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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.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
20 years later
20 years later
Katrina

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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commentary

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.

Jessika Harkay
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.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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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.

Jonathan Carone
Author: Jonathan Carone
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education

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.

Linda Jacobson
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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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
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

Beth Hawkins
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.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Internships
Internships
Future of High School

‘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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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
commentary
commentary

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
commentary
commentary

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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commentary
Katrina

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.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Missouri

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
California
California

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.

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
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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
Author: Barbara Hammond
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
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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.

Rebecca Gale
Author: Rebecca Gale
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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.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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Supreme Court, Weighing In on Trump Plan to End Relief to Undocumented Immigrants, Agrees to Hear DACA Case

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Opinion

Rees: At This Year’s National Charter Schools Conference, We Must Start Reinvigorating the Charter Movement. 3 Things We Need to Do

Nina Rees
Author: Nina Rees
Touts

Smaller Classes, Flexible Schedule and Guaranteed Admission to Purdue University: A Student Explains What’s Best About Purdue Polytechnic Charter School
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Smaller Classes, Flexible Schedule and Guaranteed Admission to Purdue University: A Student Explains What’s Best About Purdue Polytechnic Charter School

Shawnta Barnes
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From NYC’s Teacher Retention Woes to New Fallout From Parkland Shooting, School News You Missed This Week From America’s 15 Biggest Districts

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The 12 Best Education Articles From June: Our Year Inside America’s Premiere Teacher Mentoring Program, US News Reboots Rankings, the Power of Classroom Relationships & More

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Education Advocates Relieved but Wary as High Court Blocks Citizenship Question From Census, Removing Threat to Federal School Funding — for Now

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Touts

Video Replay: Are We on the Verge of a Breakthrough in Reversing America’s ‘Diploma Disparity’? Special Aspen Ideas Festival Conversation Looks to Improve Equity on College Campuses

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Families

Transforming Parent-Child Connections in Incarceration

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
Providence

Johns Hopkins Report Offers ‘Devastating’ Findings for Providence Schools, Sparking Talk of State Takeover

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Touts

Walsh: School Choice Is Not a Zero-Sum Game — How a Texas Superintendent Championed District-Charter Partnerships to Help All Kids Succeed
Inspiring

‘He Can Wear My Shoes’ — Virginia Teacher Comes to the Rescue of Fifth-Grader Who Broke His Just Before Walking Onstage for Graduation

Debra West
Janus v. AFSCME

Human Right or Federal Overreach? House Members Spar Over Legislation to Protect Public Workers

Carolyn Phenicie
Author: Carolyn Phenicie
Opinion

Walsh: School Choice Is Not a Zero-Sum Game — How a Texas Superintendent Championed District-Charter Partnerships to Help All Kids Succeed

Leila Walsh
Analysis

Jochim & Heyward: Underserved Families Can’t Always Manage School Choice Alone. Our New Report Shows How Navigators Can Help

Ashley Jochim & Georgia Heyward
News

Video Replay: Are We on the Verge of a Breakthrough in Reversing America’s ‘Diploma Disparity’? Special Aspen Ideas Festival Conversation Looks to Improve Equity on College Campuses

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
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74 Interview: Pulling All the Levers — Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson on Getting More Students to and Through College

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
News

Los Angeles School District Approves $7.8 Billion Budget for Next Year: Here’s What It Means for High-Needs Students, Lowest-Performing Schools and District Finances

Taylor Swaak
Author: Taylor Swaak
Union Report

Union Report: One Year Later, It’s Clear — the Janus Effect Is Not Yet What Either Side Had Hoped for, or Feared

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

Marchitello & Aldeman: Democrats Want to Raise Teacher Pay. Here’s How the Government Can Really Help — By Promoting Pension Reform

Max Marchitello & Chad Aldeman
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