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Amy Coney Barrett

‘A Day to Exhale’: Supreme Court Deadlocks on Religious Charter Schools — For Now

Experts suspect Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberals because he feared ‘the possibility of killing charter schools.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
education department
Donald Trump

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Bid to Kill Ed Dept., Orders Fired Workers Reinstated

A Massachusetts judge sided with education groups who allege March’s mass layoffs amounted to a shutdown of the agency without congressional approval.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
teacher pay
Boston

Across the U.S., Unions Are Seeking Big Boosts to Paraprofessional Pay

Teachers unions are seeking to boost paraprofessional pay, which remains so low that workers are struggling to get by in many states.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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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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commentary
commentary

To Close the Latino Student Success Gap, Open Up the Educator Pipeline

Fernandez and Bryson: When Latino students have teachers with the same background, it creates an environment where students can thrive.

Amanda Fernandez & Dana Bryson
Teacher Retention
commentary

The Voices We Don’t Hear: Teachers Who Gave Up

Pondiscio: So many earnest, well-intended people want to teach but find the job untenable. We should hear what they have to say and learn from them.

Robert Pondiscio
Author: Robert Pondiscio
commentary
commentary

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
commentary
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
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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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school (in)security
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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Pandemic

From NYC Parents to Principals, Mayor De Blasio’s Decision During COVID-19 to Fill Teacher Openings From Troubled Absent Teacher Reserve Sparks Worries

Zoë Kirsch
Author: Zoë Kirsch
EDlection 2020

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

Superintendent of San Antonio’s Largest, Most Diverse District Weighs Reopening Schools First for Students Who Need Them Most

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Touts

Worst. Summer Break. Ever. How One D.C. Third-Grader Is Bracing for the Pain of Quarantine Without the Pleasure of School

Owain Williams
Touts

What Happens If NYC Eliminates Screened Schools? Amid a Pandemic and Canceled State Tests, Parents Worry About Equity in the District — and Being Locked Out of the Discussion

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Rethinking Student Evaluations Amid the Pandemic, Kansas Receives Federal Early Ed Grant, Groups Call on Congress to Boost K-12 Funding & More

Erika Ross
Cleveland

The Education Pandemic: Announcing Our New Reporting Initiative
District of Columbia

Cleveland: Inside City’s Plan to Pay for Every Student’s Broadband

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

The Education Pandemic: Inside Our New Reporting Initiative to Track Cities, Schools and Student Learning Through the Crisis

Emmeline Zhao
Author: Emmeline Zhao
Cleveland

New York City: Amid Pandemic, Could City Scrap Screened Schools?

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Cleveland

San Antonio Oral History: 5 Leaders, 4 Weeks, a Rebooted School System

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Oral History — 5 School Leaders, 4 Weeks & the Biggest Education Crisis of Their Careers

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
pandemic

Streaming: Introducing the Class Disrupted Podcast
Cleveland

District of Columbia: A Third-Grader’s Fear — Worst. Summer. Ever.
Cleveland

NOLA: 25% of Schools’ Charters Expiring, but No New Test Data
Pandemic

Analysis: Reimagining Schools — or Reverting to Pre-COVID Classes? As States & Teachers Unions Draft Plans for an Unknown Future, Will They Even Work?

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Analysis: As Calendars and Routines Get Scrambled, 5 Ways High Schools Can Keep the Class of 2020 on Track for College

Kim Cook
Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 1: Why Doesn’t Every Student Have a Device and the Internet? How One Texas District Is Leading the Way for Virtual Learning

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

Worst. Summer Break. Ever. How One D.C. Third-Grader Is Bracing for the Pain of Quarantine Without the Pleasure of School

Owain Williams
Pandemic

What Happens If NYC Eliminates Screened Schools? Amid a Pandemic and Canceled State Tests, Parents Worry About Equity in the District — and Being Locked Out of the Discussion

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
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