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Pandemic

Why Schools’ Going Back to ‘Normal’ Won’t Work for Students of Color

Adriana Villavicencio
learning loss

LAUSD’s Test Scores Reveal Large Drops For Latino & Female Students

Joshua Bay
districts

Experts: Dismal NAEP Scores Offer Districts Chance to ‘Pivot’ on Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson
Opinion

Innovative Models Exchange Offers a Roadmap for Reinventing School

Jenee Henry Wood & Saya Taniguchi
Child Tax Credit

When Kids Go Hungry: Studies Show Gains vs. Hunger Lost With End of Tax Credit

David Dewitt
student enrollment

Schools That Lost Students During Pandemic Haven’t Recovered Enrollment

Alex Granados & Katie Dukes
pods and microschools

Black Families Look to Continue Pod Schooling Movement Beyond Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
teacher staffing

New Study: $40 Stipend Draws Substitute Teachers into Hard-to-Staff Schools

Matthew A. Kraft, Grace Falken & Phyllis W. Jordan
Analysis

To Improve the Nation’s Schools, First Close the Honesty Gap

Rianna Saslow
Career and Technical Education

How Rethinking Industry-Recognized Credentials Can Help Boost Student Success

Amber M. Northern
mental health

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
innovation

Rethinking High School: Upending Traditional Subject Structure in Indiana

Beth Fertig
The Big Picture

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
school finance

NC’s Top Court Compels State to Turn Over $800 Million in School Funding Case

Linda Jacobson
Indigenous Students

New Study Details Challenges Facing Native Students, and How to Address Them

Angelique Albert
Teaching Hiring

Virtual School Enrollment Kept Climbing Even As COVID Receded, New Data Reveal

Asher Lehrer-Small
Kansas Board of Education

Republicans Sweep Kansas Board of Education Seats, Say They Will Give Parents More Oversight

Rachel Mipro
EDlection 2022

DeSantis Solidifies Control of FL Ed Policy With Pickup of 6 School Board Seats

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

Maria Brenes and Kelly Gonez Lead in Tight LA School Board Races

Joshua Bay
EDlection 2022

Incumbent California Schools Chief Wins Overwhelming Support for Second Term

Marianna McMurdock
EDlection 2022

Easily Winning 2nd Term, OK Gov. Stitt Plans to Move Forward on School Vouchers

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

California Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Prop 28 For Arts and Music Education

Joshua Bay
EDlection 2022

GA School Chief Woods Leads Race for 3rd Term, With Focus on Learning Recovery

Linda Jacobson
U.S. Chamber

New National Working Group Takes on the Future of Education Data — and Equity

Caitlin Codella Low
school safety

Panic Buttons, Automatic Locks & Bulletproof Windows Top the Proposed Safety Rules After Uvalde Shooting

Brian Lopez
NAEP

Advocates & Experts Weigh in on Solutions to Plummeting NAEP Test Scores

Joshua Bay
COVID-19

What Will End of COVID Public Health Emergency Mean for School-Based Telehealth?

Mario Ramirez & Andrew Buher
hurricane Ian

More Than Month After Ian: Southwest FL Schools Still Struggling, Adapting After Hurricane Damage

Danielle J. Brown
Los Angeles

L.A. vs. the Wonks: District’s 8th-Grade Reading Miracle on NAEP Draws Scrutiny

Linda Jacobson
mask mandates

Iowa Governor Will Appeal Court Ruling on School Mask Mandates

Clark Kauffman
book bans

ACLU Calls on School Leaders to Stand Up Against Book Bans

Allison Donahue
electric buses

EPA’s Clean Bus Program Provides Millions to Schools for Electric Vehicles

Kelcie Moseley-Morris
EDlection 2022

Senate ‘Odd Couple’ Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul Poised to Lead Ed Committee

Linda Jacobson
Oregon

Republicans Focus Campaigns on Education Wedge Issues: School Choice, ‘Parents’ Rights’

Alex Baumhardt
homework

Why Teachers Give Up on Struggling Students Who Don’t Do Their Homework

Jessica Calarco & Ilana Horn
bus driver shortage

A National Bus Driver Shortage is Upending Texas’ Beloved Friday Night Football Games

Pooja Salhotra
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: COVID’s ‘Sweeping Toll on Kids’ by the Numbers

John Bailey
education politics

Despite COVID Backlash, Thurmond Sails Toward Second Term as CA Schools Chief

Kevin Mahnken
Nebraska

Q&A: Nebraska’s Candidates for Governor Talk Education, School Leadership, Taxes

Aaron Sanderford
Pandemic

Data: Rural Schools Fared Better in Math, Worse in Reading Than Urban Districts

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2022

$800 Million for CA Arts Ed & 7 Other Big School Propositions on Midterm Ballots

Linda Jacobson
tutoring

Free SAT Boot Camp & Tutoring Platform Is Getting Noticed by States, Colleges

Tim Newcomb
civics education

Time to Refocus on Civics, for the Good of the Country — and Student Literacy

Ashley Berner & Christina Ross
NAEP

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

Kevin Mahnken
Supreme Court

Skeptical Supreme Court Asks: Do Race-Conscious Admissions Have an Endpoint?

Linda Jacobson
Union Report

PACs Get Attention, but Teachers Unions Still Dominate School Board Elections

Mike Antonucci
Texas

Why All Eyes are Now on the Often Ignored Texas Board of Education Races

Brian Lopez
NAEP Results

English Learners Make Significant Gains in Reading Despite Pandemic Disruptions

Jo Napolitano
EDlection 2022

At Center of MI Election, a School Choice Measure Few Residents Have Heard About

Alina Tugend
admissions

Experts Expect K-12 Ripple Effects as Supreme Court Considers Race in Admissions

Linda Jacobson
school lunch

Carrots for Carrots: States Promote Buying Local for School Lunches

Marsha Mercer
school shooting

School Shootings are Already at a Record in 2022 – with Months Still to Go

James Densley, David Riedman & Jillian Peterson
South Dakota

Sioux Falls Leaders Bring Students to Workforce Event, Aiming to Stem ‘Brain Drain’

Joshua Haiar
Digital Maps

After Uvalde, States Look to New Digital Maps to Keep Schools Safe

Caitlin Dewey
Albuquerque

Thousands of Native Students Go to Albuquerque Schools. Most Will Never Have a Native Teacher

Bella Davis
Gun Safety

Uvalde Schools Get $442,000 from John Cornyn’s Federal Gun Safety Law

Matthew Choi
Alaska

Confronting Rising Bills & Flat State Funding, Alaska Schools at a Fiscal Cliff

Lisa Phu & James Brooks
New York City

How Listening to Student Voices Improved Learning Outcomes at 16 NYC Schools

Lynette Guastaferro & Jacobē Bell
EDlection 2022

MD is Not VA: Education Issues Playing Out Differently in Governor’s Race

Asher Lehrer-Small
NAEP

Strong Link in Big City Districts’ 4th-Grade Math Scores to School Closures

Asher Lehrer-Small
leadership

In the ‘Crosshairs’: Beleaguered Superintendents Face COVID Wave of Firings

Linda Jacobson
NAEP

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2022

As Voters Pick Next Governor, Arizona Cements ‘Education Savings Accounts’

Kevin Mahnken
literacy

Exclusive Literacy Data: Small Gains Since Last Fall, But No Reading Rebound

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

More Parents Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Poll Finds

Linda Jacobson
Attendance Works

Analysis: States To ‘Likely See a Doubling’ of Pre-Pandemic Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

As Oklahoma Governor’s Race Tightens, Voucher Debate Takes Center Stage

Linda Jacobson
California Charter Schools Association

Charter Schools with Federal Grants Stay Open Longer, Watchdog Group Finds

Linda Jacobson
apprenticeships

Rural Teacher Prep Program Delivers ‘Job-Embedded’ Degrees — For $75 a Month

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2022

In Reelection Bid, DeSantis Keeps Eye on Schools — and 2024

Kevin Mahnken
digital divide

Report: Almost 40M Households Passing on Internet Discount

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

$700B: That’s How Much It Will Cost to Fix Pandemic Learning Loss, Study Says

Linda Jacobson
classics

These High School ‘Classics’ Have Been Taught For Generations – Are They on Their Way Out?

Andrew Newman
The 74 Interview

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
ACS

Exclusive Data: Educators’ ‘Careless’ Child Abuse Reports Devastate Thousands of NYC Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2022

Heading into Midterms, GOP Finds All School Politics is Local

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2022

School Choice Issues Blurring Party Lines in Heated Georgia Superintendent Race

Linda Jacobson
absenteeism

Come to Class, Win a Toyota: Districts Launch Campaigns to Boost Attendance

Asher Lehrer-Small
charter schools

In Congress and the Courts, Charter Supporters Seek to Undo Grant Revisions

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Corn

Not It’s Corn-y, Guaranteed: ‘Recess Therapy’ Host Shares His Top 5 Other Clips

Asher Lehrer-Small
covid

‘Inundated With Applications’: No Teacher Shortage at Virtual Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

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

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Fueled by Pandemic, Homeschool ‘Hybrids’ Gain Traction With Middle-Class Parents

Greg Toppo
charter schools

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

Linda Jacobson
education

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

Linda Jacobson
children with disabilities

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

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

Why Are So Many Republicans Raising Teacher Salaries?

Kevin Mahnken
early-childhood education

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

Linda Jacobson
education

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

Linda Jacobson
Civics

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
4th Circuit Court of Appeals

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

Linda Jacobson
COVID-19

Nationwide Exam for 9-Year-Olds in Math Shows Hefty Drop in Scores Amid COVID Pandemic

Danielle J. Brown
Assessment

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
ACLU

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
California School Boards Association

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

Linda Jacobson
American Rescue Plan

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
education

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

Louisiana Illuminator
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