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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
School (In)Security
deportation
School (In)Security

Trump’s Massive Deportation Database Puts Students at Risk, Advocates Warn

An executive order could compel schools to hand over sensitive information that ICE could weaponize against immigrant students and their families.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Analysis
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
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charter schools

In Case the Choice World ‘Dreaded,’ Justices Appear Open to Religious Charters

Chief Justice John Roberts asked tough questions of both sides in a matter with important ramifications for the future of public schools.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
special education
Americans with Disabilities Act

SCOTUS to Rule in Case That Could Upend Enforcement of Disabled Students’ Rights

During contentious oral arguments, school district argues that families should have to prove school systems intended to deny children accommodations.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
analysis
analysis

Beyond Test Scores: 186 Innovative Educators on How to Know a School Is Good

Waite: Respondents to Canopy project point to student presentations & portfolios, school culture and attendance among indicators of real quality

Chelsea Waite
Author: Chelsea Waite
special education
ABA

Arizona Autism Charter School Founder Tapped as Ed Dept. Special Education Chief

Diana Diaz-Harrison’s schools use a controversial intervention. She wants to use her new position to help others launch more like them.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
school (in)security
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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literacy

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

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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commentary
commentary

The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Wong: With violent episodes increasing and natural disasters intensifying, schools need more proactive safety measures in place.

Marleen Wong
Author: Marleen Wong
commentary
charter schools

A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion

Kahlenberg: Changing laws to require charters to teach American democratic values would weed out parochial schools — and some secular ones as well.

Richard D. Kahlenberg
commentary
Career and Technical Education
Future of High School

Amid Chaos, There’s Still Plenty of Good News on the Path to Higher Education

Litow: Career pathways represent a bipartisan approach to supporting students through high school to college and the workforce.

Stanley Litow
Author: Stanley Litow
commentary
child care
Early Learning Nation

The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Is Long Overdue for Reform

With a budget debate looming, here are some of the proposed solutions on the table.

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
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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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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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Supreme Court

SCOTUS: Here’s When School Officials Can (and Can’t) Block Their Critics Online

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
North Carolina

North Carolina Principals Want Pay Scale to Go Beyond School Performance, Size

Hannah McClellan, Education NC
College Admissions

Why It’s Long Past Time to Scrap the College Admissions Essay

Matthew Levey
Author: Matthew Levey
AI

How Texas is Preparing Higher Education for AI

Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
Reading

New Data: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Students Face a ‘Much Harder Journey’ Ahead

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Texas

University of Texas at El Paso To Use Faculty Survey Results For AI Strategy

Daniel Perez, El Paso Matters
EDlection 2024

School Choice Activist Jeff Yass May Have Prompted Trump’s About-Face on TikTok

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Missouri

Missouri Senate to Boost Public School Funding in Private School Tax Credit Bill

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent
STEM

Louisiana Teen’s Stroke-Detecting Invention Recognized in National STEM Contest

Sierra Lyons
Author: Sierra Lyons
STEM

Cute: Watch a 4th Grader Explain Why Thursday Is Both ‘Dress for STEM’ & Pi Day

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STEM superstars

Inspiring: 4 Teen ‘STEM Superstars’ Build Inventions to Address Cancer, Suicide

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Florida

Settlement: Florida Students, Teachers Can Say Gay; Schools Can’t Discriminate

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Artificial Intelligence

AI Support Can Prevent College Students from Failing STEM Classes, Study Shows

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
STEM superstars

WATCH: New York Teen Discovers Biomarker to Identify Those at Risk of Suicide

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
commentary

3 Ways Science Teaches Students Skills That Are Critical in Learning and in Life

Melody Hawkins
Author: Melody Hawkins
The 74 Interview

School Finance Data ‘Sucks.’ Rebecca Sibilia’s New Org is Offering $ to Fix It

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
women in stem

#DressForSTEM This Thursday: Wearing Purple on Pi Day to Celebrate Women in STEM

Trinity Alicia
The Big Picture

On-The-Job Training Prevails as Students’ Disinterest in College Grows

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
The Big Picture

Interactive Map: Inside U.S. School Segregation by Race & Class

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
commentary

Want to Keep Teachers Happy? Build a Culture of Collaboration at School

Dan Effland
Author: Dan Effland
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