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Toyota Tsusho Announces Investment in Teach For America North Carolina

Alli Lindenberg

After Texas Voucher Bill Fails, Supporters & Opponents Prepare for Future Fights

Maia Pandey

Inside Los Angeles’s Plan to Open 300 Parent Centers at Public Schools

Charles Hastings

Louisiana Teachers Using ‘Phenomenon-Driven’ Curriculum to Lift Kids’ Confidence

Tiffany Neill

Oakland Study Finds Parents as Effective as Teachers in Tutoring Young Readers

Linda Jacobson

South Dakota Seeks Food Program Sponsors After Declining Separate Funding Source

John Hult

Watch: Melding High School Learning and Career Prep in Minnesota

The 74

American Math Scores Fall on International Test — But Many Other Countries Suffered More

Kevin Mahnken

Anxiety & Algorithms: North Carolina Examines How to Rein in Social Media’s Sway

Clayton Henkel

2023’s Best Journalism: 17 Education Stories We Wish We Had Published This Year

The 74 Staff

Fear of Competition? Research Shows That When Asian Students Move In, White Families Move Out

Kevin Mahnken

30% of Our Alumni Experienced Housing Instability — How They Succeeded Here

Naomi Lara & Erin Whalen

AI & Education: A Classroom Perspective on Looming Possibilities and Challenges

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Alleged Rape Victim Presses Va.’s Fairfax Schools for Answers on Records Leak

Linda Jacobson

Revolutionizing the Way States Inform the Public About Education & the Workforce

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger

More Students Need Great Tutors — But Here’s Why Our Tutoring Moment Could Fail

Mike Goldstein

Maryland DOE, Blueprint Board Aim to Boost Literacy Scores in Elementary Schools

William J. Ford

Legislators Call For Additional Safety Measures For Lahaina Schools

Megan Tagami

Tenn. Hearings on Federal School Funding Leave Out Parents, Local Advocacy Groups

The 74

First Civil Rights Data Since COVID Reveals Racial Divide in Advanced Classes

Linda Jacobson

In Boston, Bridging Meals with Learning

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

America’s Evolving Definition of Success: Where Do Schools Fit In?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

The Past, Present & Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The 74

Feds Award Millions to School Districts to Address ‘Tricky’ Issue of Integration

Linda Jacobson

Alabama Department of Education Wants to Give Stipends for Special Ed Teachers

Jemma Stephenson

Lahaina Families Frustrated Over Lack Of Child Care Options

Megan Tagami

North Carolina Program for Improving Access to Charter Schools Reports Progress

Greg Childress

Back in Conversation: New Beginnings on Class Disrupted

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Fixing Child Care: What We Can Learn From the Military

Erica Phillips

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten

California Teachers Association Continues to Lose Members and Raise Union Dues

Mike Antonucci

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

Megan Henry

Exposed Fairfax School Documents Include Names of Alleged Assault Victims

Linda Jacobson

Computer Science Teacher Shortage Puts CA Near Bottom of U.S. Instruction Ranking

Carolyn Jones

Virginia’s Election Could Decide Fate of Youngkin’s Education Agenda

Kevin Mahnken

Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

Linda Jacobson

Scenes From a NYC School Serving 267 Migrant Children

Marianna McMurdock

I Changed My Shoes, and It Revolutionized How I Was Able to Rethink High School

William Blake

Every Kansas Student Has Potential. School Choice Can Unlock It

Matt Frendewey

The Right to Troll: Supreme Court to Hear School Board Social Media Case

Linda Jacobson

Book Ban or No? Critics Say Pennsylvania’s Explicit Content Law Is Censorship

Kim Lyons

After COVID, the Race to Restore Student Connections and School Relationships

David Adams

North Carolina Governor Announces Funding to Expand School Breakfast

Laura Browne

To Be Globally Competitive, the U.S. Must Value STEM as Much as Literacy

Amy McGrath

Study: Weighing High School Context Could be the Key to College Diversity

Kevin Mahnken

In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education

Kerry McDonald

More School Districts in Missouri are Switching to a Four-Day Week

Micah Barnes & Kate Cassady

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year’s Low

Erica Yee

Missouri Education Board Returns St. Louis-Area School Districts to Local Control

Annelise Hanshaw

Reading Recovery Lawsuit Trying to Prevent Science of Reading in Ohio Schools

Megan Henry

A Parents’ Bill of Rights: Inside North Carolina’s New Education Law

Hannah McClellan

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

Linda Jacobson

With End of Federal Program, Kansas Students Face Skyrocketing School Meal Debt

Rachel Mipro

Study: Virtual Tutoring Boosted Young Readers’ Literacy Scores

Linda Jacobson

Science of Reading Push Helped Some States Exceed Pre-Pandemic Performance

Linda Jacobson

Despite Slight Reprieve, Districts Still Struggle to Find Teachers, Staff

Linda Jacobson

Lahaina Teachers Have To ‘Start From Scratch’ As Schools Prepare To Reopen

Megan Tagami

Georgia’s High School Seniors Graduate at a Slightly Higher Rate

Ty Tagami

Post-Pandemic, 2 Out of 3 Students Attend Schools With High Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson

Texas Senate Unveils its Priority School Voucher Bill

Brian Lopez

Alaska Program Aimed at Keeping School Principals to Triple in Size

Claire Stremple

Banning Smartphones at Schools: Research Shows Higher Test Scores, More Exercise

Kevin Mahnken

Holding Back Struggling Readers Helps Them — and Their Siblings — Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Virginia Puts Millions Toward Support Staff as Schools Struggle to Find Teachers

Capital News Service

Maryland State Board of Education Names Carey Wright Interim Superintendent

William J. Ford

Ryan Walters: How a Beloved Teacher Became Oklahoma’s Top Culture Warrior

Linda Jacobson

Chiefs Out in Half of Districts Where Moms for Liberty Flipped Boards Last Year

Linda Jacobson

New North Carolina Program Aims to Support Development of High-Quality Principals

Rupen Fofaria

Maryland School Chief to Resign Friday, Set to Be Adviser to Board of Education

William J. Ford

With More Teachers & Fewer Students, Districts Are Set up for Financial Trouble

Chad Aldeman

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

Kevin Mahnken

Few Schools Using Mississippi’s Telehealth Program, but Admin Hopes to Ramp Up

Julia James

How Prince Helped This School Founder Get His Start in Hip Hop

Jim Fields

WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

Jim Fields

Food Benefits for Low-Income Families at Risk in a Government Shutdown

Ariana Figueroa

Los Angeles Board Votes to Restrict Charters’ Access to Some District Schools

Linda Jacobson

Tutoring’s New Game: Better Academic Results Yield Bigger Payoffs for Providers

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel

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

Kevin Mahnken

A Degree Without Classes & Lectures? California Community Colleges Try New Approach

Adam Echelman

Schools Brace for COVID Surge: What New Variants & Vaccines Mean for Students

John Bailey

Maryland Officials Want to Boost Schools’ Behavioral Health Services With $120M

Danielle J. Brown

North Carolina to Launch Education Savings Accounts, With Up to $7,500 Per Child

Linda Jacobson

Not-Back-To-School Time For Homeschoolers

Kerry McDonald

How D.C. Successfully Modernized a School By Embracing Its Legacy

Tanya Paperny

‘Growing Pains’: Microschools Face Regulatory Maze as Approach Takes Hold

Linda Jacobson

No Rules for Arizona School Vans? That’s Because the Council for Them Has No Members

Caitlin Sievers

Maryland Public Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury Chooses Not to Return

William J. Ford

Starting School Before Age 2 Helps Children Avoid Achievement Gaps, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

A Look Inside Classes at an Ohio Prison

Megan Henry

Ed Dept. Hires Book Ban Czar to Monitor Escalating Challenges Over Content

Linda Jacobson

Nebraska Lawmakers Dissect Omaha Schools’ Special Ed Teacher Vacancies

Zach Wendling

Despite Post-Pandemic Efforts, Virginia Student Test Scores Remain Mostly Flat

Nathaniel Cline

Credit Hours Are a Relic of the Past. How States Must Disrupt High School — Now

Russlynn Ali & Timothy F.C. Knowles

Excessive Heat and Humidity in Rhode Island Leads to Widespread School Closures

Kevin G. Andrade

School’s Back in Session. For Early Childhood Education in North Carolina, It Was Never Out

Liz Bell

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

Kevin Mahnken

More Than Half of North Carolina’s Students Rated Proficient on State Exams

Greg Childress

Federal Judge Bars Texas from Enforcing Book Rating Law

Alejandro Serrano

Do Smartphones Belong in Classrooms? Four Scholars Weigh In

Louis-Philippe Beland, Arnold Lewis Glass, Daniel G. Krutka & Sarah Rose
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