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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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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
Florida
Florida

Florida Students’ Math, Reading Scores Rise in 2025

Statewide progress monitoring scores, announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis, detail how students performed in reading, math, social studies and science.

Jay Waagmeester, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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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
Future of High School

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
Future of High School
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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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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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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Head Start at 60: A Legacy Worth Investing In

Will the federal government follow the evidence and invest in Head Start to help America’s youngest generation thrive?

Emmy Liss & Sarah Gilliland
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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
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
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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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It’s Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Texas

Texas Education Agency Delays Release of Annual School Ratings

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
4Fams

How a Family COVID Project Became a Fun, Creative Outlet for Children Nationwide

Stacey Gillett
Author: Stacey Gillett
Nebraska

Nebraska Lawmakers Dissect Omaha Schools’ Special Ed Teacher Vacancies

Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
prison education

End of Pell Grant Ban Clears the Way for New Wave of Prison Education Programs

Wayne D’Orio
Opinion

Federal Programs and Data Demonstrate the Value of Relative and Neighbor Child Care Providers

Natalie Renew
The Big Picture

‘Time is Running Out’: COVID-19 Set Back Older Students the Most, Study Finds

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
School (In)Security

New Data: School Shootings Surge to a Record High — Two Years in a Row

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Los Angeles

Enrollment Continues to Decline in LAUSD, a Trend Many Large Public School Districts are Also Experiencing

Nova Blanco-Rico & Balin Schneider
Opinion

5 Strategies to Help Teachers Continue to Educate for Diversity and Democracy

Christopher Clark & Judith L. Pace
opinion

Video Campaign Gives Chicago Teens a Voice against Gun Violence

Nina Vinik
Author: Nina Vinik
Arizona

Arizona Superintendent Sues AG, Governor Over Dual Language Instruction in Schools

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror
The Big Picture

KIPP Middle and High School Students Have Far Higher College Completion Rates

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Hawaii

Hawaii Officials: Number of Students Missing, Killed In Maui Fires Is ‘Too Small’ To Release

Madeleine List, Civil Beat
Virginia

Despite Post-Pandemic Efforts, Virginia Student Test Scores Remain Mostly Flat

Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury
Analysis

How States Can Make Summer Learning Programs Meaningful and Open to All Students

Allison Crean Davis
Author: Allison Crean Davis
future of high school

Credit Hours Are a Relic of the Past. How States Must Disrupt High School — Now

Russlynn Ali & Timothy F.C. Knowles
tutoring

Grant-Winning Nonprofit Sees Volunteer Tutors as Key to Closing Math Learning Gap

Sierra Lyons
Author: Sierra Lyons
Opinion

Outraged Over Admissions Policies at Harvard? Take a Look at the Public Schools

Tim DeRoche
Author: Tim DeRoche
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