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Charter Schools

OIG: Charter Grantees Opened Just Half the Schools for Which They Received Funds

Linda Jacobson
Parents

Parent Council Case: As Judge Weighs In, Some Worry Group Will Lack Influence

Linda Jacobson
Special Education

Lawsuit: VA Parents Say Special Education Cases Are Rigged Against Them

Linda Jacobson
School (in)Security

The School (in)Security Newsletter: Coming Soon to an Inbox Near You

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EDlection 2022

Why Are So Many Republicans Raising Teacher Salaries?

Kevin Mahnken
Pre-K

Results From Long-Running Study Bolster Case for Universal Pre-K

Linda Jacobson
Oregon

Summer Learning Woes: Insurance Issues Block Community Groups From Aiding Effort

Alex Baumhardt
Enrollment

‘Wake-up Calls’: New Parent Survey Shows 9% Enrollment Drop in District Schools

Linda Jacobson
Youth Voice

Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

Asher Lehrer-Small
Climate Change

New Mexico Ranch Wants to Use Wildfire to Educate Kids, People With Disabilities

Megan Gleason
Diversity

4th Circuit Weighs Whether Elite Va. School Discriminates Against Asians

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

COVID Brief: Students and Teachers Face Learning Loss as New Year Begins

John Bailey
Assessments

New Testing Data: Fewer Students in Early Grades Developing Basic Phonics Skills

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo
EDlection 2022

Touting Education Record, DeSantis Outlines Agenda for Beating the ‘Elites’

Linda Jacobson
Wisconsin

Wisconsin Schools Are Not Meeting State Mandate on Native American Education

Terrence Falk
First Amendment

The ACLU’S Fight Against Classroom Censorship, State By State

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Schools Briefing: 20 Years of Student Growth Wiped Out by COVID

John Bailey
Georgia

GA Lawmakers Ponder Adding Poverty as Factor in Overhaul of State School Funding Formula

Ross Williams
Learning Loss

Facing Pandemic Learning Crisis, Districts Spend Relief Funds at a Snail’s Pace

Linda Jacobson
Education Finance

School Budgets Soar 16% Over 2 Years, But Experts Warn of ‘Bloodletting’ to Come

Asher Lehrer-Small
Louisiana

Louisiana Lawmaker Will Try Again to Hold Back Struggling Readers at Third Grade

Louisiana Illuminator
The 74 Interview

Former COVID Data Whistleblower, Now Congressional Candidate With Bold K-12 Plan

Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic

Kevin Mahnken
San Antonio

Study: San Antonio Charter Schools Lifted Student Achievement Prior to Pandemic

Greg Toppo
Learning Recovery

‘Too Good to Be True’: NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

Asher Lehrer-Small
Research

The ‘Mass Exodus’ of Teachers Never Happened, Paper Argues

Kevin Mahnken
College and Career Readiness

‘Academic Career Plans’ Have Students Exploring Careers as Early as Kindergarten

David Tobenkin
Pandemic

Schools & COVID Policy: Modified Boosters Likely Available for Teens Next Month

John Bailey
Public Opinion

New Poll: Majority of Adults Don’t Trust Educators to Handle Sensitive Topics

Kevin Mahnken
Student Voice

I Lived In a Shelter As a Child. Schools Must Better Understand Homeless Youth

Za’Nia Stinson
Financial Aid

Biden’s Move to Cancel Student Debt a Boon For Many Teachers, Child Care Workers

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

DeSantis-Backed Candidates Rack Up School Board Wins Across Florida

Linda Jacobson
Educator Pipeline

‘Untapped Talent’: TA to BA Teacher Prep Program Scales Six-Fold Amid Shortages

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic Policy

‘Treat This As You Would Any Illness’: Schools Across U.S. Downgrade COVID Rules

Asher Lehrer-Small
Student Voice

Why I Had To Leave The Community I Loved To Find the School That Served My Needs

Devin Walton
Academic Recovery

New Data: Was 2022’s Summer Learning ‘Explosion’ Enough To Reverse COVID Losses?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Missouri

COVID Slide: As Half of Students Fail Annual Tests, Pleas For Lawmakers to Act

Tessa Weinberg
COVID Slide

Tracking Schools’ Pandemic Recovery Funds: Mental Health, Tutoring & More

Joshua Parrish
Classroom Censorship

ACLU-Backed Lawsuit Charges Florida’s ‘Stop W.O.K.E.’ Law Is Unconstitutional

Asher Lehrer-Small
Wisconsin

UW System Announces Program to Pay Tuition and Fees for Underserved Students

Henry Redman
Summer Learning Sprint

Gifted Summer Programs Skew White & Wealthy. Not Baltimore’s — And It’s Free

Asher Lehrer-Small
Education Next Poll

Poll: Support for Schools Shook by Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Missouri

How One Community College Is Helping Students Through the Housing Crisis

Barbara Shelly
Michigan

Attorneys General Across US Join Coalition Opposing Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law

Jon King
Pandemic

CDC’s New School Guidance Scraps Quarantines, Lifts ‘Test to Stay’ Recommendation

John Bailey
Parents

Conservative Lawsuit Pushes Back Start of Ed Dept. Parent Council

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

Kevin Mahnken
CDC

New CDC Guidance Could Be Gamechanger on Restrictions as Students Return to School

Linda Jacobson
Teachers

Want To Become a Teacher? You Could Land a $25K Signing Bonus

Asher Lehrer-Small
Absenteeism

How Norway Cut Student Absences By 25% — And Why The Policy Is No Silver Bullet

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

CDC Eyes New School Rules on COVID Testing, Spacing, Quarantines

John Bailey
Pandemic

New Data: Despite Progress, a Third of Students Finished Year Below Grade Level

Linda Jacobson
Early-Childhood Education

‘Like a Gut Punch’: Advocates Reel as Manchin Compromise Abandons Pre-K

Linda Jacobson
Homeless Students

Relief Funds Help Districts Find Homeless Students Lost During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Young Children’s Vaccination Rates May Have Already Peaked

John Bailey
The Big Picture

‘Low-Hanging Fruit’: Thousands of Same-Race Schools Within Miles of Each Other

Asher Lehrer-Small
Absenteeism

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson
Big Picture

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic Policy

COVID Classroom Recovery: California Has Spent Little to Address Learning Loss

John Bailey
EDlection 2022

Rash of New Polls Raises Red Flags for Democrats on Education

Kevin Mahnken
Student Discipline

Feds to Schools: ‘Redouble’ Efforts to Keep Students with Disabilities in Class

Linda Jacobson
Testing

‘Long Road to Recovery’: Math, Reading Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Linda Jacobson
First Person

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young
Student Engagement

Ed Dept. Announces New Push to Expand Afterschool and Summer Programs

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic Recovery

Despite Urgency, New National Tutoring Effort Could Take 6 Months to Ramp Up

Linda Jacobson
School Boards

Study: When School Board Members Are Elected, Their Property Values Go Up

Kevin Mahnken
Charter Schools

After Overhauling Program, Ed Dept. Opens One-Month Dash for Charter Funds

Linda Jacobson
74’s Student Council

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small
Civics Education

Teachers Have 2 Hours a Week to Teach Social Studies, Prepare Informed Citizens

Kenneth Anthony
Virginia

Youngkin Says Report on ‘Honesty Gap’ Points to Decline in Virginia Schools

Graham Moomaw
Gun Reform

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law

Linda Jacobson
Roe v. Wade

Awakened By SCOTUS Ruling, Young People Join Push For Reproductive Rights

Asher Lehrer-Small
SCOTUS

Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

Kevin Mahnken
School Meals

As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs

Kevin Mahnken
School Discipline

In a Year of ‘Abysmal’ Student Behavior, Ed Dept. Seeks Discipline Overhaul

Linda Jacobson
Title IX

Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Expand Transgender Student Protections

Greg Toppo
Indianapolis

In Indianapolis, Charter Schools ‘Move the Needle’ on Achievement, Study Finds

Greg Toppo
Weaving a Stronger Society

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

Linda Jacobson
Massachusetts

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Linda Jacobson
SCOTUS

Supreme Court Throws Out Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds

Kevin Mahnken
New Polling

Harris Poll: Education Political Driver for Parents Ahead of Midterm Elections

Jo Napolitano
Mississippi Turnaround

After Steering Mississippi’s Unlikely Learning Miracle, Carey Wright Steps Down

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic Policy

FDA Recommends COVID Vaccines for Young Kids; 3rd Pfizer Dose May Be Key

John Bailey
The 74's Student Council

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
Charter Schools

Attorneys Consider Asking SCOTUS to Weigh in on Public Status of Charter Schools

Linda Jacobson
Title IX

Women Who Fought for Title IX 50 Years Ago Divided Over Transgender Inclusion

Alina Tugend
Teachers

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

Linda Jacobson
Parents

Ed Dept. Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Parent Council

Linda Jacobson
Los Angeles

3 Months In, LA’s Carvalho Earns High Marks, But Tough Tests Lie Ahead

Linda Jacobson
Teachers

Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models

Linda Jacobson
Campus Safety

Ohio Teachers May Soon Carry Guns. Among Experts’ Safety Concerns: Racial Bias

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic Policy

Many Kids Who Had COVID Don’t Have Antibodies to Protect Against Omicron

John Bailey
Polling Data

Pandemic Seriously Altered Teens’ Relationships, Pew Survey Finds

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2022

A Former U.S. Ed Secretary’s Uphill Battle to Become Maryland’s Next Governor

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic Policy

COVID Vaccinations for Toddlers to Start After Juneteenth, White House Predicts

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic Policy

Vaccines for Children Under 5 Could Be Available as Soon as This Month

John Bailey
The Big Picture

Research Shows Heavy Toll on Survivors of School Shootings

Kevin Mahnken
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