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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

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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testing

Responding to Post-Pandemic Norms, More States are Lowering Test Standards

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
school choice

Corey DeAngelis Disgraced, Not By Liberals He Trolled, but Right-Wing Parents

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
New York City

Amid Federal Investigations, NYC Schools Chancellor Banks Says He Will Retire

Alex Zimmerman, Michael Elsen-Rooney & Julian Shen-Berro
Virginia

Virginia Lawmakers Prepare to Overhaul Decades-Old School Funding Formula

Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury
Illinois

Chicago Public Schools Plan Aims to Get More Kids to Attend Neighborhood Schools

Reema Amin & Mila Koumpilova
commentary

How Team-Based Teaching Can Support Student Learning and Reduce Teacher Burnout

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
commentary

4 Ways to Help Middle Schoolers Recover from COVID Learning Losses in Reading

Miah Daughtery
Author: Miah Daughtery
New Orleans

18 Years, $2 Billion: Inside New Orleans’s Biggest School Recovery Effort in History

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
health

Measles Outbreak in Minneapolis Schools

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school lunch

How to Bake an LA Public School Delicacy

Meghan Gallagher
Author: Meghan Gallagher
The Big Picture

Crowdfunding Sites Serve As Critical Lifeline for Teachers

Trinity Alicia
New York

New York School Funding Formula Needs Overhaul, More Than 100 Organizations Urge

Julian Shen-Berro, Chalkbeat
Tennessee

Under Tennessee’s Stricter School Library Law, Some Books Quietly Disappear

Marta Aldrich
commentary

The Case for Texas’s New Curriculum — Why Bible Stories Matter for Literacy

Robert Pondiscio
Author: Robert Pondiscio
teaching & learning

What Happens When a 48K-Student District Commits to the ‘Science of Learning’

Holly Korbey, MindSite News
Ohio

Ohio is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools

Eli Hager
commentary

NAACP Resolutions on Literacy as a Civil Right Are a Wake-Up Call for Schools

Kareem Weaver
Author: Kareem Weaver
food insecurity

Advocates Call for Expanding Free School Meals at U.S. Senate Hearing

Shauneen Miranda
School (In)Security

Trumped-up School Panic: Campaign Lie Forces Ohio School Closures

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Springfield

An Immigrant Kills Boy & Politicians Exploit

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