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The First 8 Years Are Crucial For Foundational Learning and Brain Development

Introducing zero2eight, a new vertical examining issues critical to America’s youngest children.

Marisa Busch
Author: Marisa Busch
school choice
education

Exclusive Report: As Movement Grows, Microschools Aren’t So ‘Micro’ Anymore

The spread of private school choice programs are fueling growth, but public schools also see the model’s potential.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Millions of Kids Learn Through Public Media. Why Take That Away?

Pasnik: Research shows children learn key reading and math skills from watching PBSKids programming. The Trump administration wants to cut funding.

Shelley Pasnik
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Brookings Institution

Exclusive Data Highlights Paradox: As Enrollment Falls, Fewer Schools Close

Districts with plans to close schools often meet stiff community resistance. School leaders, in the words of one expert, are ‘so bad at this.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Artificial Intelligence
AI

An Antidote to Plagiarism: New App Uses AI to Help Students Think Critically

‘Level Up,’ developed by Eliott Hedman, wants to flip a bleak script around artificial intelligence and its negative effects on student motivation.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
California
budget cuts

How Head Start Dodged Trump’s Budget Cuts

Head Start staff and advocates launched a nationwide campaign to save the program, which Trump eliminated in his budget draft.

Carolyn Jones
immigration
Center for Migration Studies

As Deportation Target Widens, College-Educated Undocumented Grow More Fearful

While Trump’s focus has fallen on immigrant laborers, there are 1.7M undocumented with a bachelor’s degree or higher and 408K enrolled in college.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
school (in)security
data breach

PowerSchool Paid Off Hackers After Huge Breach — Now They’re Extorting Districts

Millions of students’ and educators’ sensitive records, including Social Security numbers, face new risks as cybergang reneges on ransomware deal.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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District Finances

Interactive: School Spending vs. Teacher Pay — See Trends in 8,900 Districts

Aldeman: Teacher salaries have been flat for a long time, lagging behind not only per-pupil spending, but earnings of other college-educated workers

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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Pandemic
education
Pandemic

Five Years Later: How COVID Triggered a School Choice Renaissance

Dissatisfaction with schools, and a supercharged conservative movement, allowed ESAs to take a leap since the pandemic.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Child Nutrition
child hunger
Pandemic

New Food Security Threats 5 Years After COVID-Era Effort to Feed All Kids

Pandemic emergency aid drove food insecurity to an all-time low, but many say a string of federal cuts will now leave millions more kids hungry.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic
pandemic
Pandemic

Remote Learning Was Supposed to Make Snow Days Obsolete. But Did It Really?

Five years after classes went virtual during COVID, some districts shift online when weather strikes. But others still can't quite make it work.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
Pandemic
covid
Pandemic

KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

The program is a unique example of a school that moved quickly to keep children from missing out on their first year of school.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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The True Impact of School Meal Funding Cuts: More Hunger, Less Learning

Wilson: Reductions that Congress and the White House are considering would make it harder for students to learn and thrive.

Katie Wilson
Author: Katie Wilson
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commentary

Millions of Kids Learn Through Public Media. Why Take That Away?

Pasnik: Research shows children learn key reading and math skills from watching PBSKids programming. The Trump administration wants to cut funding.

Shelley Pasnik
commentary
commentary

Instead of Banning Cellphones in School, Our Connecticut District Embraced Them

Educators' view: It’s not the device that matters, but access to high-quality digital content. Our students now use phones as learning tools.

Mark D. Benigni & Barbara A. Haeffner
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Artificial Intelligence

AI Tool Shows Teachers What They Do in the Classroom — and How to Do It Better

Educators' view: Teacher coaching app scans classroom video and maps who is speaking, for how long and whether discussion is respectful and on topic.

David Adams & Michael Middleton
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Altadena Girls

Teens Provide Sense of Normalcy in the Face of the L.A. Fires

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STEM
education

How To Teach STEM? Make It Explosive

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Arts education
Arts education

The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists performed for Ozzy Osbourne, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin promoted their YouTube cover of ‘Kashmir.’

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
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Chronic Absenteeism
Pandemic

Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed

Dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism. While some focus on supports and incentives, others look to leverage punishments.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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Louisiana Saw Rare Gains on National Exam. K–12 Chief Cade Brumley Explains How

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
news

Young Members of Skating Club of Boston Perish in DC Plane Crash

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Washington

Trump Orders Expanded Private School Choice, an End to ‘Radical Indoctrination’

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Alaska

Alaska Lawmakers Introduce Bill for Major Boost in School Funding

Corinne Smith
Tennessee

Tennessee House, Senate Education Panels Pass Private-School Vouchers

Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout
commentary

The New NAEP Scores Are Alarming. Hope Is Not a Strategy for Fixing Them

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake
Opinion

Federal Funding Upheaval Is Harmful for Children, Parents and Educators

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
Trump Administration

After a Tornado of False Starts, Educators Remain in the Dark on School Funding

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Video Short

Learning Loss & Declining Test Scores For America

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STEM

Dirty Water to Clean: Changing Water Insecurity

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leadership

Tutoring Giant’s Sudden Demise Linked to End of Federal Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Early Childhood

Big Ten Early Learning Alliance Shines a Light on Early Childhood Data Solutions

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
college enrollment

Freshman College Enrollment Actually Increased Last Year, Corrected Report Finds

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
The Big Picture

New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
National School Choice Week

Research Shows Charter School Networks Can Help Close Student Achievement Gap

Terry Eakin
immigration

From Defiant to Compliant, Schools Take Varying Tacks to Possible ICE Raids

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Vaccines

RFK Jr Confirmation Faces Headwinds

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Louisiana

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Undergoes 5th Circuit Judges’ Scrutiny

Greg Larose, Louisiana Illuminator
commentary

6 Questions Senators Should Ask Trump’s Nominee for Education Secretary

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
Author: Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
national school choice week

Beyond the Celebration: Helping Families Find the Right School for Their Kids

Andrew Campanella
Author: Andrew Campanella
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