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Trump Administration Takes on School Emails as Parental Rights Issue

The Education Department’s revival of a 12-year-old privacy case comes as it cracks down on districts that keep student gender transitions secret.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
commentary
commentary

How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations

Tucker & Metz: Small Business Innovation Research-fostered products have reached more than 130 million students and teachers. Now, program is at risk.

Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
Katrina
Katrina
Katrina

On Katrina’s 20th Anniversary, Patrick Dobard Revisits NOLA Reboot

Former head of the Recovery School District talks reform, race and work yet undone in turning around New Orleans' schools.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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cellphone bans

Support for Phone Bans in Schools Is Growing, but Is It Enough to Help Kids?

New York will implement one of the strictest bans on school technologies, but experts are split on if it will help mental health challenges.

Jessika Harkay
Author: Jessika Harkay

From Classroom Drudgery to Joyful Enrichment: The Evolution of Summer School

The pandemic supercharged summer school’s transformation from remedial academics to learning plus fun — and now there’s no going back, experts say.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
commentary
commentary

The Most Overlooked Classroom In Every District

Carone: Youth sports are considered just a physical outlet for kids. What we’re overlooking is the depth of learning and development happening there.

Jonathan Carone
Author: Jonathan Carone
education
education

Penny Schwinn Drops Out of the Running for Ed Department’s Deputy Role

Some viewed the former Tennessee education commissioner as a bipartisan pick for the post, but past controversies followed her.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
special education
special education

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?

State-level complaints over disputes with districts have never been as easy as intended. Now, they're all desperate families have left.

Lauren Wagner & Beth Hawkins

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Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years of Change in New Orleans Schools

A T74 series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, its effects, and the recovery of New Orleans’ schools. Read all our coverage and essays here.

Future of High School

future of high school
future of high school
Future of High School

The Race to Redefine the High School Learning Experience Is On

Schools are rethinking what students should know by the time they graduate, emphasizing tangible, employable skills, rather than test scores and GPAs.

Lauren Camera
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

With Welding Tools and a Time Clock, Giving New Mexico Kids Leg Up on the Future

Engineering the Future, Valley High School’s magnet program, has 6 career tracks that are a model for the district — and maybe for the entire state

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Internships
Internships
Future of High School

‘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
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commentary
commentary

Let’s Bring Project-Based Learning and Community Service Into the 21st Century

Inwood: It’s time to stop wasting students’ time with slide-deck projects and checkbox community service and let students engage in the real world.

Dvora Inwood
Author: Dvora Inwood
commentary
commentary

How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations

Tucker & Metz: Small Business Innovation Research-fostered products have reached more than 130 million students and teachers. Now, program is at risk.

Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
commentary
commentary
Katrina

The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools

Gupta: How the most dramatic education transformation in modern America became too uncomfortable for anyone to talk about.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
commentary
commentary

How Trump’s Power Push Echoes Resistance to Fixing Education’s Deepest Problems

Kogan: Schools' dysfunction is hard-wired into a governance model that puts adults' political agendas ahead of students' educational interests.

Vladimir Kogan
Author: Vladimir Kogan
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Book Club Fights Children’s Literacy Crisis and Trump

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner of California, formed a book club to address the children’s literacy crisis while saving libraries.

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
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commentary

Florida District Leans Into Science of Reading Starting in Early Childhood

Hammond: Educators and nonprofits cannot overlook the fact that what children experience from birth to age 5 can make or break literacy instruction.

Barbara Hammond
Author: Barbara Hammond
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Lessons From the Military for Solving North Carolina’s Child Care Crisis

'The military understood very early the link between people getting to work and child care.'

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
Child Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit

Who Are the Kids and Families Left Out of the Updated Child Tax Credit?

A change to the Child Tax Credit requires children and at least one parent to have a Social Security Number. Here’s what that could mean for families.

Rebecca Gale
Author: Rebecca Gale
public media
public media

PBS Behind the Scenes: A Visual History of Milestones and Iconic Moments

A look back at the history of PBS and PBS Kids, and a glimpse into efforts to protect the organization, which has served generations of learners.

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher
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Teaching
Teaching

‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S.

Educators blame this ‘reverse Beatles effect’ on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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New Hampshire

NH Seeks to Use Covid Relief Funds for School Security Upgrades

Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin
COVID Policy Briefing

Study: Masking in School Had Little or No Effect on Student COVID Cases

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey
michigan

Short on Teachers, Michigan Schools Try to Grow Their Own

Tracie Mauriello, Chalkbeat Detroit
pandemic

Texas STAAR Results Improve in Math and Reading After Pandemic Dips

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Pandemic

New Study: Black, Special Ed Students Punished at Greater Rate Through Pandemic

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Analysis

Reading Their Way to Better Parenting: Baby Book Projects Show It Can Be Done

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
carson v makin

SCOTUS’s Carson Ruling Isn’t ‘Seismic’ Event for Schools — But What Comes Next Might Be

Neal McCluskey
Arizona

Opinion—In Arizona’s Historic ESA Expansion, a Blueprint for Educational Freedom

Matt Beienburg
Author: Matt Beienburg
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

A Former Journalist Reignites an Intergenerational Haven For Portland’s Youth

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
COVID Slide

COVID & College: Indiana Enrollment Declines, as Only 53% of HS Grads Continue

Joshua Parrish
charter schools

After Overhauling Program, Ed Dept. Opens One-Month Dash for Charter Funds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Union Report

Analysis: The NEA Representative Assembly Is Winding Down. Here’s What It Means

Mike Antonucci
student voice

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
girls in stem

How a Teacher Joined a Movement to Keep Black Girls Involved in STEM

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
Idaho

Analysis: As a Nervous Summer Begins, Schools Scramble to Fill Job Vacancies

Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
Alaska

The Alaska Reads Act: New Bill Aims to Boost Literacy For All Kids By 3rd Grade

Lisa Phu, The Alaska Beacon
Elliot's Provocations

The Many Cases for Child Care

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Schools Have Doubled Their Solar Power Use Since 2020

Ladimir Garcia, Pittsburgh City Paper
civics education

Teachers Have 2 Hours a Week to Teach Social Studies, Prepare Informed Citizens

Kenneth Anthony, The Conversation
assessments

Youngkin Says Report on ‘Honesty Gap’ Points to Decline in Virginia Schools

Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury
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