EDlection 2016: Montana’s Schools Chief Vying to Be First Native American Woman in Congress

Carolyn Phenicie

October 9, 2016

Supreme Court Preview: What You Need to Know About the 3 New School Cases at the High Court

Carolyn Phenicie

October 4, 2016

VP Debate Brings Longwood University’s Little-Known Civil Rights Legacy to National Stage

Carolyn Phenicie

October 3, 2016

Coming Up Empty on the Other End of the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Overage, Under-credited, Unwanted

Carolyn Phenicie

October 2, 2016

Moral Duty or Impending Threat? Georgia Ballot to Include Proposed State Takeover District

Carolyn Phenicie

September 26, 2016

Anne Holton, Former Va. Schools Chief and Would-Be Second Lady, Carrying Clinton’s Ed Message

Carolyn Phenicie

September 15, 2016

Career and Tech Ed for the Modern Age: 3 Things to Know About the New Federal Proposal

Carolyn Phenicie

September 12, 2016

Trump Goes All In on School Choice in First Major Education Policy Speech

Carolyn Phenicie

September 8, 2016

Gifted Education, ESSA and Ending the “Persistent Talent Underclass”

Carolyn Phenicie

September 8, 2016

Trump’s ‘Education Week’ Calculation: A New Pivot to Woo Reluctant Republicans and Swing State Minorities

Carolyn Phenicie

August 28, 2016

Inside Sen. McCain’s Fight to Correct a Catch-22 Holding Back Arizona’s Native American Students

Carolyn Phenicie

August 16, 2016

5 States in Crisis: Budget Battles, Court Challenges, Political Bickering Leave Schools Millions Short

Carolyn Phenicie

August 15, 2016

74 Interview: Sen. Tom Harkin on Endorsing Clinton Early and Why He’s Wary of ESSA

Carolyn Phenicie

New Video: Gov. Scott Walker Talks Education and School Choice With The 74 at the RNC

Carolyn Phenicie

The Pro-School Choice, Anti-Common Core Education Legacy of GOP VP Nominee Mike Pence

Carolyn Phenicie

GOP Sets the Stage for Cleveland Convention: Here’s Where 18 RNC Elites Stand on Education

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Senator Lamar Alexander on Keeping ESSA From Becoming The Next Obamacare

Carolyn Phenicie

Teachers Union Receives Clinton Warmly – Except on Charter Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Communities In Schools’ Retiring Prez on Helping At-Risk Kids with Love — and Data

Carolyn Phenicie

K-12 at Gallaudet: Schools Beloved by Deaf Students Defy National Trend Away from Specialized Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Who’s Advising Donald Trump on Education Anyway? Is Anyone?

Carolyn Phenicie

Chiefs for Change Unveils First Class of ‘Future Chiefs’ in Bid to Nurture New, More Inclusive Leaders

Carolyn Phenicie

Data Shows Persistent Racial Disparities in U.S. Schools, King Calls for Tough ESSA Equity Rules

Carolyn Phenicie

Washington Jesuit Academy Leads Graduates from D.C.’s Toughest Neighborhoods to its Most Elite High Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Obama Administration, At Odds with Congress, Doubles Down on ESSA Equity Regulations

Carolyn Phenicie

Under ESSA, Why John King Won’t Go Along to Get Along

Carolyn Phenicie

Washington, D.C. — The Pre-K Capital Where Nearly All 4-Year-Olds (and Most 3-Year-Olds!) Go to School

Carolyn Phenicie

74 Interview: State Senator Scott Hammond on the Rise of Nevada’s ESA Program — and the Challenges Ahead

Carolyn Phenicie

As Education Savings Accounts Thrive, Experts Look Ahead to 4 Possible Growing Pains

Carolyn Phenicie

Civics Education IRL: One Day on the Campaign Trail With a Couple of Maryland High School Volunteers

Carolyn Phenicie

The White House Reflects on Education Victories: What Obama Did for Dropouts, Standards, Pre-K

Carolyn Phenicie

‘That’s the Easiest Part, Loving These Students,’ Says Award-Winning DC Special Ed Teacher

Carolyn Phenicie

Testing Wars and the Educational Whack-a-Mole Facing Indiana’s Next State Schools Chief

Carolyn Phenicie

National Charter Schools Week

Favoring Charter Schools Moves from Concept to Reality for More Parents, New Survey Shows

Carolyn Phenicie

Trump’s Education Legacy: A Rise in School Bullying? New Teacher Survey Shows Election’s Dark Impact

Carolyn Phenicie

The First Big ESSA Fight Is Here: 7 Things to Know About This Week’s Title I Showdown

Carolyn Phenicie

New Report Makes a Case: Build Your STEM Program Around Diversity and the Students Will Come

Carolyn Phenicie

Three Ways of Fixing A City School System: Leaders Weigh in

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: DeRay Mckesson, Baltimore Mayoral Candidate and Black Lives Matter Leader

Carolyn Phenicie

Next Administration Will Decide on States’ New Accountability Systems, King Says

Carolyn Phenicie

Baltimore’s Next Mayor: 13 Democrats Who Want the Job, and What School Challenges Await Them

Carolyn Phenicie

High Court Splits on Union Dues Case, Mandatory Fees Stand

Carolyn Phenicie

John King Confirmed 49-40 as 10th Education Secretary, Democrats Backing Away from Opposition

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

Yet More Confusing Charter School Talk from Bernie Sanders: What Is a ‘Private Charter’ Anyway?

Carolyn Phenicie

Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s New Education Expert, Dr. Ben Carson

Carolyn Phenicie

The 74 Fact-Check: All the Ways Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Flubbed on Education at Thursday’s Debate

Carolyn Phenicie

As Congress Weighs John King’s Nomination, Acting Secretary Urges Action on Career and Tech Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Behind Christie’s New Education Push, Impressive Numbers: Newark’s Charter Schools 2nd Best in U.S.

Carolyn Phenicie

Forms Are All Around: Minnesota’s Baffling System for Licensing Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

7 Days of Genius

Overhauling Gifted Ed: Schools, Feds, Researchers Race to Better Identify Top Students of Color

Carolyn Phenicie

22-year ‘Moral Imperative’: All the Times Congress Tried, And Failed, To Protect Kids From Abusive Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

February 29, 2016

From Arne Duncan on Down: 23 Critical Education Questions for the Presidential Candidates

Carolyn Phenicie & Matt Barnum

February 24, 2016

Fault Lines Emerge on Putting New Federal Education Law into Practice

Carolyn Phenicie

February 23, 2016

Vergara v. California: 5 Things to Know As Students Take Their Legal Case to the Appeals Court

Carolyn Phenicie

February 22, 2016

After Scalia, a 4-4 Friedrichs Decision? Lawyers Say There’s Precedent to Demand a Re-Hearing

Carolyn Phenicie

February 21, 2016

On the Campaign Trail

Clinton Doubles Down on Obama’s K-12 Agenda, Commits $2 Billion to Fight School-to-Prison Pipeline

Carolyn Phenicie

February 17, 2016

Why the Race for the Washington State Schools Chief Is Complicated — and Could be the Last

Carolyn Phenicie

February 14, 2016

And Then There Were Seven: What We Know About Every Candidate’s Education Agenda

Carolyn Phenicie

February 11, 2016

Visions of a School-to-Prison-Back-to-School Pipeline at TFA’s 25th Anniversary

Carolyn Phenicie

February 8, 2016

The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Arne Duncan Grades Himself — and Sees Failures on Pre-K, Safety, Desegregation

Carolyn Phenicie

February 7, 2016

Funding Crisis, Charter War, Teacher Shortage: Who Wants to be WA. State Schools Chief? These Five.

Carolyn Phenicie

February 3, 2016

School Choice 2016

‘The Kids Come First’: A Day with D.C.’s Principal of the Year

Carolyn Phenicie

January 26, 2016

On the Campaign Trail

Five Things To Know About Bush’s Education Plan

Carolyn Phenicie

January 19, 2016

The Friedrichs Case

Behind the Scenes with Rebecca Friedrichs: Teacher Details a Surreal Day at the Supreme Court

Carolyn Phenicie

January 13, 2016

The Friedrichs Case

Inside the Supreme Court: Scalia, Once Seen as Key Friedrichs Swing Vote, Turns on Teachers Unions

Carolyn Phenicie

January 11, 2016

On the Campaign Trail

GOP Presidential Contenders Talk Education, Poverty

Carolyn Phenicie

January 10, 2016

With Greater Power Under ESSA, State Education Officials Commit to an Era of Greater Responsibility

Carolyn Phenicie

January 5, 2016

The Friedrichs Case

Teachers Unions At the Supreme Court: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Friedrichs Case

Carolyn Phenicie

January 5, 2016

New Federal Funding Bill Boosts Charter School Dollars By 32% — But Is $40 Million Short of Obama’s Request

Carolyn Phenicie

December 16, 2015

The Friedrichs Case

Parents Tell Supreme Court That Upcoming Friedrichs Union Dues Case Is Also a Classroom Issue

Carolyn Phenicie

December 14, 2015

On the Campaign Trail

Clinton Praises Rewrite of No Child Left Behind, Sees ESSA as a Boost to Charter Schools, Pre-K and High Standards

Carolyn Phenicie

December 10, 2015

Senate Passes NCLB Rewrite in 85-12 Landslide, Obama to Sign Thursday

Carolyn Phenicie

December 8, 2015

Broken Bureaucracy: How a Small Federal Agency Fails Native American Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

December 6, 2015

NCLB Endgame: State-Focused K-12 Compromise Easily Clears GOP Opposition and Passes House 359-64

Carolyn Phenicie

December 2, 2015

Rewriting No Child Left Behind: Analyzing the Fine Print Behind Congress’ 3 Top Compromises

Carolyn Phenicie

November 30, 2015

On the Campaign Trail

Exclusive Videos: 13 Things We Learned About How Six Top GOP Candidates Would Shape K-12 Education

Carolyn Phenicie

November 23, 2015

Montana’s ‘Schools of Promise’: Inside the Fight to Turn Around America’s Remote Native American Classrooms

Carolyn Phenicie

November 22, 2015

NCLB Committee Green Lights Compromise After Funding Proposal Nearly Derails Deal

Carolyn Phenicie

November 19, 2015

A Grand NCLB Compromise Takes Shape, as Conference Rewrite Chips Away at Federal Accountability

Carolyn Phenicie

November 18, 2015

Education World Waits to Glimpse Final NCLB Deal, as Congress Suddenly Sprints to Act — 8 Years Late

Carolyn Phenicie

November 17, 2015

The 74 Interview

Exclusive Video: Rubio Says Clinton ‘Owned’ By Unions, Decries System Where Only Rich Choose Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

November 11, 2015

New Poll Shows Majority of Voters List Schools As Big 2016 Issue, But 2/3 Haven’t Heard Peep From Politicians

Carolyn Phenicie

November 11, 2015

On the Campaign Trail

Watch The 74 Q&A: Carson Doubles Down on School Choice, Wishes Common Core a ‘Quiet Death’

Carolyn Phenicie

November 11, 2015

Philosophers vs. Welders: Rubio Trumpets Vocational Training in Debate that Again Skirts Education

Carolyn Phenicie

November 11, 2015

At the Center of the No Child Left Behind Debate, a Push to Boost Early Childhood Education

Carolyn Phenicie

November 8, 2015

60 Years After Brown v. Board, School Choice and the Persistent Problem of Integrating the Classroom

Carolyn Phenicie

November 3, 2015

Rethinking Civics Education, and National Standards, For the Class of 2016

Carolyn Phenicie

November 2, 2015

Republicans Debate Higher Ed, Again Silent on K-12 Education Issues

Carolyn Phenicie

October 29, 2015

Optimism for No Child Left Behind Rewrite As Ryan Takes House Gavel, Calls for Cooperation

Carolyn Phenicie

October 29, 2015

Test Scores on “Nation’s Report Card” Fall, Leaders Cite Common Core Rollout

Carolyn Phenicie

October 28, 2015

Education a Low Priority? College Costs Overshadow Equitable K-12 Classrooms in Democratic Debate

Carolyn Phenicie

October 13, 2015

On the Campaign Trail

Hillary & Bernie Do Vegas: Expect a Lot About Student Loans, Little on Common Core, at Dem Debate

Carolyn Phenicie

October 13, 2015

Senate Dems Turn Up the Heat on NCLB Negotiations, As Booker Suggests Possible Filibuster

Carolyn Phenicie

October 8, 2015

4 Things to Know About John King, the Next Education Secretary

Carolyn Phenicie

October 6, 2015

In naming John King to Replace Arne Duncan, Obama Doubles Down on Push to Renew No Child Left Behind

Carolyn Phenicie

October 2, 2015

Arne Duncan vs. the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Reform Jails, Put Money Into Poor Classrooms

Carolyn Phenicie

September 30, 2015

Feds Give Away $150M For Charter Expansion, Ask States To Keep A Closer Eye on Charter Finances

Carolyn Phenicie

September 28, 2015

New Research Shows Achievement Gap Grows As Schools Become More Segregated

Carolyn Phenicie

September 24, 2015

A Legislative Fix to Washington’s Sweeping Anti-Charter Ruling? Separate the Money

Carolyn Phenicie

September 20, 2015

Maryland’s Lowery Says Common Core Top Achievement as Ed Chief

Carolyn Phenicie

September 15, 2015

Nevada’s Voucher Program: The Next Legal Battle in the War for Parental Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

September 14, 2015

‘I’m Not Going to Keep Quiet:’ Washington Parents Depressed But Determined After Charter Court Verdict

Carolyn Phenicie

September 14, 2015

The National PTA: A Surprising Force on School Lunches, NCLB and…Gun Control?

Carolyn Phenicie

September 10, 2015

Court Rules Washington Charters Unconstitutional: Now What Will Happen to Students?

Carolyn Phenicie

September 10, 2015

The Top 5 Education Debates Set to Hit Congress This Fall

Carolyn Phenicie

September 8, 2015

Education on the Back Burner: Why Congress Might Not Settle the NCLB Debate Until 2016

Carolyn Phenicie

September 2, 2015

On the Campaign Trail

74 Survey: 58% Confused About Common Core, 63% See ‘Serious Problems’ in U.S. Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

August 24, 2015

The 2015 NH Education Summit

In New Hampshire, Scott Walker Doubles Down on Fighting Unions — and Protecting Best Teachers

Carolyn Phenicie

August 19, 2015

The 2015 NH Education Summit

Jeb Bush at the Ed Summit: Urgent Defense of Higher Standards, Firm Views on State Control

Carolyn Phenicie

August 19, 2015

Education Summit Preview

VIDEO: Here’s Where 6 GOP Leaders Stand on Education Policy

Carolyn Phenicie

August 17, 2015

Education Summit Preview

WATCH THIS: 5 Things to Know About Chris Christie Ahead of the Education Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

August 16, 2015

Education Summit Preview

WATCH NOW: 4 Things to Know About Carly Fiorina Ahead of the Education Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

August 13, 2015

Education Summit Preview

VIDEO: 3 Things to Know About Bobby Jindal’s Education Platform Ahead of Our NH Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

August 12, 2015

Education Summit Preview

VIDEO: 4 Things to Know About John Kasich’s Education Platform Ahead of The 74 Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

August 11, 2015

Tiny New Hampshire District Caught in Crosshairs of School Choice Debate

Carolyn Phenicie

August 11, 2015

Education Summit Preview

VIDEO: 4 Things to Know About Jeb Bush’s K-12 Platform Ahead of the Education Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

August 10, 2015

Virginia District Evens Graduation Rate for White, Black Students with Programs, Persistence

Carolyn Phenicie

Education Summit Preview

WATCH THIS: 5 Things to Know About Scott Walker Ahead of the Education Summit

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

Higher Standards Gets Applause, Common Core Booed as GOP Debate Turns Briefly to Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Cue the GOP Debates: Three Ways Education Issues Could Spark Prime-Time Drama

Carolyn Phenicie

The Race to Protect Student Data: New Bill Aims to Strengthen Privacy

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

John Kasich Joins the Crowd: 8 Things to Know About the Ohio Governor’s Education Record

Carolyn Phenicie

Senate Rewrites NCLB, Leaders Hail it as Historic Fix That Still Protects Vulnerable Students

Carolyn Phenicie

After All That Senate Consensus on NCLB, the Real Accountability Debate Begins

Carolyn Phenicie

Accountability Proposals Defeated in NCLB Rewrite as Civil Rights, Teachers Groups Keep Score

Carolyn Phenicie

Senate Closes in on No Child Left Behind Rewrite as Accountability and Funding Fight Looms

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

Scott Walker Is In: 9 Things to Know About His Education Record

Carolyn Phenicie

Cue the No Child Left Behind Debate: Bullying, Preschool, Funding Formulas Hit Senate Floor

Carolyn Phenicie

What a Game-Changing Supreme Court Case About Teachers and Union Dues Means for Students

Carolyn Phenicie

House and Senate Debate Billions in Education Cuts That Will Surely Never Hit Obama’s Desk

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

EDlection 2016: Iowa Rallies Around New Science Standards

Carolyn Phenicie

On the Campaign Trail

EDlection 2016: Desperate Times Call for Urgent School Reforms in Nevada

Carolyn Phenicie

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