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STEM Superstars

WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

Rebecca Wang, 17, is a 2023 Apple Swift Challenge winner for her app, Dare to Dream, with the aim to inspire girls & young women to enter STEM fields.

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Los Angeles
charters

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

The action threatens to upend decades of practice in one of the more charter-rich districts in the country.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Opinion
immigration

As Schools See a Wave of Immigrants, the Past Offers Lessons for NYC & the U.S.

Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell: Given education and opportunity, today's newcomers will do what others have done for generations: boost America's vitality.

Adam Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell
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tutoring
contracts

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

In linking pay to student progress, participants in ‘outcomes-based’ efforts say accountability must be a ‘two-way street.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
food programs
education

Food Benefits for Low-Income Families at Risk in a Government Shutdown

The White House Monday warned that a program that helps millions of low-income families afford healthy food could see substantial cuts.

Ariana Figueroa
family structure
education
The 74 Interview

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

Marriage is becoming stratified by class and education, the economist warns — and the effects on students are damaging.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Opinion
Democrats

Wait. Did Education Reform Just Become Inescapable?

If the idea of giving local school leaders more room to innovate while holding them accountable for academic improvement sounds familiar, it should.

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
school choice
50CAN

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

Gov. Roy Cooper, who declared a ‘state of emergency’ over the GOP-led legislation, allowed the budget to become law without his signature.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

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Bruce Springsteen
The 74 Interview

Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

The Springsteen sideman hopes his growing TeachRock program will help curb a dropout crisis he calls ‘intolerable and scandalous.’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Innovative High Schools

Innovative High Schools
Brooklyn
Innovative High Schools

Why One NYC High School Created ‘13th Grade’ to Help Alumni After Graduation

Thousands of young adults are not working or going to college. How high schools like NYC’s MESA Charter can bolster support well after graduation.

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Innovative High Schools
career education
Future of High School

Internships Rule at The Met, Where High School is a Matter of ‘Trial and Error’

For more than 27 years, this legendary Providence institution has devoted itself to placing students ‘in an environment where they want to work.’

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

A High School for Dropouts: Goodwill Offers Adults a Second Chance at a Diploma

From the organization known for second-hand records and cookware comes a school devoted to personalized attention and ‘small wins.’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Innovative High Schools
Arizona
Future of High School

Phoenix Teens Build Their Own High School Program From 500 Class, Career Options

At Phoenix Union City, high school doesn’t refer to a building but a personalized path of experiences that teenagers create for themselves.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Opinion

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immigration

As Schools See a Wave of Immigrants, the Past Offers Lessons for NYC & the U.S.

Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell: Given education and opportunity, today's newcomers will do what others have done for generations: boost America's vitality.

Adam Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell
Opinion
Democrats

Wait. Did Education Reform Just Become Inescapable?

If the idea of giving local school leaders more room to innovate while holding them accountable for academic improvement sounds familiar, it should.

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
opinion
math

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

Arrington: By 8th grade, the best math teaching goes to kids in the top tracks. The rest are shut out and can never get back. But there's a better way

Katey Arrington
Author: Katey Arrington
Opinion
opinion

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

McCarty: America's economic security depends on having an educated STEM workforce to fill high-tech jobs. That begins in elementary school.

Jeanne McCarty
Author: Jeanne McCarty
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education
Future of High School

Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in Minnesota

By connecting with at-risk youth through music that is embedded in Twin Cities culture, one high school is getting students to learn — off the streets

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
STEM Superstars
California
STEM Superstars

WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

Rebecca Wang, 17, is a 2023 Apple Swift Challenge winner for her app, Dare to Dream, with the aim to inspire girls & young women to enter STEM fields.

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Video
Alaska
Future of High School

Alaska Natives Are Claiming Their Seat at the Table

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is combating the belief that “natives were not smart enough” to hold degrees or jobs in STEM fields.

Emmeline Zhao & Jim Fields
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Innovative High Schools
aquatics
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

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Future of High School

How D.C. Successfully Modernized a School By Embracing Its Legacy

Tanya Paperny
Union Report

FBI and IRS Raid Local Teachers Union Headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Getting High-Quality Math Curriculum to the Students Who Need It Most

Jeff Livingston
Author: Jeff Livingston
Arizona

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

Caitlin Sievers , Arizona Mirror
Maine

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

Nick Shroeder
School (In)Security

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Opinion

Involving Young People on School Boards Is Good for Students — and for Democracy

Logan Endres
Author: Logan Endres
Nevada

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

April Corbin Girnus, Nevada Current
Ohio

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

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Opinion

How Are Kids Really Doing after COVID-19? Survey of 500K Students Has Answers

Jen Vorse Wilka
Author: Jen Vorse Wilka
Opinion

The Shakespearean Rise and Fall of Md Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury

Kalman R. Hettleman
Author: Kalman R. Hettleman
analysis

Schools, Teachers & Parents Need Rapid State Test Results. Why Are They So Slow?

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Missouri

Lawmakers Consider Boosting Missouri Public Education Funding by $300 Million

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent
Maryland

Maryland Public Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury Chooses Not to Return

William J. Ford, Maryland Matters
California

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

Carolyn Jones
Opinion

The Future is STEM — But Without Enough Students, the U.S. Will Be Left Behind

Mark Schneider
The 74 Interview

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Early Childhood

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

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Opinion

AI Can Grade a Student Essay as Well as a Human. But It Cannot Replace a Teacher

Perpetual Baffour
Author: Perpetual Baffour
Opinion

New Charter Schools Need Vetting. But the Process Shouldn’t Shut Good Ones Out

Karega Rausch & David Greenberg
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