EDlection 2020
From the Oval Office to the statehouse, covering all the 2020 candidates who could reshape America’s schools
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Election to Bring Major Changes to Senate Education Committee, with Early Childhood Champion Patty Murray Likely to Lead if Democrats Prevail
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Yellow Rose, Blue Wave: What Democrats’ Statehouse Ascent Might Mean for Texas’s Singular K-12 Political Landscape
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Race, Trump & History:
Weeks Before Election, President Leaps Into Culture War Skirmish Over Teaching 1619 Project
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Everything Is Up for Grabs in North Carolina This Election Day. The Consequences for Public Schools Could Be Huge
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154 Candidates. 38 States. Meet the Newcomers Who Ousted State Incumbents in the Primaries — and See How They’ll Fight to Reshape Education Priorities If Elected
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‘Confusion Reigns’ for Parents Seeking Child Care and Pre-K. But Some Experts Don’t See Biden’s Sprawling Early-Childhood Plan as a Fix
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Education Policy ‘Ghost’ Carmel Martin Is Biden’s Most Important Staffer You’ve Never Heard Of
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Biden Blasts Trump’s Handling of COVID-19, Saying the President ‘Has No Real Plan’ for Getting Students and Teachers Back to School Safely
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Majority of Americans Give Trump a Failing Grade on Education Policy Ahead of Re-election Bid, PDK Poll Finds
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Trump Expected to Stick to Twin Themes of Reopening and Private School Choice at This Week’s Republican National Convention
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Analysis: Delegates to AFT’s Virtual Convention Have a Very Long Wish List. That Doesn’t Mean the Democrats, If They Win, Will Go Along
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Analysis: Kamala Harris Changed Her Thinking About Absenteeism, Truancy & Enforcement. What That Might Mean for Her as VP
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Democratic School Choice Advocates Struggle to Be Heard Over the Din of COVID, Trump & Recession as Virtual Convention Ushers in Election’s Final Phase
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Two States, Two Responses: Governors in Missouri and Kansas Navigate the Tricky Politics of Reopening Schools
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Analysis: The Year’s Top Election Issue? In States Like Texas, It’s Reopening Schools
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With Nation Focused on Reopening Schools, Biden’s Choice of Kamala Harris as Running Mate Could Renew Attention on Integration
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Trump’s Weekend Executive Actions Leave School Funding ‘On the Cutting Room Floor’
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Biden Prioritizes School Funding, Early Education and Classroom Equity in Appearance at AFT Convention; Decries GOP’s ‘Out of Touch’ Recovery Plan