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Linda Jacobson

Linda Jacobson is a senior writer at The 74.

Big Tax Bill Passes Senate With Less ‘Beautiful’ Plan for National School Choice

Linda Jacobson

Nearly $7 Billion for Schools in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Holds Up Federal Funds

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Requires Schools to Allow Students to Opt Out of LGBTQ Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Ed Committee Advances Schwinn, Richey Nominations to Full Senate

Linda Jacobson

More Than a Third of Homeschool Families Also Use Public Schools, New Data Shows

Linda Jacobson

Maine Case Opens New Battleground for School Choice: The Right to Discriminate

Linda Jacobson

These Early Ed Grants Are ‘Conservative-Friendly.’ Why Does Trump Want Them Cut?

Linda Jacobson

Democratic Debate Over Private School Choice Reveals Post-Election Tensions

Linda Jacobson

The California Mom at the Center of Trump’s Crackdown on School Gender Policies

Linda Jacobson

Amid Calls to Close Ed Dept., Schwinn Promises to Aid ‘Most Struggling Schools’

Linda Jacobson

Schwinn’s Business Venture After Nomination to Ed Dept. Could Raise Questions

Linda Jacobson

Chronic Absenteeism’s Post-COVID ‘New Normal’: Data Shows It Is More Extreme

Linda Jacobson

‘A Day to Exhale’: Supreme Court Deadlocks on Religious Charter Schools — For Now

Linda Jacobson

McMahon Takes Flak From Democrats, Republicans at Congressional Budget Hearing

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Report: As Movement Grows, Microschools Aren’t So ‘Micro’ Anymore

Linda Jacobson

Nonprofit Wants to Take on Civil Rights Cases Trump’s Ed Department Left Behind

Linda Jacobson

A ‘Precarious’ Moment for Charter Schools in Trump’s Second Term

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Data Highlights Paradox: As Enrollment Falls, Fewer Schools Close

Linda Jacobson

In Case the Choice World ‘Dreaded,’ Justices Appear Open to Religious Charters

Linda Jacobson

Big Education Issues at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Religious Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Federal Courts Block Education Department From Pulling Funds Over DEI

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Shows Support for Parents Who Want Opt-Outs from LGBTQ Storybooks

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Weighs Whether Parents Have Right to Opt Out of LGBTQ Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Trump Education Plan Raises Fears Over Future of Testing and Accountability

Linda Jacobson

The Education Department Asked for Reports of DEI. It Might Get Something Else

Linda Jacobson

As Trump Shakes Up Oversight of Special Ed, Frustrated DC Parents Want Change

Linda Jacobson

Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments

Linda Jacobson

Iowa Submits Plan to Combine Federal Education Funds, and Experts are Skeptical

Linda Jacobson

As Trump Moves to Shutter Education Dept., GOP Clamors for Funding Flexibility

Linda Jacobson

KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

Linda Jacobson

GOP’s Push for School Choice Sees Pushback from Unlikely Crowd: Homeschoolers

Linda Jacobson

Mysterious Recusal Could Upend Pivotal Supreme Court Charter School Case

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson, Mark Keierleber, Greg Toppo & Amanda Geduld

Amid Polarization, Civics Education Enjoys Bipartisan Support, Survey Finds

Linda Jacobson

An Unprecedented Start for Ed Department’s Latest — and Perhaps Last — Secretary

Linda Jacobson

New Research: School ‘Pairings’ Can Foster Racial, Socioeconomic Integration

Linda Jacobson

After Outcry, Education Department Walks Back Diversity Guidance

Linda Jacobson

‘As Inclusive as We’ve Always Been’: Districts Resist Ed Dept’s Warning on Race

Linda Jacobson

NAEP Costs May Have Played Role in Move to Sideline Testing Official Peggy Carr

Linda Jacobson

After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test

Linda Jacobson

Education Dept. Cancels Over $600M in Grants for Teacher Pipeline Programs

Linda Jacobson

Dems Assail ‘Elegant Gaslighting’ as McMahon Softens Calls to Close Ed Dept.

Linda Jacobson

Despite Breakdowns in Two States, ESA Provider Student First Seeks to Expand

Linda Jacobson

Seattle-Area Schools Say Survey Saved Lives. Then They Released Student Data

Linda Jacobson

New Survey, Old Story: Women Education Leaders Told To Put Jobs Over Family

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: 12 Education Chiefs Ask McMahon for More Control over Federal Funds

Linda Jacobson

Expected Trump Order to Shutter Education Dept. Could Amount to ‘Pocket Change’

Linda Jacobson

After a Tornado of False Starts, Educators Remain in the Dark on School Funding

Linda Jacobson

Tutoring Giant’s Sudden Demise Linked to End of Federal Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson

As High Court Takes Catholic Charter Case, ‘Stakes Really Couldn’t Be Higher’

Linda Jacobson

Education Department Stacked With Staff from Linda McMahon’s Think Tank

Linda Jacobson

Reading Champion Penny Schwinn Expected to Keep Ed. Dept. Focused on Achievement

Linda Jacobson

9 Education Storylines to Watch as Trump Returns to the White House

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School

Linda Jacobson

Dolly Parton’s Literacy Legacy: Millions of Free Books for Kids Across America

Linda Jacobson

Girls Face Stereotypes about STEM Abilities as Early as 6, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Amid Choice Explosion, Report Spotlights the Marginalized Families Left Behind

Linda Jacobson

‘There are risks both ways’: Supreme Court Weighs Medical Care for Trans Youth

Linda Jacobson

Research Points to COVID’s ‘Long Tail’ on School Graduation Rates

Linda Jacobson

McMahon’s Metamorphosis: Ed Nominee’s Journey Mirrors the GOP’s Turn to Trump

Linda Jacobson

Survey: For Most Parents, Grades Have Lost Ground as Measure of Student Progress

Linda Jacobson

Trump Taps Linda McMahon, Donor and Former Wrestling Exec, to be Education Chief

Linda Jacobson

In Close Vote, Texas Approves Reading Program Laden With Bible Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Mike Huckabee’s ‘Faith-Based’ Media Company Contributed to New Texas Curriculum

Linda Jacobson

What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Education in the U.S.

Linda Jacobson

Former Superintendent Defeats MAGA Homeschooler for North Carolina Schools Chief

Linda Jacobson

Ballot Propositions: Voters in 2 States Reject Private School Choice Measures

Linda Jacobson

Probe Finds Communication Breakdown at Oklahoma Ed Dept. Under Ryan Walters

Linda Jacobson

New Study: Many Older Students Struggle to Push Beyond Reading ‘Threshold’

Linda Jacobson

Critics Say Ryan Walters Courted Right-Wing Fame as Oklahoma Ed Dept. Fell Apart

Linda Jacobson

Amid GOP Calls for Bible in Public Schools, Some Religious Voters are Tuning Out

Linda Jacobson

School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions

Linda Jacobson

White House Plan Yields 323K Tutors, Mentors to Aid COVID Learning Recovery

Linda Jacobson

Overwhelmed ESA Systems in West Virginia, Arkansas Leave Homeschoolers Hanging

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Oklahoma Christian Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Responding to Post-Pandemic Norms, More States are Lowering Test Standards

Linda Jacobson

Corey DeAngelis Disgraced, Not By Liberals He Trolled, but Right-Wing Parents

Linda Jacobson

Texas Jews Say State’s New Bible-Influenced Curriculum Is ‘Wildly Problematic’

Linda Jacobson

Moms for Liberty Has Lost Ground at the Polls, But It Still Wields Influence

Linda Jacobson

Report: Parental ‘Apathy’ Blamed for Rise in Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson

In Most Microschools, Accountability Is to Parents – Not the Public

Linda Jacobson

Skyrocketing Test Gains in Oklahoma Are Largely Fiction, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

Poll: Americans Want Next President to Focus on Workforce Prep, Hiring Teachers

Linda Jacobson

Who Wrote Texas’s Million Dollar, Bible-Infused Curriculum? The State Won’t Say

Linda Jacobson

Jan. 6 Protester, Former Supe Vie to Lead North Carolina’s Schools

Linda Jacobson

So Your School Wants to Ban Cellphones. Now What?

Linda Jacobson

Title IX ‘Milestone’ Goes into Effect for Students in Less than Half the Country

Linda Jacobson

With $8.5M Investment, New Mexico Tries Once Again to Get Tutoring Right

Linda Jacobson

Days from Start of New Title IX Rule, Courts Offer Divided Map of Red and Blue

Linda Jacobson

Students Headed to High School Are Academically a Year Behind, COVID Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Looking to Fall Applications, Ed Dept. Won’t Rule Out New Financial Aid Delays

Linda Jacobson

Rhode Island’s Ed Chief on Charters, Enrollment Loss and Providence’s Future

Linda Jacobson

Amid Disastrous Debate, a Lost Opportunity to Address Children’s Issues

Linda Jacobson

West Virginia Permanently Bars Failed Microschool from Receiving State Funds

Linda Jacobson

Big Districts Like Philadelphia ‘Gamble’ on Higher Spending as Enrollment Falls

Linda Jacobson

‘Up in the Air’: Oklahoma Families in Limbo as Courts Decide on Religious Charter

Linda Jacobson

New Curriculum Sparks Texas-Sized Controversy Over Christianity in the Classroom

Linda Jacobson

Pre-K Enrollment Surges in US, With Mississippi & New Mexico Making Big Strides

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Texas Seeks to Inject Bible Stories into Elementary School Reading

Linda Jacobson

Critics Call ‘Consumer Reports’ of Curriculum Slow to Adapt to Reading Reforms

Linda Jacobson

America’s Fastest-Shrinking City: Pine Bluff Woos Arkansas Families With Schools

Linda Jacobson

Financial Aid Reform Was His Legacy. Now, Lamar Alexander Calls it ‘a Big Mess’

Linda Jacobson

Title IX Rewrite Focuses Law on Victims, Including LGBTQ Students

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Microschools Fill Niche for Students with Disabilities, Survey Shows

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. Holds ‘Week of Action’ on Financial Aid, Months After Bungled Rollout

Linda Jacobson

With GOP Majority, North Carolina Court Takes on School Funding Case — Again

Linda Jacobson

‘Are We Being Used as a Test Case?’: Oklahoma Justices Question Catholic Charter

Linda Jacobson

Church v. State: Oklahoma’s High Court to Hear Precedent-Setting Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Final Push to Save Expanded Child Tax Credit as Senate Hopes Dim

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Janice Jackson on Tutoring, Free College and Choice in Chicago

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Over 80% of Women Leaders in Education Experience Bias, Survey Shows

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS: Here’s When School Officials Can (and Can’t) Block Their Critics Online

Linda Jacobson

New Data: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Students Face a ‘Much Harder Journey’ Ahead

Linda Jacobson

Biden Budget Plan Includes $8B to Put Learning Recovery on a ‘Faster Track’

Linda Jacobson

Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride — and Regret

Linda Jacobson

As Arizona Probes School Choice Fraud, Advocates Dismiss Scheme as ‘Inside Job’

Linda Jacobson

Failed West Virginia Microschool Fuels State Probe — and Some Soul Searching

Linda Jacobson

Learning Loss Win-Win: High-Impact Tutoring in DC Boosts Attendance, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Virginia Probe Finds Systemic Privacy Violations after Fairfax Data Release

Linda Jacobson

‘Bungled’ Financial Aid Rollout Leaves Graduating Seniors in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

Gas, Food, Lodging for Homeless Students in Jeopardy as Funding Deadline Looms

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Admissions Policy at Elite Va. High School

Linda Jacobson

Report: Kids’ Mental Health Tops Reasons Why Parents Consider Changing Schools

Linda Jacobson

As Relief Funds Expire, Harvard’s Kane Says ‘Whole Generation’ Still Needs Help

Linda Jacobson

K-12 Enrollment Fails to Emerge from Pandemic, Federal Data Shows

Linda Jacobson

Report: Schools Won’t Recover from COVID Absenteeism Crisis Until at Least 2030

Linda Jacobson

In Gun Safety Push, White House Turns to Anxious School Principals for Help

Linda Jacobson

Road Scholars: When These Families Travel, School Comes Along for the Ride

Linda Jacobson

Experts Give Biden High Marks on Student Achievement Agenda. But What About Parents?

Linda Jacobson

Acknowledging Missteps, Jeffco Chief Navigates ‘Devastating’ School Closures

Linda Jacobson

Study: ‘Short Burst’ Tutoring in Literacy Shows Promise for Young Readers

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Data: Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

Linda Jacobson

Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Urged to Toughen Privacy Safeguards After Data Probe

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Sales Skyrocket for Phone Pouch Company as In-School Bans Spread

Linda Jacobson

Rose-Colored Recovery: Study Says Parents Don’t Grasp Scope of Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Oakland Study Finds Parents as Effective as Teachers in Tutoring Young Readers

Linda Jacobson

Alleged Rape Victim Presses Va.’s Fairfax Schools for Answers on Records Leak

Linda Jacobson

First Civil Rights Data Since COVID Reveals Racial Divide in Advanced Classes

Linda Jacobson

Feds Award Millions to School Districts to Address ‘Tricky’ Issue of Integration

Linda Jacobson

Exposed Fairfax School Documents Include Names of Alleged Assault Victims

Linda Jacobson

Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

Linda Jacobson

Tweeting or Governing? Supreme Court Tries to Draw Lines in School Board Case

Linda Jacobson

The Right to Troll: Supreme Court to Hear School Board Social Media Case

Linda Jacobson

Exiting Charter Leader Nina Rees Says ‘the Center Still Holds’ on School Choice

Linda Jacobson

Study: Virtual Tutoring Boosted Young Readers’ Literacy Scores

Linda Jacobson

Science of Reading Push Helped Some States Exceed Pre-Pandemic Performance

Linda Jacobson

Despite Slight Reprieve, Districts Still Struggle to Find Teachers, Staff

Linda Jacobson

Post-Pandemic, 2 Out of 3 Students Attend Schools With High Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson

Ryan Walters: How a Beloved Teacher Became Oklahoma’s Top Culture Warrior

Linda Jacobson

Chiefs Out in Half of Districts Where Moms for Liberty Flipped Boards Last Year

Linda Jacobson

Los Angeles Board Votes to Restrict Charters’ Access to Some District Schools

Linda Jacobson

Tutoring’s New Game: Better Academic Results Yield Bigger Payoffs for Providers

Linda Jacobson

North Carolina to Launch Education Savings Accounts, With Up to $7,500 Per Child

Linda Jacobson

‘Growing Pains’: Microschools Face Regulatory Maze as Approach Takes Hold

Linda Jacobson

Starting School Before Age 2 Helps Children Avoid Achievement Gaps, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. Hires Book Ban Czar to Monitor Escalating Challenges Over Content

Linda Jacobson

Controversy Over Ed Dept. Title IX Overhaul Expected to Fuel Further Delays

Linda Jacobson

In Los Angeles and New York, Fights Escalate Over Sharing Schools with Charters

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Data: Fueled by Teacher Shortages, ‘Zoom-in-a-Room’ Makes a Comeback

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Ruling Demands ‘Urgency’ on Racial Inclusion, Biden Administration Says

Linda Jacobson

Report: In 24 States, Using False Address to Get Into a Better School is a Crime

Linda Jacobson

‘Everybody is Frustrated’: Feds Probe Virginia’s Handling of Special Education

Linda Jacobson

Battle Over Nation’s 1st Religious Charter School Heads to Oklahoma Courts

Linda Jacobson

A Hearing on Learning Loss and a Preview of the Election Battle to Come

Linda Jacobson

Wisconsin District Could Owe Services After Cutting Trans Student’s In-School Learning

Linda Jacobson

Analysis: State Laws Leave Schools Unprepared for a Post-COVID ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Linda Jacobson

After Harvard Ruling, Will Admissions Policies at Elite K-12 Schools Be Next?

Linda Jacobson

$190B Later, Reason to Worry Relief Funds Won’t Curb COVID’s Academic Crisis

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

‘Education’s Long COVID’: New Data Shows Recovery Stalled for Most Students

Linda Jacobson

A Season of Scandal Leaves Memphis-Shelby Parents in the Dark on COVID Spending

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo

A Tiny, Hasidic District Won’t Explain How It’s Spending $94M in Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson

After Contentious Vote, Hebrew Charter Founder Eyes Jewish School in Oklahoma

Linda Jacobson

A Ruling Against Harvard Might Not End Diversity-Based Admissions, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

Feds: Book Removal in Ga. School District May Have Caused ‘Hostile Environment’

Linda Jacobson

Pre-K Enrollment Nearly Bounces Back From Pandemic Amid Push for Universal Access

Linda Jacobson

134K Comments on Feds’ Trans Sports Policy Demonstrate Difficulty of Compromise

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: As Post-Pandemic Enrollment Lags, Schools Compete for Fewer Students

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Penny Schwinn, Influential Tennessee Education Chief, to Step Down

Linda Jacobson

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Linda Jacobson

She Didn’t Think She’d Last a Year; Now She’s the Nation’s Top Teacher

Linda Jacobson

Despite ‘Crisis,’ States and Districts Slow to Spend $1B in Mental Health Funds

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Board Sidesteps Final Decision on Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

In and Out of Class, These Top Teachers ‘Thrive Off Connections’ With Students

Linda Jacobson

Biden Plan Would Forbid Across-the-Board School Bans on Transgender Athletes

Linda Jacobson

‘The Wild West’: GOP Lawmakers Push to Refuse Billions in Federal School Funds

Linda Jacobson

GOP Parents Rights Bill Passes House, But Faces Likely ‘Dead End’ in Senate

Linda Jacobson

As Testing Approaches, Tenn. Reconsiders Holding Back Third Graders

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Deaf Man in Special Education Case

Linda Jacobson

Carvalho Faces ‘Defining Moment’ as L.A.’s Largest Unions Prepare to Strike

Linda Jacobson

Showdown Over Biden’s Education Budget Likely as Conservatives Call for Cuts

Linda Jacobson

Parents’ Bill of Rights: Amid Hot Debate, Democrats File Alternative to GOP Bill

Linda Jacobson

House GOP Pushes Parents Bill of Rights, But Some Advocates Call it ‘Tone Deaf’

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Skeptical Biden Has Authority to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Linda Jacobson

New Oklahoma Legal Opinion Leaves Vote on Catholic Charter School in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

Linda Jacobson

In Debt Relief Case, U.S. To Argue Borrowers ‘Suffered Profound Financial Harms’

Linda Jacobson

Once a Charter Fan, Democratic Leader Jeffries Expected to ‘Downplay’ Support

Linda Jacobson

Foxx Says She Won’t Support Democrats’ ‘Top-Down’ Teacher Pay Plan

Linda Jacobson

Stockton School Officials Could Face Criminal Charges After Blistering Audit

Linda Jacobson

Stockton, CA: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

Linda Jacobson

NCES: 49% of Students Started Year Below Grade Level, Usually in Math, Reading

Linda Jacobson

Arizona Parents are Using Public Ed $ for Kayaks, Trampolines & SeaWorld Tickets

Linda Jacobson

Cardona’s Tutoring Charge, 1 Year Later: Some Progress, but Obstacles Remain

Linda Jacobson

Seizing on Parents’ Frustration, GOP Govs Push for ‘Education Savings Accounts’

Linda Jacobson

Cassidy, New GOP Education Leader, Will Focus on Reading Disabilities

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Could Change the Rights of Students with Disabilities to Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Considers When Students With Disabilities Can Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson

OK’s Endorsement of Religious Charter Schools Could Alter Landscape for Choice

Linda Jacobson

‘No Room for Error’: Senate’s 50-50 Political Split Was Bittersweet for Schools

Linda Jacobson

‘You Don’t Get That Time Back’: Parents Seek Special Ed Services Lost to COVID

Linda Jacobson

‘Late-in-the-Game’ COVID Relief Fund Guidance Leaves Some Scratching Their Heads

Linda Jacobson

‘Heroes to Zeroes’: L.A. School Staff Plans Strike Vote

Linda Jacobson

Report: Half of Largest School Districts Changed Leaders Since Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson

Targeted by Lawsuit, Ed Dept. Abruptly Scraps Parent Council

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic-Related School Closures Fueled Enrollment Exodus, Report Finds

Linda Jacobson

Experts: Dismal NAEP Scores Offer Districts Chance to ‘Pivot’ on Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson

Black Families Look to Continue Pod Schooling Movement Beyond Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

NC’s Top Court Compels State to Turn Over $800 Million in School Funding Case

Linda Jacobson

DeSantis Solidifies Control of FL Ed Policy With Pickup of 6 School Board Seats

Linda Jacobson

Easily Winning 2nd Term, OK Gov. Stitt Plans to Move Forward on School Vouchers

Linda Jacobson

GA School Chief Woods Leads Race for 3rd Term, With Focus on Learning Recovery

Linda Jacobson

L.A. vs. the Wonks: District’s 8th-Grade Reading Miracle on NAEP Draws Scrutiny

Linda Jacobson

Senate ‘Odd Couple’ Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul Poised to Lead Ed Committee

Linda Jacobson

$800 Million for CA Arts Ed & 7 Other Big School Propositions on Midterm Ballots

Linda Jacobson

Skeptical Supreme Court Asks: Do Race-Conscious Admissions Have an Endpoint?

Linda Jacobson

Experts Expect K-12 Ripple Effects as Supreme Court Considers Race in Admissions

Linda Jacobson

In the ‘Crosshairs’: Beleaguered Superintendents Face COVID Wave of Firings

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Literacy Data: Small Gains Since Last Fall, But No Reading Rebound

Linda Jacobson

More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson

Analysis: States To ‘Likely See a Doubling’ of Pre-Pandemic Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson

As Oklahoma Governor’s Race Tightens, Voucher Debate Takes Center Stage

Linda Jacobson

Charter Schools with Federal Grants Stay Open Longer, Watchdog Group Finds

Linda Jacobson

Report: Almost 40M Households Passing on Internet Discount

Linda Jacobson

$700B: That’s How Much It Will Cost to Fix Pandemic Learning Loss, Study Says

Linda Jacobson

School Choice Issues Blurring Party Lines in Heated Georgia Superintendent Race

Linda Jacobson

In Congress and the Courts, Charter Supporters Seek to Undo Grant Revisions

Linda Jacobson

OIG: Charter Grantees Opened Just Half the Schools for Which They Received Funds

Linda Jacobson

Parent Council Case: As Judge Weighs In, Some Worry Group Will Lack Influence

Linda Jacobson

Lawsuit: VA Parents Say Special Education Cases Are Rigged Against Them

Linda Jacobson

Results From Long-Running Study Bolster Case for Universal Pre-K

Linda Jacobson

‘Wake-up Calls’: New Parent Survey Shows 9% Enrollment Drop in District Schools

Linda Jacobson

4th Circuit Weighs Whether Elite Va. School Discriminates Against Asians

Linda Jacobson

New Testing Data: Fewer Students in Early Grades Developing Basic Phonics Skills

Linda Jacobson

Touting Education Record, DeSantis Outlines Agenda for Beating the ‘Elites’

Linda Jacobson

Facing Pandemic Learning Crisis, Districts Spend Relief Funds at a Snail’s Pace

Linda Jacobson

Biden’s Move to Cancel Student Debt a Boon For Many Teachers, Child Care Workers

Linda Jacobson

DeSantis-Backed Candidates Rack Up School Board Wins Across Florida

Linda Jacobson

Poll: Support for Schools Shook by Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Conservative Lawsuit Pushes Back Start of Ed Dept. Parent Council

Linda Jacobson

New CDC Guidance Could Be Gamechanger on Restrictions as Students Return to School

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson

Relief Funds Help Districts Find Homeless Students Lost During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson

Feds to Schools: ‘Redouble’ Efforts to Keep Students with Disabilities in Class

Linda Jacobson

‘Long Road to Recovery’: Math, Reading Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. Announces New Push to Expand Afterschool and Summer Programs

Linda Jacobson

Despite Urgency, New National Tutoring Effort Could Take 6 Months to Ramp Up

Linda Jacobson

After Overhauling Program, Ed Dept. Opens One-Month Dash for Charter Funds

Linda Jacobson

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law

Linda Jacobson

In a Year of ‘Abysmal’ Student Behavior, Ed Dept. Seeks Discipline Overhaul

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Linda Jacobson

Attorneys Consider Asking SCOTUS to Weigh in on Public Status of Charter Schools

Linda Jacobson

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Parent Council

Linda Jacobson

‘I Was the Lucky One’: School Shooting Survivor Shares Story at L.A. March

Linda Jacobson

3 Months In, LA’s Carvalho Earns High Marks, But Tough Tests Lie Ahead

Linda Jacobson

Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models

Linda Jacobson

Uvalde Survivor: ‘I Don’t Want it To Happen Again’

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Bets on School Counseling Corps to Address ‘Mental Health Deserts’

Linda Jacobson

Survey: 1 in 4 High School Seniors Changed Post-Graduation Plans Due to COVID

Linda Jacobson

As Tragedy Unfolded, TX House Discussed Troubling State of Student Mental Health

Linda Jacobson

Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading

Linda Jacobson

68 Years After Brown, Schools Still ‘Highly’ Segregated: 4 Takeaways from Study

Linda Jacobson

School Resource Coordinator Overcomes Tragedy to Serve Children in Need

Linda Jacobson

Head Start, in Limbo Over Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Looks to Congress for Help

Linda Jacobson

Grade Inflation ‘Persistent, Systemic’ Even Prior to Pandemic, ACT Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

As Chronic Absenteeism Persists, Schools Launch New Efforts to Reduce It

Linda Jacobson

3 Democrats Join Opposition to Ed Department’s Charter Schools Proposal

Linda Jacobson

Freshmen, Held Back During Pandemic, Fuel ‘Bulge’ in 9th Grade Enrollment

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. to Update Section 504 on Protecting Children With Disabilities

Linda Jacobson

GOP-Led States, Ed Dept. Headed for ‘Showdown’ Over Transgender Students’ Rights

Linda Jacobson

Alarming New Numbers: COVID ‘Erased’ Decade of Growth in US Preschool Enrollment

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Justices Appear to Favor Coach Fired for Post-Game Prayers

Linda Jacobson

Teacher of the Year and Black Educator Kurt Russell to Emphasize Diversity

Linda Jacobson

Embracing the ‘Tough Conversation’: Teacher of the Year Finalists Speak Out On ‘Divisive’ History, Students’ Mental Health and Why Educators Are Not Superheroes

Linda Jacobson

Charter Supporters Push Back Against Federal Proposal That Could Limit Growth

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Large Districts Losing Students; Boom Towns, Virtual Schools Growing

Linda Jacobson

NCES Chief ‘Nervous’ about Student Test Results as Nation’s Report Card Resumes

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Nominee Plans to Recuse Herself from Harvard Admissions Case

Linda Jacobson

More Productivity or ‘Zombied Out’ Students? Congress Ponders Permanent Daylight Saving Time, But Sleep Experts Say They’ve Got it Backwards

Linda Jacobson

1 in 3 Educators Report Facing Abuse Over Past Year, 15% Were Victim of Violence

Linda Jacobson

Academic Mismatch: GPAs Hit All-Time High as National Test Scores Lag

Linda Jacobson

Advocates Fear Biden May Have Missed Best Chance for School Funding Windfall

Linda Jacobson

AZ’s Beth Lehr on a ‘Vilified’ Teachers and Other Pandemic Fallout

Linda Jacobson

One Year After States Received $122B for K-12, Districts Struggle to Spend It

Linda Jacobson

'Beyond Our Control': What the Pandemic Taught a College Freshman About Empathy

Linda Jacobson

Parent Liaison Toni Baker on Pandemic Loneliness, Cherishing ‘the Little Things’

Linda Jacobson

Nashville Parent Advocate Sonya Thomas Asks ‘What Has Changed?’

Linda Jacobson

Biden State of the Union Puts Focus on Students' Education 'Turned Upside-Down'

Linda Jacobson

LA's New School Chief on COVID Learning Recovery & Reversing Plunging Enrollment

Linda Jacobson

Biden Supreme Court Nominee Could Face Conflict on Harvard Admissions Case

Linda Jacobson

Expanding of Full-Day Pre-K Boosts Enrollment, Attendance

Linda Jacobson

TN Apprenticeship Could Be a ‘Game Changer’ in Solving Teacher Shortages

Linda Jacobson

Q&A: School Chief Talks 700 Days of COVID Disruptions, Decries Failed Leadership

Linda Jacobson

COVID Learning Loss—New Data Reveals Pandemic Has Pushed Young Readers Off Track

Linda Jacobson

Georgia Republicans Spoil Atlanta Neighborhood’s Effort to Secede

Linda Jacobson

700 Days Since Lockdown: COVID’s ‘Seismic Interruption to Education’

Linda Jacobson

School Chief Recalls Pandemic Fights with Texas Governor and Chicago Union

Linda Jacobson

Interview: Robin Lake on Preparing for a ‘Decade of Work Ahead’ Post-Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Roza on the ‘Awakening’ in Parents and Struggles of Being a ‘Data Person’

Linda Jacobson

New L.A. Chief Faces Immediate Challenge: Drop in Students’ College Readiness

Linda Jacobson

GOP-backed Groups Target Student Surveys as Parents’ Rights Movement Spreads

Linda Jacobson

Wealthy Neighborhood Seeks Split from Atlanta, Leaving Parents in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

Rising Segregation for Latino Students Hinders COVID Recovery Efforts

Linda Jacobson

Aaliyah Samuel on Getting ‘Back to the Middle’ on Social-Emotional Learning

Linda Jacobson

Ed Secretary Cardona Outlines Vision to ‘Level Up’ the Nation’s Schools

Linda Jacobson

Masks in Child Care Reduced Center Closures, Year-Long Yale Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Citing New Brain Research, Senators Push for Expanding Child Tax Credit

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS to Hear Case of Football Coach Fired Over Post-Game Prayers

Linda Jacobson

Cardona Rebuilds Washington's Rapport with Educators, But Challenges Remain

Linda Jacobson

Amid Testing Shortage, White House Ramps Up Supply to Schools

Linda Jacobson

As Chicago Schools Reopen, Conflict Deepens Rift Between Mayor, Teachers Union

Linda Jacobson

Strike Update: Chicago Parents Feel ‘Caught in the Middle of a Custody War’

Linda Jacobson

Districts Have Billions for Learning Recovery, But Some Students Can’t Find Help

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Blocks Biden Workplace Vaccine Mandate: 'Significant Encroachment'

Linda Jacobson

Chicago Teachers Vote Against In-Person Learning. Mayor: Defies ‘Common Sense’

Linda Jacobson

In Push to Renew School Accountability, Feds Urge States to Keep Eye on Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

‘Our Parents Have Done Enough’: Cardona Urges Schools to Stay Open

Linda Jacobson

CDC Endorses Test-to-Stay to Keep Students in School

Linda Jacobson

Louisiana Black Fathers Group Looks to Expand ‘Dads on Duty’

Linda Jacobson

Los Angeles Unified Weighs Delaying Vaccine Mandate Deadline Until Fall

Linda Jacobson

Miami’s Carvalho Brings Rock Star Status to Top L.A. Schools Job

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Appears Ready to Allow Public Funding of Religious Education

Linda Jacobson

New Report Names Best and Worst Metro Areas for Education

Linda Jacobson

In Dress Code Case, 4th Circuit Could Decide Public Status of Charter Schools

Linda Jacobson

Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Absent 9th Graders Back in Class

Linda Jacobson

Districts Face Special Ed ‘Staffing Crisis’ As Congress Delays Action on Budget

Linda Jacobson

Bloomberg Announces $750M Effort to Grow Charter Sector in 20 U.S. Cities

Linda Jacobson

States Passed Retention Laws to Combat Learning Loss, But Most Parents Said No

Linda Jacobson

Less Than Two-Thirds of Parents Give Schools an A or B on Meeting Students’ Need

Linda Jacobson

States Still Waiting on Ed Department Guidance to Restart School Accountability

Linda Jacobson

Ballot Measure Would Give California Parents ‘Legal Standing’ to Sue for Better

Linda Jacobson

California Aims to Come From Behind in Making Sure Children Learn to Read

Linda Jacobson

Biden Spending Bill Passes House, Faces Uncertain Future in Senate

Linda Jacobson

New Report Gives Roadmap for Eliminating Internet Affordability Gap for Students

Linda Jacobson

Five Incumbents Lead in Atlanta School Board Election; Two Races go to Runoff

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Considers Limits of Censure in Case With Implications for School Boards

Linda Jacobson

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Three Post-Janus Cases Over Union Dues

Linda Jacobson

Biden's Scaled-Down Spending Plan Cuts School Construction, Trims K-12 Workers

Linda Jacobson

As Atlanta’s White Population Grows, School Board Election Focuses on Equity

Linda Jacobson

Districts Struggle to Make Widespread COVID Testing Happen in Schools

Linda Jacobson

White House Unveils Plans for Mass Vaccination Effort of 5- to 11-Year Olds

Linda Jacobson

District Boundaries Leave Quality Schools Out of Reach for Low-Income Families

Linda Jacobson

‘It May Even Get Worse.’ Supply Chain Crisis Forces Districts to Get Creative

Linda Jacobson

At National Summit, Latino Educators Call for ‘A Seat at the Table’

Linda Jacobson

$50 Billion in Title I, Special Ed Funds at Risk if U.S. Exceeds Debt Limit

Linda Jacobson

Monthly Payments Are a ‘Shot in the Arm’ for Families, But Some Call for Results

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic Learning Pods in Year Two ‘Find Their Legs,’ But Face Limitations

Linda Jacobson

Reconstruction Offers Students Black History, but Stays ‘Out of the Fray’

Linda Jacobson

Advocates Push to Save Education Priorities in Biden ‘Build Back Better’ Plan

Linda Jacobson

Students Facing Eviction: Advocates Warn Schools Not Part of Biden Rent Relief

Linda Jacobson

Head Start Study Shows Surprising Results for Virtual Learners During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Maine Voucher Case to Test Supreme Court’s Shift Toward Religious Freedom

Linda Jacobson

‘Game of Chicken’ Among Democrats Could Threaten Biden Vision for Schools

Linda Jacobson

Charter Sector Sees Highest Growth since 2015, 42-State Analysis Shows

Linda Jacobson

Acting on Questionable Evidence, More Districts Require Masks Outside

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic Testing Gaps Make it Harder to Help Struggling Schools

Linda Jacobson

Florida Governor’s Plan to Nix End-of-Year Tests Lacks Details

Linda Jacobson

Ex-Union Teachers Argue Dues Collection Rules Violate 1st Amendment Rights

Linda Jacobson

L.A. District Passes Student Vaccine Mandate As Biden Pushes More COVID Testing

Linda Jacobson

Some View Newsom Recall as Disruptive, But Pace of Reopening Still an Issue

Linda Jacobson

Quarantine Policies Leave Some Students Without Access to Learning

Linda Jacobson

Ed Dept. Launches Civil Rights Probes Over Bans on Universal Masking

Linda Jacobson

Florida Districts Hold Firm On Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Grow

Linda Jacobson

Biden Threatens Ed Dept. ‘Enforcement Actions’ Against States Restricting Masks

Linda Jacobson

Experts Urge Caution When Including Family Child Care in Universal Pre-K

Linda Jacobson

Senate Advances Biden’s Historic, $3.5T Agenda for Education, Families

Linda Jacobson

Biden Administration Defends FL Districts Defying State’s Ban on Mask Mandates

Linda Jacobson

In a Summer of Recovery for Students, Some Programs Face Teacher Shortages

Linda Jacobson

Districts Race to Apply For Funds to Improve Students’ At-Home Internet Access

Linda Jacobson

Poised to Pass Infrastructure Bill, Dems Push Larger Plan For Schools, Families

Linda Jacobson

Board in Charge of National Reading Tests Moves Past Equity Dispute

Linda Jacobson

Biden Launches Large-Scale Effort to Get More Students Vaccinated

Linda Jacobson

Tests Show Early Reading Skills Rebounding, But Racial Gaps Have Grown Wider

Linda Jacobson

As Inflation Soars, Districts Face Shortages of Labor and Materials

Linda Jacobson

Cardona: Schools Will Need to ‘Work Twice as Hard’ To Lure Some Families Back

Linda Jacobson

‘No way to win’: School Leaders Face Unsettling Year of Public Outrage

Linda Jacobson

Drop in FInancial Aid Apps Signals Pandemic’s Effect on College Entry

Linda Jacobson

With Some Parents Mad Over Issues from School Closures to Critical Race Theory, Leaders Fear Impact on Fall Enrollment

Linda Jacobson

A Year After Pre-K Went Virtual, Some Question Its Post-Pandemic Future

Linda Jacobson

Parents Seek ‘A Seat at the Table’ in Spending $122 Billion in K-12 Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson

New Federal Mask Guidance Puts School Districts in Tough Spot

Linda Jacobson

CDC Guidance Promotes Full Reopening for Schools This Fall

Linda Jacobson

Schools Were Open By Spring, But Many Students Remained at Home

Linda Jacobson

Unions Promise Money and Support to Members Advancing Critical Race Theory

Linda Jacobson

Chaos Theory: Amid Pandemic Recovery Efforts, School Leaders Fear Critical Race Furor Will ‘Paralyze’ Teachers

Linda Jacobson & The 74 Staff

Ed Dept. Preparing Guidance to Address Needs of Students with Disabilities

Linda Jacobson

Advocates for Math Equity Question Whether Being Right is Sometimes Wrong

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Justices Consider Whether to Take Up Another School Choice Case

Linda Jacobson

As SCOTUS Rules For Catholic Adoption Agency, Implications For Religious Schools

Linda Jacobson

Title IX Protects Gay and Transgender Students

Linda Jacobson

Ed Department Posts State Plans for Using Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson

Senate Leaders Want Answers on CDC-Union Interaction

Linda Jacobson

National Equity Summit To Address ‘Deep Cracks’ in Student Services

Linda Jacobson

Connecticut Data Shows Remote Learners Had the Worst Attendance This Year

Linda Jacobson

Deja Vu as Ed Department Revisits Contentious School Sexual Misconduct Rules

Linda Jacobson

Equity Plan Would Create ‘Powerful Incentive’ for States to Close Funding Gaps

Linda Jacobson

Upcoming UFO Report Provides Fodder For Nation’s Science Classrooms

Linda Jacobson

Many 2019-20 State Report Cards Lacked Chronic Absence, Graduation Data

Linda Jacobson

Role of Equity in Reading Tests Divides Board Overseeing ‘Nation’s Report Card’

Linda Jacobson

Early Look at Relief Funds Shows Districts Give Short Shrift to Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Nation's Top Teacher is a Special Educator from Nevada

Linda Jacobson

Study Backs Efforts to Focus on Preschoolers’ Mental Health

Linda Jacobson

Seeking to Rebuild Trust, Ed Dept. Reaches Out to Parents

Linda Jacobson

Top Teacher Finalists Describe Leading During ‘Worst Year Ever’

Linda Jacobson

Relief Funds Fuel Efforts to Find Homeless Students

Linda Jacobson

Biden’s $1.8T ‘Family Plan’ Spans Birth Through College

Linda Jacobson

Tests Show Growth, But Not Enough To Close Pandemic-Related Gaps

Linda Jacobson

Biden Gets Mostly High Marks from Educators on 100 Days Pledge

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic Causes ‘Huge Setbacks’ in State Pre-K Programs

Linda Jacobson

Biden Budget Plan Boosts Funding For Community Schools, Title I

Linda Jacobson

Top-Ranked L.A. Arts School Puts Spotlight on Equity

Linda Jacobson

Fewer Black Students are Learning Remotely, But Many are Absent

Linda Jacobson

A Racial Reckoning at Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence

Linda Jacobson

First Phase of Biden Infrastructure Plan to Include Billions for Schools, Child Care Centers and Broadband

Linda Jacobson

Report: Learning Loss Data Shows 40,000 Los Angeles High School Students Off Track to Graduate

Linda Jacobson

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

Linda Jacobson

Cardona Summit Shines Light on Districts With Successful Reopening Stories and ‘Real-World Evidence’ of Following CDC Guidelines

Linda Jacobson

Biden’s Pick for Deputy Ed Secretary Faces Senate Panel Amid Unusual Scrutiny of her Tenure as San Diego Chief

Linda Jacobson

Five Ways Biden’s $4 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Could Help Kids and Schools

Linda Jacobson

States Target Learning Loss with Summer School and Extended Days, but Some Parents Want Option to Hold Kids Back

Linda Jacobson

CDC’s About-Face on Social Distancing Likely to Pave Way for More Children to Return to Class, but Teachers Unions Express Skepticism

Linda Jacobson

‘A Lot of Them Choose Work’: As Teens Pile on Jobs to Help Their Families, Schools Strive to Keep Tabs on Students They Haven’t Seen in a Year

Linda Jacobson

12 Months After Pandemic Closed Schools, 12 Million Students Still Lack Reliable Internet

Linda Jacobson

Collection of 130 COVID Studies Aims to Give Schools a ‘Solid Grounding’ to Reopen

Linda Jacobson

Biden Signs Sweeping Pandemic Relief Package, with $126 Billion for Reopening Schools, Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

U.S. Education Department Makes First Move in Bid to Reverse DeVos-Era Title IX Rule on Sexual Assault

Linda Jacobson

As White House Strikes Stronger Tone on Reopening Schools, First Lady and Ed Secretary Cardona Tour Districts Where Most Students Attend in Person

Linda Jacobson

Senate Confirms Cardona 64-33 as Education Secretary; First Lady Heads to His Hometown Wednesday

Linda Jacobson

Parents Expected to Opt Children Out of Spring Testing in Large Numbers, Especially in Places Where Schools Haven’t Reopened

Linda Jacobson

One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

Linda Jacobson

CDC Study Finds Teachers ‘Central’ To COVID Transmission When Distancing, Masks Not Enforced

Linda Jacobson

Survey: Pandemic-Related Stress Tops Teachers’ Reasons for Quitting, But Vaccines, COVID Testing Could Lure Some of Them Back

Linda Jacobson

Leaders in California and South Carolina Find Learning Loss — Especially in the Early Grades — But Experts Say Data is Still ‘Imperfect’

Linda Jacobson

Inside the New CDC Guidance on Reopening Classrooms: Masks and Social Distancing Key Safety Strategies, Vaccinations Not a Precondition for In-Person Learning

Linda Jacobson

Houston Schools to Vote on Dissolving Relationship With Youth Advocacy Group After Survey Shows Majority of Students Oppose Reopening

Linda Jacobson

Inside the $130 Billion Biden Schools Proposal: Big on Safety and Teacher Retention, But Experts Warn May Not Fully Address Student Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Cardona, in Mostly Gentle Prodding From Senate, Offers Views on Testing, Transgender Students and Reopening Schools

Linda Jacobson

With Former Top-Ranking Education Staff as Key Biden Advisers, Will White House and Ed Department Be on the ‘Same Page?’

Linda Jacobson

Teachers Unions Say They Need More COVID Tests Before Reopening Classrooms. But Experts Are Warning About the Limitations, Expense and Tradeoffs in Focusing on Swabs

Linda Jacobson

Charter School Advocates, San Diego NAACP Raise Objections to Biden’s Pick for Number Two Spot at Education Department

Linda Jacobson

With an Eye Toward Equity, Biden Unveils Plan to Reopen Many Schools in First 100 Days

Linda Jacobson

Biden Expected to Make Narrowing Digital Divide an ‘Early, Urgent Priority’ to Help Students During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

For the Second Time In Less Than Two Years, Miguel Cardona is Set to Prove Himself on a Much Larger Stage. Is He Ready for the ‘Political Headwinds’ He’d Face as U.S. Education Secretary?

Linda Jacobson

Biden’s Rescue Plan Includes $130 Billion for K-12, But Some Members of Congress Might ‘Balk at the Size’

Linda Jacobson

With Alexander’s Exit, Divided Senate Loses Quiet Champion of Bipartisan Approach to Ed Policy

Linda Jacobson

Superintendents Call for ‘Faster Rollout’ of Vaccines; But Object to Delaying School Reopenings Until Children Get Shots

Linda Jacobson

Caught in a Financial ‘Triple Squeeze,’ Districts Could See Annual Costs of $2,500 Per Student to Address Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Former Teachers and Ed Advocates to Join Biden’s White House Team

Linda Jacobson

‘I Had No Other Option.’ Teens Balance Zoom Classes and Fast-Food Jobs — Sometimes at the Same Time — to Support Struggling Families

Linda Jacobson

Following DeVos’s Surprise Resignation, School Advocates Say She Leaves Behind A Controversial Legacy — and Wonder Why She Didn’t Leave Sooner

Linda Jacobson

With Senate in Democrats’ Hands, Attention Turns to Ed Committee Leadership, Cardona Confirmation

Linda Jacobson

Georgia Senate Runoff Will Affect Reach of Biden’s Education Agenda and the ‘Larger Political Dynamic’ in Washington

Linda Jacobson

Trump Issues School Choice Executive Order Allowing States to Repurpose Funds for ‘Emergency Learning Scholarships’; Critics See Biden Swiftly Revoking Pandemic Measure

Linda Jacobson

Biden to Tap Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary — a ‘Big Picture Thinker’ Popular With Teachers Who Will Lead 2021 Push to Reopen Classrooms

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Sen. Lamar Alexander on Finally Fixing College Financial Aid Form, Being Ready to Advise Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill

Linda Jacobson

Nashville’s ‘Navigator’ Tries to Keep Students in Remote Learning From Getting Lost in the System

Linda Jacobson

In Final Hours of Senate Negotiations, Congress Poised to Approve $82 Billion in New Assistance for Schools, Including Funds to Help Reopen Classrooms

Linda Jacobson

New Homes, New Schools, Endless Delays. For Students in Foster Care, Pandemic Only Adds to the Chaos

Linda Jacobson

‘No One Taught Us How to Do This’: As Families Face Evictions & Closed Classrooms, Data Shows ‘Dramatic’ Spike in Mid-Year School Moves

Linda Jacobson

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They’ve Lost in Months of Online Instruction

Linda Jacobson

Former NEA Chief Eskelsen Garcia, Possible Education Secretary Pick, Under Scrutiny for Comments About Special-Needs Kids

Linda Jacobson

Survey: Afterschool Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009, As Providers Seek Funding for Students During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

As First Lady, Jill Biden to ‘Bring a Lot More Power’ to Helping Students in Military Families

Linda Jacobson

New Requirement to Publish Per-Pupil Spending Data Could Help Schools Direct Funding to the Neediest Students. But Even in the Face of Budget Cuts, State Implementation Lags

Linda Jacobson

As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Report: District-Charter Funding Gap Grows to 33 Percent Less Per Student; 12 Cities Provide ‘A Trivial Amount’ or ‘No Funding’ for Charters

Linda Jacobson

Trump Mulls Parting Shot on Private Schools, but Experts Dismiss Possible Executive Order as ‘More Bluster for the Base’

Linda Jacobson

With Defeat of California’s ‘Split Roll’ Tax, Advocates Wonder How to Increase Educational Equity

Linda Jacobson

‘The Numbers are Ugly’: Chronic Absenteeism Among California Elementary Students Could Be Surging by More Than 200 Percent

Linda Jacobson

Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis Victorious in NC After Democratic Challenger Concedes

Linda Jacobson

Makeup of Senate Means Biden Will Likely Lack Votes and ‘Big Buckets of Funding’ for Expansive Education Agenda

Linda Jacobson

Biden Wins Election, but with a Likely Divided Congress, One Ed Expert Warns, ‘There’s No Mandate Momentum Here’

Linda Jacobson

From School Board to the White House, Gwinnett County’s Vote Falls Under National Microscope

Linda Jacobson

With Control of Senate Uncertain, Educators Look to Mitch McConnell, Who Calls Pandemic Relief Package ‘Job One’

Linda Jacobson

California Ban on Affirmative Action in College Admissions Likely to Stay in Place

Linda Jacobson

Church, State and Choice: Wednesday Supreme Court Hearing Could Affect Debate on Public Funding of Religious Schools and Inclusion of Gay Students

Linda Jacobson

20 State and Local Ballot Measures That Could Help Shape Education, from Legalizing Marijuana to Allowing Race-Based Admissions

Linda Jacobson

Survey Finds Most Teachers Assigned Busy Work in the Spring. Now, Experts Say, It’s Time to Give Students More Challenging Assignments — Remote or Not

Linda Jacobson

A Referendum on Race in Board Election for Gwinnett County, One of the Nation’s Largest and Most Stable School Districts

Linda Jacobson

DeVos on the Docket: With 455 Lawsuits Against Her Department and Counting, Education Secretary is Left to Defend Much of Her Agenda in Court

Linda Jacobson

Report Estimates 1 to 3 Million Students Missing From School Since March, But Data on Disrupted Learning is ‘At Best a Moving Target’

Linda Jacobson

Election to Bring Major Changes to Senate Education Committee, with Early Childhood Champion Patty Murray Likely to Lead if Democrats Prevail

Linda Jacobson

New Civil Rights Data Shows Increase in Reports of Sexual Violence at School

Linda Jacobson

‘Right Now, All Students are Mobile’: New Pandemic Data Confirms a ‘Massive Event’ Disrupting School Enrollment

Linda Jacobson

Study: In 28 Districts, Middle and High School Students Lose More Than a Year of Learning Due to Suspensions

Linda Jacobson

Students Could Have Lost as Much as 183 Days of Learning Time in Reading, 232 Days in Math During First Four Months of Largely Virtual Schooling

Linda Jacobson

Trump Calls Off Negotiations Over COVID-19 Relief Package, Leaving Educators Anxious Over State Budget Cuts in Faltering Economy

Linda Jacobson

With Barrett Poised to Join Conservative SCOTUS Majority, Lower Courts Weigh Granting More Students Access to Private and Religious Schools

Linda Jacobson

Barrett’s SCOTUS Confirmation Would Give Conservatives a Supermajority on Education Issues From Race-Based Admissions to School Choice but Could Create a ‘Desert for Equity,’ Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

‘Where Are the Rest of You?’ With as Many as 600,000 Students Skipping Kindergarten During the Pandemic, Districts Plead With Parents Not to Delay

Linda Jacobson

Survey: Nearly Half of High School Principals Have Helped Students Facing Homelessness During the Pandemic; 4 in 10 Have Aided Students Coping With Deaths in Their Family

Linda Jacobson

At Reagan Summit, DeVos Rails Against Federal Schools ‘Footprint’ but Embraces White House Push for Patriotic Education

Linda Jacobson

‘Confusion Reigns’ for Parents Seeking Child Care and Pre-K. But Some Experts Don’t See Biden’s Sprawling Early-Childhood Plan as a Fix

Linda Jacobson

Third Annual Reagan Institute Event to Spotlight DeVos, State Chiefs at a Time of Strained Relations

Linda Jacobson

First-Ever Report Spotlights California, New Jersey, D.C. as Best in Nation for Creating Prenatal-to-3 Policies That Set Children Up to Excel in Early Education

Linda Jacobson

New Report Estimates School Closures’ Long-Term Impact on the U.S. Economy at More Than $14 Trillion

Linda Jacobson

DeVos Waves White Flag on Private School Aid Fight, Pledging to ‘Respect the Rule of Law’ on Use of Pandemic Funds

Linda Jacobson

As Congress Weighs Relief Funding, School Choice — and the Help of an Unlikely Democrat — May Play a Pivotal Role

Linda Jacobson

Charters Close Achievement Gap With District Schools, Study Finds, With Black and Low-Income Students Making the Greatest Gains

Linda Jacobson

Biden Blasts Trump’s Handling of COVID-19, Saying the President ‘Has No Real Plan’ for Getting Students and Teachers Back to School Safely

Linda Jacobson

U.S. Department of Education Announces Flexibility in Afterschool Funding to Accommodate Learning Hubs and Centers During Virtual School Days

Linda Jacobson

Los Angeles Superintendent Calls $150M COVID-19 Testing Effort ‘Necessary and Appropriate,’ but What He Really Wants Is a National Plan

Linda Jacobson

Agriculture Secretary Perdue Extends Free Meals for All Students Through the End of Year After Pleas from Advocates, Congress

Linda Jacobson

Charters Were Quicker to Provide Instruction, Regular Contact During Closures, Reports Say. But That’s Also How They ‘Keep the Kids,’ One Expert Explains

Linda Jacobson

Trump Expected to Stick to Twin Themes of Reopening and Private School Choice at This Week’s Republican National Convention

Linda Jacobson

17 Million Students Lack Home Internet. With No Relief From Congress in Sight, Schools Deploy an Awkward Mix of Buses, Mobile Hotspots to Get Them Online

Linda Jacobson

Second Federal Judge Blocks DeVos Rule Over Sharing Pandemic Relief Funds WIth Private Schools

Linda Jacobson

Florida Teachers Union, State Going to Mediation Over Gov. Ron DeSantis’s School Reopening Mandate

Linda Jacobson

With Nation Focused on Reopening Schools, Biden’s Choice of Kamala Harris as Running Mate Could Renew Attention on Integration

Linda Jacobson

As Distance Learning Pushes Parents Into Pods, Some Look for Ways to Make the Model More Inclusive

Linda Jacobson

Trump’s Weekend Executive Actions Leave School Funding ‘On the Cutting Room Floor’

Linda Jacobson

TikTok Helped Teachers and Students Stay Connected During the Pandemic. Now Trump Has Moved to Ban It

Linda Jacobson

Amid Pandemic Downturn, New Research Shows Great Recession Hurt Student Test Scores, Widened Achievement Gaps & Reduced College Attendance

Linda Jacobson

Plans to Administer ‘Nation’s Report Card’ in 2021 to Proceed Despite Concerns Over Reliability and Funding During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Biden Prioritizes School Funding, Early Education and Classroom Equity in Appearance at AFT Convention; Decries GOP’s ‘Out of Touch’ Recovery Plan

Linda Jacobson

Parents (and Lawyers) Say Distance Learning Failed Too Many Special Education Students. As Fall Approaches, Families Wonder If Their Children Will Lose Another School Year

Linda Jacobson

New Study Reveals ‘Devastating Learning Loss’ for Youngest Children, Showing That Preschool Participation Has Fallen by Half During Pandemic — and May Not Improve in the Fall

Linda Jacobson

Survey Provides ‘Moving Picture’ of Pandemic’s Turbulent Impact on Families With Young Children

Linda Jacobson

As Congress Weighs Additional Funding, DeVos Suggests Schools That Stay Closed Don’t Need More Federal Relief

Linda Jacobson

‘We Are Being Asked to Do the Impossible’: As Pandemic Spikes in Several States, Parents Brace for Historically Chaotic Return to School

Linda Jacobson

Report: Deck Stacked Against Young Children of Color, but Leaders Can ‘Seize This Moment’ to Improve Equity

Linda Jacobson

Battle Over Private School Choice Returns to States After Court Ruling, but Education Groups Pledge to ‘Protect’ Public Schools

Linda Jacobson