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Education Department Calls Back Civil Rights, Some DEI Employees

As many as 250 Office for Civil Rights staff members could return throughout the fall, even as the administration continues legal battle to fire them.

Author: Linda Jacobson

Child Tax Credit

Child Tax Credit

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.

School Supplies

School Supplies

Parents, Teachers Go Into Debt for School Supplies

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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.

Author: Jessika Harkay

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.

Author: Amanda Geduld

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.

Jonathan Carone

Author: Jonathan Carone

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.

Author: Linda Jacobson

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special education

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.

Lauren Wagner & Beth Hawkins

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School Supplies

Parents, Teachers Go Into Debt for School Supplies

Pediatricians Back COVID Vaccines, in Split From RFK Jr.

Hezly Rivera, 17, Wins 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

Can South Dakota Teens Save the Endangered Lakota Language?

NYC DOE Spent $1.4 Million at One Brooklyn Restaurant

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How Do Kids in Top-Spending States Perform on NAEP? Not as Well as You’d Think

Aldeman: New York spends the most, but its results are middling. Mississippi, Texas, Florida get the most bang for their buck.

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Future of High School

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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.

Future of High School

Future of High School

Future of High School

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

Author: Beth Hawkins

Future of High School

Future of High School

Future of High School

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.

Author: 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.

Patrick O’Donnell

Author: Patrick O’Donnell

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How Trump’s Power Push Echoes Resistance to Fixing Education’s Deepest Problems

Kogan: Schools' dysfunction is hard-wired into a governance model that puts adults' political agendas ahead of students' educational interests.

Author: Vladimir Kogan

Schools Need Evidence-Based Curriculum. Researchers Need Schools to Help

Black: The next generation of evidence-based programs won’t come from ivory towers or glossy marketing decks. They’ll come from classrooms.

Author: Stacey Black

Immigrant Students are Learning in Fear. State Lawmakers Can Help Change That

Amézquita and Kleyn: Amid federal cuts and deportation threats, states need to step up to prepare teachers and help students.

Sara P. López Amézquita & Tatyana Kleyn

NYC Teachers Believe Many Kids Are Gifted & Talented. Why Doesn’t the District?

Adams: Letting educators evaluate students has led to many more being flagged for G&T. That alone could set them up for greater academic success.

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Early Care and Education

Early Care and Education

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

Child Tax Credit

Child Tax Credit

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.

PBS Behind the Scenes: A Visual History of Milestones and Iconic Moments

A look back at the history of PBS and PBS Kids, and a glimpse into efforts to protect the organization, which has served generations of learners.

Meghan Gallagher

Author: Meghan Gallagher

child development

child development

How Dads’ Stress and Mental Health Can Influence Their Children’s Development

A meta-analysis of research studies affirms that mental distress in dads before and after the birth of a baby can affect child development.

Leigh Giangreco

Author: Leigh Giangreco

Survey: Nearly 70% of Child Care Workers Struggle to Afford A Basic Need

More than two-thirds of child care workers reported struggling to afford a basic need.

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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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O’Keefe & Lewis: New Report Shows 4 Ways States Can Innovate and Improve Their Exams — Even Without Joining ESSA Pilot Program

Bonnie O'Keefe & Brandon Lewis

Pipeline Primed: After a Decade of Efforts, Minnesota Gets 3 Programs for Training Teachers Outside Schools of Education

Author: Beth Hawkins

Union Report: Mysterious Turnovers of Top Staff May Come as a Surprise, but They Are the Norm for the NEA and Its Affiliates

From Farmworkers to Physicians: Twin Mexican Immigrant Boys Grew Up to Become HS Valedictorians — and Just Graduated From Medical School

Park: Charter Schools Can Be an Important New Tool for Fostering Integration. Our New Coalition Is Working to Make That Happen

Censorship or Student Safety? Plans to Remove Iconic Mural at San Francisco High School Spark Furor

Author: Kevin Mahnken

‘It Just Becomes Like a Ghost Town’: As Nuclear Plants Close in Record Numbers Across U.S., Small-Town School Districts Brace for Catastrophic Tax Losses

Carolyn Phenicie

Author: Carolyn Phenicie

Teacher Spotlight: Los Angeles’s Rita Ontiveros on Being a ‘Positive Rock’ for Low-Income and Homeless Students — and What’s Really Happening in a Kindergarten Classroom

Esmeralda Fabián Romero

Author: Esmeralda Fabián Romero

Park: Charter Schools Can Be an Important New Tool for Fostering Integration. Our New Coalition Is Working to Make That Happen

Cervone: What Does Racial Equity Mean in the Nation’s Whitest State? Maine Education & Workforce Coalition Is Looking to Find Out

With Less Than Half of Prospective Graduates in Los Angeles District Eligible for California State University System, College Trustees Eye New Requirement

Author: Taylor Swaak

Washington D.C.

Williams: Dual Language Immersion Doesn’t Work If English-Speaking Students Are Given Preference

Conor P. Williams

Author: Conor P. Williams

Analysis: As More Diverse Circle of Parents Homeschool Their Kids, It Can Be a Living Room Laboratory for the Future of Education

Robin Lake & Travis Pillow

The Big Picture

Research Shows That New Orleans Schools Have Improved Since Katrina. So Why Don’t Black Residents Agree?

Author: Kevin Mahnken

Analysis: Before Jumping on the Ed Tech Bandwagon, Identify Your School’s Problem. Then Find the Right Blended Learning Solution

Chelsea Waite & Jenny White

Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: New Mexico Doing Away With School Grades, More States Experimenting With Innovative Tests & More

A Student’s View on Asking ‘Where Are You From?’: I’m a College-Bound Nuyorican High School Grad With a Unique Identity. Here’s What It Means to Be Where I’m From

Grammy Coalition Leverages Resources, Star Power to Boost Music Education in Cash-Strapped Districts

Author: Noble Ingram

After Saying It Would Go Above and Beyond to Educate Its Foster Care Students, Indiana Unveils a Plan That Is Little More Than Bullet Points

Author: Kate Stringer

A Student’s View on Asking ‘Where Are You From?’: I’m a College-Bound Nuyorican High School Grad With a Unique Identity. Here’s What It Means to Be Where I’m From

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