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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Altadena Girls

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

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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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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
Touts

Teaching Nemo: How I Learned to Juggle Community College While Instructing My 9-Year-Old Nephew From Home

Safiya Al-Samarrai
Pandemic Notebook

Teaching Nemo: How I Learned to Juggle Community College While Instructing My 9-Year-Old Nephew From Home

Safiya Al-Samarrai
Pandemic

These Florida Tech Team Teens Are Now the Genius Bar for Their Middle School’s Teachers and Students During Remote Learning

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

Analysis: Is Summer Canceled? From Virtual Camp to Family Mental Health Supports to Outdoor Adventures (Really!), 5 Ways to Reinvent School Vacation

Julia Freeland Fisher & Amy Anderson
News

‘Intergenerational Play’: New Teacher of the Year Tabatha Rosproy Leads Program Where Pre-K Students and Senior Citizens Learn Together

Wayne D’Orio
Pandemic

Analysis: COVID-19 Presents a Chance for Bold Reform of Schools That Have Long Failed High-Needs Students. Louisiana Can Lead the Way

Cami Anderson & Raymond A. Jetson
Pandemic

Analysis: What Lasting Academic (and Economic) Effects Could Coronavirus Shutdowns Have on This Generation of Students? Some Alarming Data Points From Research on Previous Disasters

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

Analysis: School Districts Are Slow to Communicate What Will Happen After the School Year Ends. Here Are 4 Areas to Watch

Sean Gill & Lisa Chu
Inspiring

WATCH as HS Seniors Share Memories of School and Their Hopes for the Future With These Touching Virtual Yearbooks

Debra West
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: House Would Give Schools $60 Billion in Relief Aid, Concerns Over Growing Principal Shortage, Texas District Wins Music Ed Award for 6th Straight Year & More

Erika Ross
Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 2: Why Is My Child Doing So Many Worksheets Right Now?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
New Jersey

Waters: Newark Voters Just Elected Their First Full School Board Since State Control Ended. And It’s One Ed Reformers & Foes Agree On

Laura Waters
Author: Laura Waters
Pandemic

Analysis: Time, Compensation, Bureaucracy — Some Starting Points for Improving Our Schools, Beginning This Fall

Karen Hawley Miles
Author: Karen Hawley Miles
early learning

Roots of Empathy: Where Children Learn the Language of Getting Along

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
Touts

McClellan: On the Anniversary of Brown v. Board, Celebrating the Unsung Female Heroes of the Landmark School Desegregation Ruling

Cara McClellan
Touts

Open Letter to Joe Biden: The Votes of Black and Brown Charter School Parents Matter. Ignore Us at Your Own Peril

Dr. Howard Fuller
Pandemic

NYC: Concerns Over Open Jobs Being Filled by ‘Absent Teacher Reserve’

Zoë Kirsch
Author: Zoë Kirsch
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