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

At least 7 state leaders hope the pandemic laid the groundwork for an ‘all-of-the-above approach’ to education, including funding for private schools

Education Bills Seeking to Overhaul School Curriculum Advance in Indiana Legislature

From Dolly Parton to the science of reading, measures move

Homelessness Threatens Rural Students Amid Affordable Housing Crunch

With pandemic rental assistance programs phasing out, families and schools in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom region grapple with a tight housing market

The Final 97 Days of the COVID Emergency: What Changes on May 12

A biweekly roundup of headlines about how the pandemic is shaping schools and education policy, vetted by AEI Visiting Fellow John Bailey

How Educators Can Help Kids Make Sense of Tyre Nichols’s Death

Facing History & Ourselves’s Dimitry Anselme on how teachers can address Nichols’s death in the classroom while affirming students’ grief & anger

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Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

Pa. House Bill Would Make it Easier for Parents to Attend School Events

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

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