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Big Education Issues at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Religious Charter Case

Some worry that a victory for the Oklahoma school has the potential to upend the charter and religious school sectors.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Analysis
Early Childhood

Preschool Enrollment, Spending Hit Record Highs, but Access and Quality Gaps Persist

The national preschool landscape remains uncertain, according to new research from the National Institute for Early Education Research.

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
commentary
commentary

Ten Things I’m Doing After Listening to Sold a Story

Venters: Schools and educators need to rethink the way they teach reading and emphasize decoding, professional development and support for parents.

Ashton Venters
Author: Ashton Venters
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literacy

Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

Aldeman: High-poverty Rust Belt district is exceptional at teaching kids to read — and has been for more than a decade

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
4Fams
4Fams
4Fams

Lessons Learned from 44 Years of Parent-Teacher Conferences

Adams: Even after 3 kids & 4 decades of conversations, it's still important to go. Strategies for when to talk to teachers & kids, and when to listen.

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Class Disrupted
AI

Podcast: How AI Is Changing How Young People Connect

Ed Researcher Julia Freeland Fisher joins Class Disrupted to discuss new tech risks, from affecting human-connection to reliance on chatbots.

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Artificial Intelligence
AI

AI Skeptic Creates Chatbot to Help Teachers Design Courses

The open-source tool could help open the prohibitive world of instructional design to everyday educators.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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DOGE
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Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

The former IES and NCES leader speaks candidly about radical cuts to the Education Department, government ‘stasis’ and the uncertain future of NAEP.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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Future of Work
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Future of High School

From Apprenticeships to Microcredentials, Why Alternatives to College Are Gaining Popularity

While college enrollment has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, surveys show more high schoolers valuing on-the-job training over traditional degrees.

Kerry McDonald

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
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
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
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Whatever the Feds Do, States Must Continue Giving Standardized Tests

Marion: These exams are essential for monitoring student achievement, evaluating programs, reporting data and signaling standards statewide.

Scott Marion
Author: Scott Marion
commentary
commentary

Ten Things I’m Doing After Listening to Sold a Story

Venters: Schools and educators need to rethink the way they teach reading and emphasize decoding, professional development and support for parents.

Ashton Venters
Author: Ashton Venters
commentary
commentary

Protecting Children Online Takes Technology, Human Oversight and Accountability

Carter: Governments, legislators, companies and parents must work together to prevent abuse and exploitation on gaming platforms & social media.

Cindi Carter
Author: Cindi Carter
commentary
commentary

Improving Math Proficiency Starts With Us, the Educators

Barasch: Teachers and school leaders need to stop resisting new approaches to math that can help students master the subject.

Lance Barasch
Author: Lance Barasch
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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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education reform

education reform
commentary

12 Truths and No Lies: Guiding Principles for the Future of American Education

Aldeman: Knowledge is good; education is better. Teachers & tests are important. Parents deserve honest info. School choice doesn't guarantee results

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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EDlection 2020

Trivers: As an Educator and a Parent of Color, I Stand Up for Charter Schools Against Politics, Hypocrisy and Inequity

Natasha Trivers
Author: Natasha Trivers
Touts

Adams: Michael Bloomberg Made Sweeping Changes in NYC Schools as Mayor. What Might He Do as President?

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Touts

Let’s Begin Listening to the Voices That Really Matter in the School Choice Movement: Children

Keith Jacobs
Touts

2018 Flashback: 11 Surprising Charts About American Education — School Discipline, Teacher Diversity, Boring Homework & More

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Keeping it 100

Let’s Begin Listening to the Voices That Really Matter in the School Choice Movement: Children

Keith Jacobs
Best of 2019

14 Charts That Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2019

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
4Fams

Hansen: Transforming Our Schools So They Engage Students and Empower Them With a Sense of Purpose

Ulcca Joshi Hansen
News

Pre-K, School Choice Provisions Almost Derailed Final ESSA Deal, Authors Reveal on Law’s Fourth Anniversary

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Analysis

Schneider: The Strange Case of ‘China’ and Its Top PISA Rankings — How Cherry-Picking Regions to Take Part Skews Its High Scores

Mark Schneider
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Yes, Teachers Need More Pay. But They Also Need Strong Leaders to Support Them. The Candidates Need to Talk About Both

Rachel Metz
Analysis

Analysis: Banning All For-Profit Charters Without Considering Performance Would Be a Grave Mistake — Every Neighborhood Deserves a BASIS Education

Emily Langhorne
Union Report

Analysis: How Much Does NEA Spend on Politics? Union Poured More Than $4.6 Million Into State Ballot Initiatives

Mike Antonucci
4Fams

Cohen & Briery: Math Is Everywhere, Not Just in the Classroom. How to Make Your School Playground an Outdoor Math Learning Lab

Jan Cohen & Tiffany Briery
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Worries Some, D.C. Schools Improve, Letting Fla. ELLs Take Tests in Their Own Language & More

Erika Ross
Analysis

Fisher: 2 New Books Reveal Shocking Lack of Supports for High-Needs Students at High Schools & Colleges. What Can Be Done About It?

Julia Freeland Fisher
News

Turning Four This Month, the Every Student Succeeds Act Is Hailed as a Victory for State Control of Education Policy. And, Critics Say, That’s Part of the Problem

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Inspiring

Meet the California High School Student Who’s Been Organizing Kids to Help Others Since He Was 12

Debra West
EDlection 2020

Adams: Michael Bloomberg Made Sweeping Changes in NYC Schools as Mayor. What Might He Do as President?

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Social-Emotional Learning

74 Interview: CASEL President on the Importance of Maintaining Quality in Social-Emotional Learning, Paying Attention to the Adults and Work as the Next SEL Frontier

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Best of the Month

The 8 Best Education Articles From December: A Racial and Gender Divide in Special Ed, Protesting Democrats Over Charters, an App to Guide Better Classroom Conversations & More

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