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Medicaid Cuts in Trump Tax Bill Spark Fears for Child Health, School Services

The bill will cut an estimated $1.02 trillion from Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits — programs that insure some 40M children.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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commentary

To Truly Serve English Learners, Start With Curriculum — and Don’t Stop There

Infante-Green: Rhode Island makes sure multilingual students have rigorous, high-quality instructional materials & that teachers know how to use them.

Angélica Infante-Green
Author: Angélica Infante-Green
Opinion
Opinion
Early Learning Roundups

To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed

Experiments with various funding models could pave alternative pathways to a stronger child care system.

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
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Big Improvements Require Big Changes: Close Bad Schools and Expand Good Ones

Aldeman: New Orleans, Denver & Florida show how implementing a portfolio model of school choice can lead to dramatic academic gains.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
school choice
school choice

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

‘I don't know any family that really has kids who learn the same way,’ one parent said.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education

Ed Committee Advances Schwinn, Richey Nominations to Full Senate

Sen. Bill Cassidy, who chairs the committee, called them 'crucial to enacting President Trump’s pro-America agenda.'

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
immigration
immigration

SCOTUS: Lower Courts Overstepped in Nationwide Injunction on Birthright Order

Seen as a win for President Trump, Friday’s 6-3 decision sparks fear among immigrant advocates and educators about the fate of young children.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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data analysis

Suspensions for Students with Disabilities Are Far More Frequent in These States

Exclusive analysis by The 74 of 2022-23 IDEA data reveals stark disparities among students already subject to disproportionate punishment in school.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld

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Most Students Say They’re Not ‘Math People,’ RAND Survey Finds

A newly released poll shows huge numbers of middle and high schoolers zoning out during math class.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

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Internships
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‘This Isn’t School’: Teaching Work Etiquette to Summer Interns

Kansas City teens learn 'soft skills' — communication, punctuality, teamwork — along with how to do jobs as ProX summer interns.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Innovative High Schools
Innovative High Schools
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To Bullied and Bored Teens, North Star Offers ‘Unschooling’ — and a Cup of Ramen

'We tend not to get your football player, cheerleader, sports team kids,' says the school’s founder. 'But we get all the kids they pick on.'

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Future of High School
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Future of High School

Watch Live: National Service, AmeriCorps and the Future of Education

Join The 74 and the Progressive Policy Institute at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday for a conversation about national service organizations’ budget cuts.

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Future of High School

Coalition Hopes to ‘Accelerate’ Career Training, Apprenticeships

Five states, teachers union and apprentice program want better career options for students lost ‘at sea’ in the old ‘college for all’ world.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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How One Rural Elementary School Achieved Over 80% Reading Proficiency

Lambert: You don’t need a huge budget to transform reading outcomes. You just need a consistent, collaborative, data-based intervention model.

Maggi Lambert
Author: Maggi Lambert
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commentary

As DOE and Title IX Are Dismantled, The Promise of Equal Opportunity Is at Risk

Batté: The Trump administration has set the stage for a future in which women and survivors of sexual violence will be left even more vulnerable.

Kyra Batté
Author: Kyra Batté
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commentary

College Isn’t Camp. As Enrollment Drops, It’s Time to Take Higher Ed Seriously

White: Treat college as an investment in the future, let HS teens earn credits, use AI to keep graduating seniors on track, focus on in-demand skills

Paula White
Author: Paula White
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commentary

To Truly Serve English Learners, Start With Curriculum — and Don’t Stop There

Infante-Green: Rhode Island makes sure multilingual students have rigorous, high-quality instructional materials & that teachers know how to use them.

Angélica Infante-Green
Author: Angélica Infante-Green
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Early Learning Roundups

To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed

Experiments with various funding models could pave alternative pathways to a stronger child care system.

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Early Childhood Innovation Center Shores Up Delaware’s Early Learning Workforce

A statewide initiative in Delaware helps early childhood educators overcome barriers to pursuing advantage credentials.

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
health care
health care

‘Expensive and Complicated’: Most Rural Hospitals No Longer Deliver Babies

More than 100 hospitals across 26 states have closed their labor and delivery units since 2020.

Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education
Early Learning Roundups

Absent Federal Support, States Become Innovators in Early Care and Education

Some states are attracting national attention for their early learning policy and funding solutions.

Rebecca Gale
Author: Rebecca Gale
California
California

Transitional Kindergarten Participation Declines Despite Expansion, Report Finds

Despite expanding eligibility requirements, California’s transitional kindergarten program showed declining rates of participation.

Vani Sanganeria, EdSource
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Schools, Groups Serving Undocumented Kids Take Their Activities Underground

Fearing Trump’s immigration dragnet, educators and advocates are policing their speech, scrubbing their websites and encrypting their conversations.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

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tutoring

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Opinion

Wait. Did Education Reform Just Become Inescapable?

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Texas

Houston ISD Superintendent Says He Needs 4-5 Years to Turn the District Around

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
michigan

10 Michigan Universities Commit to Admitting Students With 3.0 GPA or Higher

Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance
opinion

Students Need to Know Teachers Believe in Them. Tracking Undercuts that Message

Katey Arrington
Author: Katey Arrington
public opinion

More Missouri Voters Are Losing Faith in Public Schools, New Polling Shows

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
apprenticeships

Why Wait to Graduate? Georgia Apprentices Start Training as Sophomores

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
child care

South Dakota Unveils $3 Million Grant Program for Community Child Care Solutions

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight
Oklahoma

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
Opinion

Finding ‘Lost Einsteins’ Means Fixing K-5 Science, Especially in Rural Schools

Jeanne McCarty
Author: Jeanne McCarty
family structure

The 74 Interview: Melissa Kearney on ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
afterschool workers

Can Affordable Housing Make the Afterschool Field Fairer for Workers?

Colleen Connolly, Youth Today
anti-racist education

An EPiC Model For Eliminating Exclusionary Discipline in Preschool in North Carolina

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
alabama

Alabama Library to Require More Parental Supervision of Kids; Limit Book Access

Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector
California

A Degree Without Classes & Lectures? California Community Colleges Try New Approach

Adam Echelman, CalMatters
COVID Policy Briefing

Schools Brace for COVID Surge: What New Variants & Vaccines Mean for Students

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
Maryland

Maryland Officials Want to Boost Schools’ Behavioral Health Services With $120M

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
college students

‘Success Coaches’ to Hit Indiana Colleges After Budget Approval

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle
school choice

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — and Why Parents Should Care

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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