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Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Ed Dept. Axes $1B Mental Health Program Designed to Thwart School Shootings

The grant program, which helped train school counselors, is the latest target in Trump’s war on DEI.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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charter schools

States Should Support Religious Education — But Not Through Charter Schools

Petrilli: Supreme Court has a way to mandate some state backing of religious schools and avoid disruption of a 30-year-old charter school sector.

Michael J. Petrilli
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
math
education research

Math Study Shows Difficulty in Motivating Teachers to Change Behaviors

Nudging educators to use an online math platform did surprisingly little to increase usage or student success. Even Judy Blume couldn’t help.

Lauren Camera
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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
The 74 Interview
DOGE
The 74 Interview

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

Future of Work
apprenticeship
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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charter schools

States Should Support Religious Education — But Not Through Charter Schools

Petrilli: Supreme Court has a way to mandate some state backing of religious schools and avoid disruption of a 30-year-old charter school sector.

Michael J. Petrilli
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
commentary
commentary

Evidence — and Its Limits — in the School Choice Debate

Paul: The true value of school choice is not measured in data but in the freedom parents have to pick schools that reflect their values.

James Paul
Author: James Paul
commentary
commentary

Early Success in Reading & Math Is Great. It’s What Happens Later That Really Counts

Reyna: High K-12 achievement in districts like Steubenville, Ohio, is only part of the story if students aren't making it after graduation.

Ryan Reyna
Author: Ryan Reyna
commentary
commentary

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
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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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Lake: What Does It Mean to Be an Ally in Efforts to Transform Public Education? The Answers Threaten to Tear the Movement Apart

Robin Lake
Author: Robin Lake
Analysis

DeVos’s First 1,000 Days: Whether Principled Advocate or ‘Flat-Out Disaster,’ the Survivor Secretary at the Education Department’s Helm Remains Uniquely Polarizing

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Analysis

Aldeman: 3 Differences Between California’s Teacher Pension System and Social Security That Have a Huge Impact on Retirees — New Report

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
News

Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Appears to Back Trump Plan to End DACA, Potentially Putting Thousands of Students and Teachers at Risk of Deportation

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Social-Emotional Learning Takes Priority; Standardized Testing Throughout the Year, Not at the End; Ed Reform in Idaho & More

Erika Ross
EDlection 2020

Children Are Asking Some of the ‘Most Powerful, Emotional’ Questions of Presidential Candidates About Gun Violence

Tyler Kingkade
4Fams

Coleman: Kids Need Multiple Strategies to Succeed in Math Class. How the Number Bond Can Be a Powerful Alternative to ‘Just Adding’

LauraMarie Coleman
News

SCOTUS Clears Way for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Touts

A Student’s View: Young People Are the Biggest Stakeholders in Any School. They Deserve a Seat at the Decision-Making Table

Joshua Dantzler
Touts

After a Bruising Election, 4 Ways the ‘Flipped’ Denver School Board Can Put Student Success Before Adult Ego

Vernon Jones Jr.
New York

UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Making Sure Imagine NYC Schools Delivers, the Role Teachers Will Play and Whether the $32M Effort Will Define de Blasio’s Last 2 Years

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
Inspiring

1 in 4 NYC HS Students Can’t Swim. 16-Year-Old Is Changing That With Free Lifesaving Lessons for Her Schoolmates — & Wants to Teach the Whole City

Debra West
Colorado

After a Bruising Election, 4 Ways the ‘Flipped’ Denver School Board Can Put Student Success Before Adult Ego

Vernon Jones Jr.
New York

Inside NYC’s ‘Imagine Schools’ Initiative: As $32M Public-Private Partnership Nears First Major Deadline, New Details Emerging About Effort to Create (and Recreate) City Schools

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
Analysis

Milgrom-Elcott: Better Teacher Preparation in Math Can Break Down Barriers to STEM for Girls, Students of Color & Low-Income Kids

Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Author: Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Houston

As Texas Moves to Replace Houston’s School Board, Here Are 7 Things to Know About the Takeover

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Student Voice

A Student’s View: Young People Are the Biggest Stakeholders in Any School. They Deserve a Seat at the Decision-Making Table

Joshua Dantzler
News

A Reckoning for DACA: With Possible Deportation of Dreamers in the Balance Tuesday at the Supreme Court, Education Groups Urge Justices to Protect Students and Teachers

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From Texas’s Dramatic Takeover of Houston Schools to the Learning Problems That Followed Flint’s Lead Poisoning, Education News You Missed This Week at America’s Top Districts

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
Touts

Sometimes the Outcome Is the Equity: Why It’s Critical to Prepare Students of Color to Do Well on Standardized Tests — Even If You’re Not a Fan

Colin Seale
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