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These School Cops in Florida Ordered to Help ICE Arrest Immigrants, Records Show

Pinellas County Schools said plans to deputize cops as ICE agents was a mistake, but records obtained by The 74 show how deep their cooperation went.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Future of High School
Chronic Absenteeism
Future of High School

To Tackle Chronic Absenteeism, This DC High School Lets Students Lead

With support from school leaders and XQ’s Design Principles, a student “pep squad” boosted attendance by strengthening students’ sense of belonging.

Edward Montalvo
Analysis
analysis

Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID. But It’s Now Fallen for 2 Years in a Row

Aldeman: Rural and low-income schools and special ed are still suffering. But state documents and research reports shows consistent patterns overall.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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School Closures
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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Analysis
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

Pandemic

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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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
commentary
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
commentary
commentary

Federal Enforcement of Open Enrollment Law Is Good News for Students & Families

Enlow: By letting kids cross school boundaries to escape bullying and other threats to learning, Ed Dept. is empowering parents with freedom of choice

Robert Enlow
Author: Robert Enlow
immigration
birthright

SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case Raises Questions About Judicial Authority

Supreme Court is considering whether a single federal judge should have the power to temporarily halt presidential policies across the entire country.

Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation
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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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District of Columbia

Cleveland: Teaching Via TV Broadcasts to Stem Learning Loss

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Cleveland

D.C.: How the City Has Avoided Budget Cuts Hitting Most U.S. Districts

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
Cleveland

Interview: Jeb Bush on States Taking Lead on Schools Amid Coronavirus

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Cleveland

NC: A 93-Mile Bus Ride to Get Students Instructional Packets (and Food)

Amber Rawlins
Cleveland

Podcast: Here’s Why Your Child Is Doing So Many Worksheets Right Now

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Cleveland

Texas: Month Into Shutdown, Schools Couldn’t Find 4,000 Kids

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Best of the Month

The 14 Best Education Articles From May: Blueprints for Reopening Schools, Confronting the Digital Divide, New Plans — and Parental Pleas — for Personalized Learning & More

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Coronavirus

Student Voice: Student, Sibling, Mentor, Mess. Pandemic Has Me Juggling Roles and Craving Sleep

Bridgette Adu-Wadier
Pandemic

Teacher Survey Highlights How the Pandemic Disrupted the Lives of Students and Educators — and the Challenges Districts Face in Reopening Campuses

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Analysis

Analysis: What Is the Value of a Bachelor’s Degree? The Answer Depends on Where You Live and What You Do

Jeff Strohl
The 74 Interview

Exclusive — Exit Interview: EdBuild’s Rebecca Sibilia on America’s ‘Jacked Up’ School Funding System, Her Organization’s Successes and Failures & the Coming ‘Tsunami’ in Ed Finance

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Touts

I Rode the Bus for 93 Miles and 6 Hours So My Students Could Have Instructional Packets — and Food for Their Families

Amber Rawlins
Analysis

Analysis: In Defense of the SAT — Eliminating College Admissions Exams Only Worsens Entrenched Inequities

Dr. Prateek Dutta
Pandemic

When COVID-19 and Economic Fallout Put Millions of Kids in Unsafe Places, Communities in Schools Went In After Them

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

74 Interview — Jeb Bush: Evolution of Republican Party ‘a Mess’; Americans Must Stop ‘Obsession About Washington, D.C.,’ and Look Toward States to Lead Through Coronavirus Crisis

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Pandemic

I Rode the Bus for 93 Miles and 6 Hours So My Students Could Have Instructional Packets — and Food for Their Families

Amber Rawlins
Pandemic

Jordan: New Program Gives Low-Income HS Students College Credit and a Pathway to Higher Ed. It Could Be a Post-Pandemic Model

Phyllis W. Jordan
Author: Phyllis W. Jordan
Coronavirus

Student Voice: Two Weeks, Five Siblings and One Working Laptop. How I Navigated the Nation’s Largest School System in Search of an iPad and What It Taught Me About America’s Digital Divide

Brandon Yam
Pandemic

EdBuild Report: As Pandemic Threatens School Budgets, Researchers Urge Neighboring Districts to Pool Resources

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Touts

Oral History — 5 School Leaders, 4 Weeks & the Biggest Education Crisis of Their Careers: How San Antonio Marshaled Its Early Forces to Face the Coronavirus Shutdown

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
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