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Florida Teacher: Juneteenth Explores the Oft-Avoided, ‘More Despondent’ Side of American History

Florida Teacher: Juneteenth Explores the Oft-Avoided, ‘More Despondent’ Side of American History

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Florida Teacher: Juneteenth Explores the Oft-Avoided Side of U.S. History

Trinity Alicia

Vaccine Expert and Former CDC Advisory Committee Member on RFK Jr.’s Firings

Amanda Geduld

Q&A: Los Angeles High School Counselor On What Students Want After Graduation

Jacob Matthews

Head Start Teacher and Civil Rights Lawyer Turns Her Social Justice Lens to Math

Jo Napolitano

‘Spy High:’ Amazon Documentary Probes Dangers of Online Student Surveillance

Mark Keierleber

David Zweig Calls COVID School Closures ‘a False Story about Medical Consensus’

Greg Toppo

NAEP ‘Absolutely’ Needs to Stay, Linda McMahon Says. The Department? Not So Much

Greg Toppo

Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

Greg Toppo

Scholar Douglas Harris Debuts New ‘Wikipedia’ of K–12 Research

Kevin Mahnken

L.A. High School Teacher and Author Rebuilds Classroom Libraries After Fires

Trinity Alicia

Why Hate Math?: Brooklyn Sisters’ Tutoring Co. Helps Kids Build STEM Identity

Jo Napolitano

‘We’re the Outliers’: Ashley Rogers Berner on Public Funding for Private Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Q&A: Kendrick Lamar ‘Used His Platform’ at Super Bowl as ‘Salute to Black History’

Trinity Alicia

Minnesota Autism Activist on Money, Power and What Special Ed Kids Really Need

Beth Hawkins

How Artificial Intelligence Could Change Schools & Change How We Test Students

Greg Toppo

After the Fires, LA Teachers Are Experiencing ‘Secondary Trauma,’ According to One Expert 

Daniella Lake

Louisiana Saw Rare Gains on National Exam. K–12 Chief Cade Brumley Explains How

Kevin Mahnken

Content Guru Natalie Wexler Urges Us to Move ‘Beyond The Science of Reading’

Greg Toppo

Leanlab Founder Says Ed Tech Should Root Itself in Community Voice, Co-Design

Greg Toppo

Q&A: Teacher of the Year on STEM Success in South Central LA Despite Odds

Jinge Li

Q&A: Putting AI In its Place in an Era of Lost Human Connection at School

Greg Toppo

‘How Far Will RFK Go?’ 2 Experts Talk Kennedy’s Potential Impact on Child Health

Amanda Geduld

Q&A: Nation’s First School Counselor Residency Launches in Rural CA

Marianna McMurdock

Q&A: Katy Knight’s Quest to Fund Ed Tech’s ‘Deeply Unsexy Things’

Greg Toppo

Q&A: What it Will Take to Make Schools Safe for Black Children 

Marianna McMurdock

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

Amanda Geduld

Q&A: NYC Shelter Dir. on ‘Complete Destabilization, Chaos’ Facing Migrant Kids

Marianna McMurdock

15 Years After ‘Rubber Room,’ Steven Brill Recalls the Legacy of School Reform

Kevin Mahnken

Teen Activist Rhea Maniar on the Power of Abortion to Turn Out Young Voters

Amanda Geduld

Benjamin Riley: AI is Another Ed Tech Promise Destined to Fail

Greg Toppo

Rhode Island’s Ed Chief on Charters, Enrollment Loss and Providence’s Future

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Why Many ‘High-Achieving’ Students Don’t Become Teachers

Amanda Geduld

Psychologist Warns: Lack of Playtime, Excessive Adult Oversight, Is Hurting Kids

Kevin Mahnken

74 Interview: Shep Melnick on Brown at 70 and Integration’s Failure in the North

Kevin Mahnken

Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4

Sierra Lyons

Q&A: Civil Rights Lawyer Erika Wilson on How to Reignite Desegregation Efforts

Marianna McMurdock

Financial Aid Reform Was His Legacy. Now, Lamar Alexander Calls it ‘a Big Mess’

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Minnesota’s Groundbreaking Push for Teacher Training on Ableism

Beth Hawkins

5 Million Kids in Poverty: As Funds Expire, a Fresh Call to Confront the Crisis

Marianna McMurdock

74 Interview: USC’s Morgan Polikoff on New Poll Data & the ‘Purple Classroom’

Beth Hawkins

74 Interview: Janice Jackson on Tutoring, Free College and Choice in Chicago

Linda Jacobson

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

Greg Toppo

Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride — and Regret

Linda Jacobson

Journalist Natasha Alford on Race, Identity & Her New Memoir, ‘American Negra’

Amanda Geduld

Ohio’s Dept of Education & Workforce: New Name Signals New Student Priorities

Patrick O’Donnell

High-Impact Tutoring CEO on New Jersey’s Steady Learning Loss for K-8 Students

Joshua Bay

In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the ‘Burbs

Greg Toppo

Experts on Kids & Social Media Weigh the Pros and Cons of ‘Growing Up in Public’

Greg Toppo

74 Interview: Why Social Media is Being Blamed for the Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber

As Students Struggle With Math, One Indiana High Schooler Refinds Her Footing

Jo Napolitano

‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams

The 74 Interview: Mohammed Choudhury on Stepping Down as Maryland Schools Chief

Beth Hawkins

Exiting Charter Leader Nina Rees Says ‘the Center Still Holds’ on School Choice

Linda Jacobson

Never Stop Trying: Dream Town Author on Shaker Heights’s Quest for Racial Equity

Conor P. Williams

Q&A: How Liberal ‘Elitism’ Is Hurting Equity at America’s Schools

Kevin Mahnken

The 74 Interview: Melissa Kearney on ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’

Kevin Mahnken

How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — and Why Parents Should Care

Mark Keierleber

74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken

Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo

The 74 Interview: Cara Fitzpatrick on ‘The Death of Public School’

Kevin Mahnken

74 Interview: Time ≠ Learning — Tim Knowles on Scrapping the Carnegie Unit

Beth Hawkins

Q&A: Lessons from a Decade of Battling Racial Inequity in the K-12 Workforce

Marianna McMurdock

Harvard Ruling Will Put Spotlight on College Elitism, Georgetown Economist Says

Kevin Mahnken

Why Curiosity Matters: 2 Experts Talk Schools & Sparking Student Engagement

Conor P. Williams

‘We Can’t Stay Where We Are’: The Democrat Behind the Houston Schools Takeover

Beth Hawkins

Former Parkland Principal Calls For Wellness Centers in Every School

Mark Keierleber

IES Director Mark Schneider on Education Research and the Future of Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Student Mental Health: From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

Joshua Bay

Expert: 69 years after Brown v Board, Enduring Inequalities at America’s Schools

Joshua Bay

Interview: Researcher Anthony Bryk on Chicago Schools’ ‘Radical’ New Direction

Kevin Mahnken

Can This School Board Be Saved? Author AJ Crabill Has a 5-Point Plan

Conor P. Williams

Idaho’s 18-Year-Old School Board Member on Youth Voice And Right-Wing Extremism

Asher Lehrer-Small

‘We Stole 5 Years from Kids’: A Houston Board Member on Looming State Takeover

Beth Hawkins

Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Kevin Mahnken

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

Marianna McMurdock

The 74 Interview: Shannon Watts on the Power Moms Wield to Stop School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

Former Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza New Head of Democrats for Education Reform

Jo Napolitano

Q&A: Rocketship Schools Co-Founder Reflects on 15 Years of Empowering Parents

Richard Whitmire

How Bridges to Science Aims to Close the Diversity Gaps in STEM Education

Joshua Bay

Q&A: Education Expert on Tutoring, Learning Recovery & Schools’ Staffing Woes

Asher Lehrer-Small

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Greg Toppo

‘It’s Erasing History’: Daryl Scott on Black Studies and the AP Clash in Florida

Kevin Mahnken

74 Interview: New KIPP CEO Shavar Jeffries on Students’ Post-Pandemic Needs

Beth Hawkins

Q&A: Khan Academy’s Sal Khan on COVID’s Staggering Impact on Student Math Skills

Kevin Mahnken

Elliot Regenstein on Writing an Ed Reform Book That Doesn’t Alienate Teachers

Conor P. Williams

How Educators Can Help Kids Make Sense of Tyre Nichols’s Death

Marianna McMurdock

Idaho’s New School Chief Lays Out Her Bold Plan to Change ‘Literally Everything’

Alan Gottlieb

74 Interview: Meet Minneapolis’s First Autistic School Board Member

Beth Hawkins

Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson

Meet Skye, the 12-Year-Old Reporter Covering Georgia’s Runoff Election

Asher Lehrer-Small

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Mark Keierleber

There Are Just 90 LGBTQ School Board Members. Half Were Threatened, Harassed

Beth Hawkins

School Improvement Guru Justin Cohen on Teacher-Led School Innovation

Conor P. Williams

Torn Apart: 13-Year-Old Author Estela Juarez on New Book & Mother’s Deportation

Joshua Bay

Ending ‘Child Poverty Surveillance’: NYU Professor On Schools & Child Welfare

Asher Lehrer-Small

Video — Florida Teen Invents World’s First Sustainable Electric Vehicle Motor

Jim Fields

Watch: ‘Corn Kid’ Creator Talks Lessons Learned via Hundreds of Child Interviews

The 74

Beyond It’s Corn: ‘Recess Therapy’ Creator on the Secret of Following Kids’ Joy

Asher Lehrer-Small

Author Richard Reeves on the Boys’ Education Problem We Don’t Like to Talk About

Kevin Mahnken

Q&A: TED Fellow Heejae Lim on Using Tech to Strengthen Family-School Engagement

Joshua Bay
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