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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
Mississippi Turnaround

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

Kevin Mahnken
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
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
The Big Picture

Research Shows Heavy Toll on Survivors of School Shootings

Kevin Mahnken
Mental Health

Oklahoma Bets on School Counseling Corps to Address ‘Mental Health Deserts’

Linda Jacobson
74’s Student Council

‘It Doesn’t Feel Safe Going to School’: Students Reflect After Texas Shooting

Asher Lehrer-Small
Baltimore

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom, a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

Greg Toppo
Weaving a Stronger Society

Educator. Mentor. Translator. How One Man Aided Immigrant Families Through COVID

Kevin Mahnken
Big Picture

Survey: 1 in 4 High School Seniors Changed Post-Graduation Plans Due to COVID

Linda Jacobson
Austin

As Tragedy Unfolded, TX House Discussed Troubling State of Student Mental Health

Linda Jacobson
Social Media

Does Your School Have a ‘Slander’ Account?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Boston

Local Officials Rail Against Possible Takeover of Boston Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Literacy

Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading

Linda Jacobson
Boston

Once a National Model, Boston Public Schools May Be Headed for Takeover

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Three Pfizer Shots 80% Effective Against Omicron in Toddlers, Trial Data Show

Asher Lehrer-Small
Parent Engagement

A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group

Greg Toppo
The Big Picture

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise

Asher Lehrer-Small
Biden administration

68 Years After Brown, Schools Still ‘Highly’ Segregated: 4 Takeaways from Study

Linda Jacobson
Washington

School Resource Coordinator Overcomes Tragedy to Serve Children in Need

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Head Start, in Limbo Over Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Looks to Congress for Help

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Grade Inflation ‘Persistent, Systemic’ Even Prior to Pandemic, ACT Study Finds

Linda Jacobson
attendance

As Chronic Absenteeism Persists, Schools Launch New Efforts to Reduce It

Linda Jacobson
New York

Nonprofit Builds Community While Helping First-Gen Students Reach College

Asher Lehrer-Small
Charter Schools Program

3 Democrats Join Opposition to Ed Department’s Charter Schools Proposal

Linda Jacobson
Burbio

Freshmen, Held Back During Pandemic, Fuel ‘Bulge’ in 9th Grade Enrollment

Linda Jacobson
Assistant Secretary Catherine Lhamon

Ed Dept. to Update Section 504 on Protecting Children With Disabilities

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Study: When Political Heat Rises, Scores Drop

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Staffing Challenges Could Await New $100M Success Academy School in the Bronx

Asher Lehrer-Small
Abortion

Half of States Set to Ban Abortion Have No Sex Ed Requirements

Asher Lehrer-Small
The Big Picture

Outlawing School Segregation Spurred Gains for CA Chicano Students, Study Finds

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

Q&A: Jonathan Chait on Democrats' Divide Over Education, School Innovation

Kevin Mahnken
alabama

GOP-Led States, Ed Dept. Headed for ‘Showdown’ Over Transgender Students’ Rights

Linda Jacobson
education

Alarming New Numbers: COVID ‘Erased’ Decade of Growth in US Preschool Enrollment

Linda Jacobson
Supreme Court

SCOTUS Justices Appear to Favor Coach Fired for Post-Game Prayers

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Congress Wants FDA to Explain Reported Delay in Moderna Toddler Vaccine Review

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

The Children Left Behind By 1 Million U.S. COVID Deaths

Asher Lehrer-Small
The Big Picture

Study: Congress May Move on State K-12 Bills

Kevin Mahnken
covid

Bloomberg’s $50M Plan to Give NYC Charter Students a ‘Summer Boost’

Asher Lehrer-Small
Council of Chief State School Officers

Teacher of the Year and Black Educator Kurt Russell to Emphasize Diversity

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Youth Voice: Meet The 74’s All-New Student Council

Asher Lehrer-Small
Autumn Rivera

Embracing the ‘Tough Conversation’: Teacher of the Year Finalists Speak Out On ‘Divisive’ History, Students’ Mental Health and Why Educators Are Not Superheroes

Linda Jacobson
Charter School Program

Charter Supporters Push Back Against Federal Proposal That Could Limit Growth

Linda Jacobson
2022

Betsy DeVos Reemerges Promoting Voucher-like System For Michigan Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Alex Spurrier

Exclusive: Large Districts Losing Students; Boom Towns, Virtual Schools Growing

Linda Jacobson
2022 midterms

Exclusive Poll: Stark Generation Gaps Revealed on Ed Choice, Teachers’ Unions

Kevin Mahnken
Assessment

NCES Chief ‘Nervous’ about Student Test Results as Nation’s Report Card Resumes

Linda Jacobson
Affirmative action

SCOTUS Nominee Plans to Recuse Herself from Harvard Admissions Case

Linda Jacobson
American Psychological Association

1 in 3 Educators Report Facing Abuse Over Past Year, 15% Were Victim of Violence

Linda Jacobson
Bronx

Losing a ‘Godsend to the Bronx’: Parents Push Back Against DOE Shakeup

Asher Lehrer-Small
50CAN

Reformers Leading 3 Largest School Districts Welcomed by Hope — and Headaches

Greg Toppo
Pandemic

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small
The Big Picture

Academic Mismatch: GPAs Hit All-Time High as National Test Scores Lag

Linda Jacobson
AASA

Advocates Fear Biden May Have Missed Best Chance for School Funding Windfall

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

AZ’s Beth Lehr on a ‘Vilified’ Teachers and Other Pandemic Fallout

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Student ‘Mental Health Days’ Catching On In More States

Kevin Mahnken
education

States Moving to Disinvest Teacher Pension Funds from Russia

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

As Mask Mandate Lifts, Parents Divided Over Their New Choice

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Masks Optional in NYC Schools Starting Monday, Mayor Says

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

NY State Underreported Abuse & Neglect Allegations Made by NYC School Staff

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

LA's New School Chief on COVID Learning Recovery & Reversing Plunging Enrollment

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

Black Astronaut Bernard Harris on ‘Terrestrial Mission’ to Boost STEM Education

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

CDC: Schools May Drop Masks When COVID Risk is Low or Medium

Asher Lehrer-Small
Affirmative action

Biden Supreme Court Nominee Could Face Conflict on Harvard Admissions Case

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger

Asher Lehrer-Small
Amaya Garcia

TN Apprenticeship Could Be a ‘Game Changer’ in Solving Teacher Shortages

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Private School Students More Connected to Internet, Teachers in 2020

Kevin Mahnken
Black American History

Black History Month: 'Unforeseen Consequences' of Brown v. Board

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

San Francisco Recall a Rare Success in Efforts to Unseat School Board Members

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

COVID Learning Loss—New Data Reveals Pandemic Has Pushed Young Readers Off Track

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Study: Charters Moved Fast to Prioritize Learning During COVID

Kevin Mahnken
Atlanta Public Schools

Georgia Republicans Spoil Atlanta Neighborhood’s Effort to Secede

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

700 Days Since Lockdown: COVID’s ‘Seismic Interruption to Education’

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Young Love in Time of COVID—Students Talk How Pandemic Has Changed Relationships

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Pfizer Postpones Request that FDA Authorize Doses for Kids Under 5

Asher Lehrer-Small
Alberto Carvalho

New L.A. Chief Faces Immediate Challenge: Drop in Students’ College Readiness

Linda Jacobson
child sex abuse

Inside FLA.'S K-5 Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Program

Cherie Benjoseph
data

GOP-backed Groups Target Student Surveys as Parents’ Rights Movement Spreads

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Maryland Unveils ‘Ambitious’ Slate of Learning Recovery Programs

Asher Lehrer-Small
Atlanta

Wealthy Neighborhood Seeks Split from Atlanta, Leaving Parents in Limbo

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Study: Teacher Observations Biased Against Males, African Americans

Kevin Mahnken
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