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New York
In NYC and Beyond, Foster Youth Data Still a Blank Space in State Report Cards Four Years After Federal Education Law Enacted
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EDlection 2020
Aldeman: Did Fear of School Closings Prompt Warren’s Tough Talk on Tests? She Needn’t Worry — Those Shutdowns Rarely Happen
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Analysis
Barnard: State Takeovers Are Not the Best Solution When a District Is in Trouble. Look to School Leaders Instead
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opinion
Excerpt: Going Beyond the Theory That Black Males Owe Their Academic Success to Grit and Resilience
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The Big Picture
Colombia Pre-K Study Finds That Funding the Wrong Priorities Can Be Worse Than Doing Nothing at All
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Brown v. Board at 65: Joan Johns Cobbs Remembers the Day Her Sister Led a Student Protest That Went On to Change the Course of American History
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opinion
Shivji & Krever: ‘Montessori-Inspired’ Is Not the Same as Montessori. Please Don’t Pretend That It Is
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EDlection 2020
Charter Supporters Deride Warren’s Proposed Crackdown on Sector as ‘Out of Touch’
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Every Student Succeeds Act
This Week’s ESSA News: States Struggling With How to Report School Spending Data, Education Department Puts Focus on Equitable Services for Private Schools & More
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New York
‘I Feel The Anger of 65 Years’: On Anniversary of Brown v. Board Ruling, NYC Panel Confronts Continued Segregation in Nation’s Largest School District
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News
Superintendents Association Recommends School Security Companies — for a Fee. Safety Experts Call It ‘Buying Access’ and Decry Lack of Transparency
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Analysis
Sloane: Giving Parents Information Helps Them Choose the Best Schools for Their Kids. How 3 Data-Sharing Tools Are Working for NY Families
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Nevada
All In on School Climate: New Searchable Database Lets Nevada Parents and Teachers Compare School Culture & Students’ SEL Skills
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Instagram
Inside the Chicago Teacher Strike: Sights & Sounds From the First Days
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EduClips: Today's Top Education News
EduClips: From Florida’s Governor Pushing to ‘Eliminate Common Core’ to New EPA Rules Mandating School Water Testing, the Education News You Missed This Week at America’s Top Districts
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Chicago
Analysis: Chicago’s Teachers Union Agreed to Give Spending Control to Principals. Now, the Union Is Striking to Take It Away. That’s a Bad Move for Students
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Union Report
Union Report: Teachers Unions See Modest Membership Losses in 2018-19 School Year — Janus Decision Having Little Effect, So Far
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Analysis
Want to Know How Good a Charter School Is? Forget About Test Scores — Look at Its Bond Rating
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Inspiring
California Girl Kicks 30-Yard Field Goal, Wins Chick-Fil-A for a Year, Gives Prize to Opposing Coach Battling Cancer
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Analysis
Lake & Gross: Some Charter Schools Use Their Flexibility to Serve Special Ed Kids. Our New Report Shows How More Schools Can Do the Same
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The 74 Interview
74 Interview: Class, Race & the Pursuit of College. Veteran Journalist Paul Tough Addresses Higher Ed Admissions, Mobility Myths and What His Critics at the College Board Get Wrong
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Texas
John King Talks Teacher Diversity, Student Engagement, Budgeting, School Autonomy — and ‘Fauxtonomy’ — at Texas Education Reform Summit
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Featured
Photo History: Nearly Two Years Into ‘Red for Ed,’ Memorable Scenes From the Ongoing Wave of Teacher Protests
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News
This Week’s ESSA News: Preschool Programs More Segregated Than K-12 Schools, Montana Receives $50 Million Literacy Grant, Failing Foster Kids & More
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Analysis
Winters: To Determine the Real Difference Between District and Charter Schools, Research Must Do More Than Just Compare Test Scores
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Florida
Florida’s Post-Parkland Experiment: To Deter Mass Shootings, Some School Districts Are Creating Their Own Police Departments
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Analysis
Aldeman: Mobility. Flexibility. Fairness. State Colleges Have These in Their Retirement Plans. So Why Don’t K-12 Districts?
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Denver
‘Is School Choice the Black Choice?’ It’s Time for the Black Community to Band Together to Reform Education From the Bottom Up, Leaders Say at Denver Town Hall
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News
Illinois Once Required Teachers to Be Paid a Minimum Salary of Just $10,000. A New Law Raised It to $40,000. So Why Isn’t Everyone Happy?
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News
With a Wealthy, Mostly White Suburb’s Vote to Withdraw, East Baton Rouge Schools a Step Closer to Fourth School Secession
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