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Kindergarten’s Overlooked Absenteeism Problem

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland Ends Year-Round Schooling Citing No Meaningful Gains After 15 Years

Patrick O’Donnell

COVID Internet Connectivity Crisis Has Eased For Most Families, But Risks Remain

Patrick O’Donnell

Major Part of ‘Cleveland Plan’ to Turn Around Struggling Schools Is Ending

Patrick O’Donnell

Ohio’s Economy Could Be Impacted by Billions Due to Struggling Child Care

Susan Tebben

A Reckoning in Cleveland: COVID Cuts Slash Laptops, Summer School, After-School

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland School of Cannabis Teaches Students How to Work in Marijuana Industry

Megan Henry

FAFSA Delays Raise Concerns Some Students Will Miss Out On College Aid

Patrick O’Donnell

Study: How Districts Are Responding to AI & What It Means for the New School Year

Bree Dusseault & Justin Lee

Outgoing Cleveland Schools CEO Reflects on Push to Remove Learning Barriers

Patrick O’Donnell

Summer School Priority: Help Students Rebound From Historically Bad Math Scores

Jo Napolitano

Report: Training of Ohio Teachers in the ‘Science of Reading’ Earns Mixed Grades

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland Schools Pick Indianapolis Academic Chief Warren Morgan as New CEO

Patrick O’Donnell

‘Heavy Hand’: Ohio Teachers Oppose Governor’s Science of Reading-Only Edict

Patrick O’Donnell

‘The Evidence is Clear’: Ohio Gov Pushes For Science of Reading As Only Approach

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland Sticks With Recovery Plans After Worst-in-Nation NAEP Drop

Patrick O’Donnell

Path to Middle Class Jobs: New Manufacturing Center Combines Classroom, Museum

Patrick O’Donnell

Pandemic Widened Ohio Achievement Gaps, Leaving ‘Vulnerable’ Students Further Behind

Patrick O’Donnell

New Cleveland Mayor Demands Faster Learning Recovery for Students After Pandemic

Patrick O’Donnell

Reopening Struggle Revived as Thousands of Schools Close and COVID Cases Explode

Asher Lehrer-Small

One City’s Bold Youth Poverty Plan: Have Schools Partner Directly With Companies

Patrick O’Donnell

Schools Are Open, But Cleveland Kids Keep Cutting Class

Patrick O’Donnell

Shipwreck Camp Delivers a Treasure Trove of Science

Patrick O’Donnell

Science Erupts at Lessons Snuck Into Community Park

Patrick O’Donnell

Schools Are Adopting ‘Mastery’ Approach to Help Kids Recover COVID Learning Loss

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland Schools to Offer Remote Classes in the Fall

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland’s Kinder, Gentler Summer School: Camp, Academics Lure Kids to Class

Patrick O’Donnell

Early Look at Relief Funds Shows Districts Give Short Shrift to Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Lost Lab Time Makes Trades Teachers Adapt

Patrick O’Donnell

Alabama: How One District Looked for Ways to Ease Educator Workloads

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Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track

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Biden: $1.8 Trillion Agenda Offers Prospect of Birth to College Education

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Relief Funds Fuel Efforts to Find Homeless Students

Linda Jacobson

Pandemic Causes ‘Huge Setbacks’ in State Pre-K Programs

Linda Jacobson

How 2 Schools in Ohio Have Stayed Open (and Safe) Through the Pandemic

Patrick O’Donnell

Texas Mom Mobilizes on Masks

Bekah McNeel

U.S. Schools Played Critical Role in 1950s Vaccine Trials

Harry McCracken

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

Linda Jacobson

Photo History: 52 Weeks of COVID & Schools, 52 Iconic Photos

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Massachusetts: Inside the Study That Changed CDC’s Distancing Policy

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Texas: A Spring Dilemma For Colleges — Time to Cancel Spring Break?

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District of Columbia: How 2 Principals Restored Black Parents’ Trust

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History: 10 Lessons in Learning Loss From Past Crises

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Video Replay: What President Biden & Secretary Cardona Had to Say at March 24’s National Safe School Reopening Summit

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Analysis: Learning Loss Update — Districts Quiet on How They Plan to Help Students Recover From a Year of Continued Disruption

Sarah McCann & Bree Dusseault

The Governor’s Gambit: Trading Vaccines for School Reopenings Mostly Worked for DeWine, But There Are Holdouts

Patrick O’Donnell

Analysis: 10 Lessons from Past Educational Disruptions, and How They Can Help Students Make Up Lost Learning After COVID-19

Chad Aldeman

A High School in Ohio Is Giving Students a Choice: Keep Up With Remote Learning — Or You Have to Come Back to the Classroom

Patrick O’Donnell

1919 Data: Key Lessons in Learning Loss From the Spanish Flu

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Ohio: Data Show Black Students Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

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Texas: Universal Weekly COVID Tests Keep 200 Schools Open

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Lifeline: How Bilingual Learning Pods Are Helping English Language Learners Navigate Classes During the Pandemic Without Teachers or Peers

Patrick O’Donnell

D.C.: More Schools Open But Many Black Parents Keep Kids Home

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Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

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One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

Linda Jacobson

Cleveland Schools Comply with Governor’s March 1 Opening: Teachers Union Could Resist

Patrick O’Donnell

Ohio: Alarming New Data Show Black Kids Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

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South Carolina: Rural Libraries ‘Activate’ to Boost 3rd Grade Literacy

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D.C.: Inside Biden’s $130 Billion Proposal For Schools, Teachers, Safety

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‘Simply Unacceptable’: Ohio Gov. DeWine Threatens to Withhold Early Vaccines From School Staffers if Cleveland Schools Fail to Reopen Classrooms By March 1

Patrick O’Donnell

Cleveland Schools an Ohio Outlier: April Reopening Likely With Parents and Teachers Cautious About Classroom Return

Patrick O’Donnell

‘Inequalities Grow Before Our Eyes’: Alarming New Data Show Ohio’s Black Students Have Lost a Half-Year of Learning, Are Missing More School, During the Pandemic

Patrick O’Donnell

Washington State: District Uses ‘Gifted’ Strategy to Boost All Students

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Ohio: Can Pre-K Survive Pandemic? Programs Hope For Federal Funds

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Special Ed: Feds Probe Lack of School Services For Special Needs Kids

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District of Columbia: D.C. Council Disbands Education Committee

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Minnesota: Inside the Fight to Reopen Minneapolis Schools

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How a Diverse School District Is Using a Strategy Usually Reserved for ‘Gifted’ Students to Help Everyone Overcome COVID Learning Loss

Joy Resmovits

Aldeman: Lessons from Spanish Flu — Babies Born in 1919 Had Worse Educational, Life Outcomes Than Those Born Just Before or After. Could That Happen With COVID-19?

Chad Aldeman

O’Leary & Justice: Denying Early Educators Priority for the COVID-19 Vaccine Devalues Our Children’s Most Important Teachers

Jamie O’Leary & Laura Justice

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Jo Napolitano

Cleveland Pledges to Reopen Schools March 1: Vaccine Shortages Complicate Return to Classrooms

Patrick O’Donnell

Afterschool Survey: Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009

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District of Columbia: City Sees Surge of Interest in Adult Education Programs

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Testing: Cleveland’s Poorest Kids Avoided ‘COVID Slide’ on Tests

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Student’s View: Why I Left a Top NYC Program for Homeschooling

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Texas: Keeping Kids Fed During Pandemic Tests Limits of Bureaucracy

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Analysis: U-Turn — Survey of 477 Districts Shows Surge in COVID-19 Cases Is Reversing Reopening Progress In America’s Schools

Betheny Gross, Alice Opalka & Padma Gundapaneni

Superintendents Call for ‘Faster Rollout’ of Vaccines; But Object to Delaying School Reopenings Until Children Get Shots

Linda Jacobson

Will Preschools Survive the Pandemic? Ailing Cleveland Pre-K Programs Hope Federal Funds Can Salvage Seven Years of Progress Among High-Poverty Children

Patrick O’Donnell

Ohio’s Urgent Push to Open Classrooms During the Pandemic: New Policy Drops COVID Quarantine Rule if Students Wear Masks

Patrick O’Donnell

Analysis: What Does ‘Attendance’ Mean for Remote Learners in a Pandemic? How 106 Districts Are Dealing With Absenteeism, Student Engagement & Grades

Bree Dusseault & Alvin Makori

Alaska: Student Voice —Why Teachers Should Be Using Pass/Fail Grades

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NYC Video: A School Reopens With No COVID Cases

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Texas: A Racial Divide in Rushing Back to In-Person Learning

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Extracurriculars: How to Preserve Student Engagement Without Activities?

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Ohio: Budget Woes Threaten School Funding Overhaul

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Poorest Students Avoided COVID Slide on NWEA Tests, Cleveland Data Show

Patrick O’Donnell

New Data: College Enrollment for Low-Income High School Grads Plunged by 29% During the Pandemic

Richard Whitmire

New Data: Sharp Declines in Community College Enrollment Are Being Driven By Disappearing Male Students

Richard Whitmire

How Schools Are Keeping Families Afloat During the Pandemic: COVID Shut Cleveland’s Classrooms, But Not the Wraparound Services So Essential For Both Parents and Students

Patrick O’Donnell

Educator’s View: Embracing Remote Learning to Change How We Teach

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NYC: Parents Vent Frustration & Fear With Closings

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School Reopening ‘Churn’ Distracting District Leaders from Focusing on Improved Remote Education & Student Engagement, Researchers Find

Beth Hawkins

COVID-19 Budget Woes Pose Challenge for Ohio’s Long-Awaited School Funding Overhaul

Patrick O’Donnell

Sign on, Zoom in, Drop Out: Pandemic Sparks Fears That Without Sports and Other Activities, Students Will Disengage from School

Greg Toppo

NYC: Former Principal Jamaal Bowman Elected to Congress

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Louisiana: How New Orleans School Will Make Up Special Ed Losses

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Texas: Families of Special Ed Students Eligible for $1,500 During Pandemic

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District of Columbia: Free Internet Effort Struggles to Reach Families

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