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Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID. But It’s Now Fallen for 2 Years in a Row

Aldeman: Rural and low-income schools and special ed are still suffering. But state documents and research reports shows consistent patterns overall.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
U.S. Department of Education
civil rights

Nonprofit Wants to Take on Civil Rights Cases Trump’s Ed Department Left Behind

Capitalizing on ‘brain drain’ caused by mass firings, the National Center for Youth Law is hiring former department attorneys to resolve complaints.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Cleveland
Chronic Absenteeism

Kindergarten’s Overlooked Absenteeism Problem

Missing school isn’t just a high school issue. Parents’ failures make kindergarten another chronic absenteeism peak, sometimes nearing 90%.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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School Closures
Brookings Institution

Exclusive Data Highlights Paradox: As Enrollment Falls, Fewer Schools Close

Districts with plans to close schools often meet stiff community resistance. School leaders, in the words of one expert, are ‘so bad at this.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Artificial Intelligence
AI

An Antidote to Plagiarism: New App Uses AI to Help Students Think Critically

‘Level Up,’ developed by Eliott Hedman, wants to flip a bleak script around artificial intelligence and its negative effects on student motivation.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
California
budget cuts

How Head Start Dodged Trump’s Budget Cuts

Head Start staff and advocates launched a nationwide campaign to save the program, which Trump eliminated in his budget draft.

Carolyn Jones
immigration
Center for Migration Studies

As Deportation Target Widens, College-Educated Undocumented Grow More Fearful

While Trump’s focus has fallen on immigrant laborers, there are 1.7M undocumented with a bachelor’s degree or higher and 408K enrolled in college.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
school (in)security
data breach

PowerSchool Paid Off Hackers After Huge Breach — Now They’re Extorting Districts

Millions of students’ and educators’ sensitive records, including Social Security numbers, face new risks as cybergang reneges on ransomware deal.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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District Finances

Interactive: School Spending vs. Teacher Pay — See Trends in 8,900 Districts

Aldeman: Teacher salaries have been flat for a long time, lagging behind not only per-pupil spending, but earnings of other college-educated workers

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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
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
Pandemic
covid
Pandemic

KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

The program is a unique example of a school that moved quickly to keep children from missing out on their first year of school.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Artificial Intelligence

AI Tool Shows Teachers What They Do in the Classroom — and How to Do It Better

Educators' view: Teacher coaching app scans classroom video and maps who is speaking, for how long and whether discussion is respectful and on topic.

David Adams & Michael Middleton
commentary
commentary

Federal Enforcement of Open Enrollment Law Is Good News for Students & Families

Enlow: By letting kids cross school boundaries to escape bullying and other threats to learning, Ed Dept. is empowering parents with freedom of choice

Robert Enlow
Author: Robert Enlow
immigration
birthright

SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case Raises Questions About Judicial Authority

Supreme Court is considering whether a single federal judge should have the power to temporarily halt presidential policies across the entire country.

Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation
commentary
commentary

Teletherapy Can Be Even Better Than In-Person Counseling for Kids’ Mental Health

Chen: After shifting online during COVID, I was surprised that patients were more engaged and less shy than in person. Those benefits continue today

Juliana Chen
Author: Juliana Chen
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Altadena Girls
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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school (in)security

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

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The Big Picture

Tutoring Reality Check: Exclusive Research Shows Gains Shrink as Programs Expand

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
election 2024

Education Policies of the Candidates Can’t Be More at Odds

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Pandemic Funds

COVID Money Countdown: Schools Exhaust Pandemic Aid as Federal Help Winds Down

Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
Texas

Suit to Stop Texas School Ratings’ Release Divides Districts

Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
Maine

Maine DOE to Distribute Books About Immigrant Experiences to Every School District

Eesha Pendharkar
Opinion

Beyond Lesson Plans: AI Can Boost Teacher Creativity, Provide Classroom Advice

Samantha Keppler & Clare Snyder
Arkansas

Arkansas School District’s Loss of Students, Revenue Spark Fears of Closure

Tess Vrbin
delaware

Hackers Demand Ransom After Attack on Delaware Libraries

Karl Baker
Opinion

Amid a Federal Probe, New NYC Schools Chancellor Could Provide Calm in the Storm

David C. Bloomfield
Author: David C. Bloomfield
school (in)security

Biden Order Seeks to Make Much-Debated School Shooting Drills Less Traumatic

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
immigration

Nearly 100 Educators Meet to Blunt Impact of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Ohio

Ohio Teachers Connect Presidential Election to Classroom Curriculum

Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
enrollment decline

Report: Nearly 500 Schools Underenrolled and Chronically Underperforming

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Analysis

ESSER Post-Mortem: How Did Districts Spend $190B in Federal Funds? Did It Work?

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
future of high school

When Educators Team Up With Tech Makers, AI Doesn’t Have to be Scary for Schools

Edward Montalvo
The 74 Interview

U.S. ‘Catastrophically Wrong’ to Separate Early Child Care from Education

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
California

Career Education in California High Schools Gets a $450 Million Boost

Carolyn Jones
commentary

For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

Robert Balfanz & Kevin Huffman
Rhode Island

Providence School Officials Quiet on Data Breach Details

Alexander Castro
EDlection 2024

Children’s Advocate Peggy Flanagan Poised to Become First Native Woman Governor

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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