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Innovative High Schools

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

Reporters at The 74 fanned across America to find some of the nation’s most inventive and personalized high schools. Here’s what we learned.

Greg Toppo & Emmeline Zhao
school choice
Arizona

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

Entrepreneurs are getting a crash course in everything from employment taxes to fire codes. 'We don’t want a graveyard of microschools,' says one.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Arizona
Arizona

No Rules for Arizona School Vans? That’s Because the Council for Them Has No Members

Multiple Democrats expressed concern about credentialing for drivers and the safety of high-capacity vans.

Caitlin Sievers , Arizona Mirror
Maine
Disability Rights

Families of Young Children Say Maine is Failing to Provide Special Education Support

Students who require special education services are legally required to receive them under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Nick Shroeder
School (In)Security
Center for Democracy and Technology
School (In)Security

ChatGPT Is Landing Kids in the Principal’s Office, Survey Finds

While educators worry that students are using generative AI to cheat, a new report finds students are turning to the tool more for personal problems.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Nevada

Clark County Teacher ‘Sickouts’ Ruled an Illegal Strike, Union to Appeal Decision

April Corbin Girnus
Ohio

Ohio’s Pandemic Recovery Slows As Achievement Gaps Fail To Close

Patrick O’Donnell
Science of math

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ To Math Recovery

Jo Napolitano
Missouri

Lawmakers Consider Boosting Missouri Public Education Funding by $300 Million

Annelise Hanshaw
Maryland

Maryland Public Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury Chooses Not to Return

William J. Ford
California

Soaring Chronic Absenteeism in California Schools is at ‘Pivotal Moment’

Carolyn Jones
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken
Early Childhood

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

Linda Jacobson
sex education

Filling the Gap: Internship Pays Texas Teens to Learn Sex Ed

Claudia Silva

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Ohio

A Look Inside Classes at an Ohio Prison

Megan Henry
Louisiana

Democrats Push to Extend Child Care Grant Program

Samantha Dietel
News

Hit the Snooze Button: States Debate Later High School Start Times

Elaine S. Povich
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Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo
civil rights

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

Linda Jacobson
Gen Z

15 Key Takeaways From More Than 3,000 Gen Zers on Their ‘Struggling’ Lives & Future

Joshua Bay
tutoring

How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids

Marianna McMurdock
Montana

Montana is Struggling to Retain New Teachers; Experts Cite Waning Ed Graduates

Nicole Girten
School (In)Security

It’s Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

Mark Keierleber
absenteeism

Attendance Gap: New Data from Minnesota Reveals Chasm in Chronic Absenteeism

Beth Hawkins
Texas

Texas Education Agency Delays Release of Annual School Ratings

Brian Lopez
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