Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years of Change in New Orleans Schools.

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Some 15 Years After Disastrous Debut, Common Core Math Endures in Many States

While critics say the standards haven’t improved test scores, advocates say they did something far more important: build an on-ramp to algebra.

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Author: Jo Napolitano
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No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans’ Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina forced the reboot of New Orleans' schools, academics and college-going are up, but racial divides persist.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Let’s Bring Project-Based Learning and Community Service Into the 21st Century

Inwood: It’s time to stop wasting students’ time with slide-deck projects and checkbox community service and let students engage in the real world.

Dvora Inwood
Author: Dvora Inwood
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Support for Phone Bans in Schools Is Growing, but Is It Enough to Help Kids?

New York will implement one of the strictest bans on school technologies, but experts are split on if it will help mental health challenges.

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From Classroom Drudgery to Joyful Enrichment: The Evolution of Summer School

The pandemic supercharged summer school’s transformation from remedial academics to learning plus fun — and now there’s no going back, experts say.

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The Most Overlooked Classroom In Every District

Carone: Youth sports are considered just a physical outlet for kids. What we’re overlooking is the depth of learning and development happening there.

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Penny Schwinn Drops Out of the Running for Ed Department’s Deputy Role

Some viewed the former Tennessee education commissioner as a bipartisan pick for the post, but past controversies followed her.

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For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?

State-level complaints over disputes with districts have never been as easy as intended. Now, they're all desperate families have left.

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Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years of Change in New Orleans Schools

A T74 series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, its effects, and the recovery of New Orleans’ schools. Read all our coverage and essays here.

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Future of High School

The Race to Redefine the High School Learning Experience Is On

Schools are rethinking what students should know by the time they graduate, emphasizing tangible, employable skills, rather than test scores and GPAs.

Lauren Camera
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With Welding Tools and a Time Clock, Giving New Mexico Kids Leg Up on the Future

Engineering the Future, Valley High School’s magnet program, has 6 career tracks that are a model for the district — and maybe for the entire state

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
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‘This Isn’t School’: Teaching Work Etiquette to Summer Interns

Kansas City teens learn 'soft skills' — communication, punctuality, teamwork — along with how to do jobs as ProX summer interns.

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Why States Must Lead on Education R&D, How They Can Start Today

Joe, Bishop-Root and Colwell: To prepare students for the opportunities and challenges ahead, states must prioritize research and development.

Jilliam Joe, Sarah Bishop-Root & Leslie Colwell
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Let’s Bring Project-Based Learning and Community Service Into the 21st Century

Inwood: It’s time to stop wasting students’ time with slide-deck projects and checkbox community service and let students engage in the real world.

Dvora Inwood
Author: Dvora Inwood
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How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations

Tucker & Metz: Small Business Innovation Research-fostered products have reached more than 130 million students and teachers. Now, program is at risk.

Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
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The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools

Gupta: How the most dramatic education transformation in modern America became too uncomfortable for anyone to talk about.

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Women Dropping Out of Missouri Workforce Is An Economic Red Alert. How to Fix It

Doyle: A recent drop in women’s workforce participation is a blinking red light for women and our economy.

Wendy Doyle
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Book Club Fights Children’s Literacy Crisis and Trump

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner of California, formed a book club to address the children’s literacy crisis while saving libraries.

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Florida District Leans Into Science of Reading Starting in Early Childhood

Hammond: Educators and nonprofits cannot overlook the fact that what children experience from birth to age 5 can make or break literacy instruction.

Barbara Hammond
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Lessons From the Military for Solving North Carolina’s Child Care Crisis

'The military understood very early the link between people getting to work and child care.'

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
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Who Are the Kids and Families Left Out of the Updated Child Tax Credit?

A change to the Child Tax Credit requires children and at least one parent to have a Social Security Number. Here’s what that could mean for families.

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‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S.

Educators blame this ‘reverse Beatles effect’ on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research.

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Schools Tell Ed Tech Leader They Expect Lots More Blended, Hybrid Learning in the Fall. What This Means for Teachers and Students

Tim Newcomb
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January Flashback: Inside the Supreme Court’s Espinoza Arguments, Swing Vote John Roberts Plays Cards Close
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In 5-4 Espinoza Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Public Funding for Religious Schools

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Medler: To Help Charter Schools Meet the Challenges of Coronavirus, States Should Follow Florida’s Lead in Obtaining Federal Funding Waivers & Reallocating Millions for Relief
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LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 7: Straight A’s for All? What’s the Purpose of a Grade?

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A Small District in an Old Colorado Mining Town Becomes a Model for Rural School Turnaround

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2 New Surveys Find Teachers Stressed by Shutdown, Unable to Contact Students and Feeling Their Confidence Drop

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Book Excerpt: ‘Thinking Like a Lawyer’ Explores How to Close the Critical Thinking Gap for All Students

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Why I Wrote ‘Thinking Like a Lawyer’: Because Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students Paves a Path to Racial Justice

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Ambitious Research Project — to Review How Every School in America Responded to COVID-19 — Aims to Deliver Its First Findings in Early July

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
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Texas Districts Were Rolling Out Big Pre-K Expansion Plans When COVID-19 Hit. Will That Momentum Be Enough to Save Them?

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Monthly QuotED: 7 Notable Quotes That Made Education Headlines in June, From ‘Red Flag’ Laws to Reopening Schools — and a Supreme Court Reprieve for ‘Dreamers’

Andrew Brownstein
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In New Rule, DeVos Offers Tricky Balancing Act on Private School Coronavirus Relief

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District of Columbia: Chancellor Ferebee Talks Recovery Plans
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