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

Linda Jacobson

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

Kevin Mahnken

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

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

Linda Jacobson

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

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

An R&D Initiative to Put $20M Into Community-Based ‘Ecosystems’ of Learning

Kelly Young

Exposed Fairfax School Documents Include Names of Alleged Assault Victims

Linda Jacobson

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

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

Linda Jacobson

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

Kevin Mahnken

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

Erica Yee

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

Linda Jacobson

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

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

Linda Jacobson

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

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

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

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

More Missouri Voters Are Losing Faith in Public Schools, New Polling Shows

Lauren Wagner

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

Kevin Mahnken

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

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken

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

Linda Jacobson

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

Linda Jacobson

15 Key Takeaways From More Than 3,000 Gen Zers on Their ‘Struggling’ Lives & Future

Joshua Bay

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

Exclusive: For Busy Teachers, AI Could Crack Open the Dense World of Ed Research

Greg Toppo

Controversy Over Ed Dept. Title IX Overhaul Expected to Fuel Further Delays

Linda Jacobson

In Los Angeles and New York, Fights Escalate Over Sharing Schools with Charters

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive Data: Fueled by Teacher Shortages, ‘Zoom-in-a-Room’ Makes a Comeback

Linda Jacobson

Internships Rule at The Met, Where High School is a Matter of ‘Trial and Error’

Greg Toppo

Four Top Takeaways from the School Research of New Biden Adviser Kirabo Jackson

Kevin Mahnken

SCOTUS Ruling Demands ‘Urgency’ on Racial Inclusion, Biden Administration Says

Linda Jacobson

A High School for Dropouts: Goodwill Offers Adults a Second Chance at a Diploma

Greg Toppo

Report: In 24 States, Using False Address to Get Into a Better School is a Crime

Linda Jacobson

St. Louis Schools Face One of the Steepest Post-Pandemic Climbs Anywhere

Kevin Mahnken

Minnesota Implements New Native American History Requirement for K-12 Teachers

Michelle Griffith

‘Everybody is Frustrated’: Feds Probe Virginia’s Handling of Special Education

Linda Jacobson

Battle Over Nation’s 1st Religious Charter School Heads to Oklahoma Courts

Linda Jacobson

A Hearing on Learning Loss and a Preview of the Election Battle to Come

Linda Jacobson

Wisconsin District Could Owe Services After Cutting Trans Student’s In-School Learning

Linda Jacobson

Analysis: State Laws Leave Schools Unprepared for a Post-COVID ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Linda Jacobson

To Combat Nursing Shortage, Rhode Island Charter Turns to High School Students

Greg Toppo

After Harvard Ruling, Will Admissions Policies at Elite K-12 Schools Be Next?

Linda Jacobson

$190B Later, Reason to Worry Relief Funds Won’t Curb COVID’s Academic Crisis

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

‘Meaningful, Big Things’ at One Stone, the Student-Led High School of Invention

Greg Toppo

‘Education’s Long COVID’: New Data Shows Recovery Stalled for Most Students

Linda Jacobson

Harvard Ruling Will Put Spotlight on College Elitism, Georgetown Economist Says

Kevin Mahnken

Educators, Technology Entrepreneurs Search For Solutions at Summit

Daniel Perez

From Bus Stops to Laundromats, Cities Embrace Play to Help Kids Learn

Greg Toppo

A Season of Scandal Leaves Memphis-Shelby Parents in the Dark on COVID Spending

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo

Schools in Poorer Neighborhoods Struggle to Keep Teachers. How Offering Them More Power Might Help

Joe Hong

A Tiny, Hasidic District Won’t Explain How It’s Spending $94M in Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

As Feds Invest in New Bilingual Teachers, State Licensing Hurdles Must Go

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson

After Contentious Vote, Hebrew Charter Founder Eyes Jewish School in Oklahoma

Linda Jacobson

Generation Meh: Students Give Schools Middling Marks, Gallup Poll Finds

Kevin Mahnken

A Ruling Against Harvard Might Not End Diversity-Based Admissions, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

Rhode Island Unlikely To Provide Universal School Meals For Public School Kids

Joshua Bay

New Study: Charter Students Outperforming Peers at Traditional Public Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

IES Director Mark Schneider on Education Research and the Future of Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning May Impact School District Legal Surge

Marianna McMurdock

COVID School Data: Mental Health Worse, Staffing Tight, Enrollment Frozen

Kevin Mahnken

Feds: Book Removal in Ga. School District May Have Caused ‘Hostile Environment’

Linda Jacobson

Carnegie, ETS Team Up to Develop Competency-Based Assessments

Kevin Mahnken

Pre-K Enrollment Nearly Bounces Back From Pandemic Amid Push for Universal Access

Linda Jacobson

134K Comments on Feds’ Trans Sports Policy Demonstrate Difficulty of Compromise

Linda Jacobson

Expert: 69 years after Brown v Board, Enduring Inequalities at America’s Schools

Joshua Bay

NYC Charter School Raises Teacher Starting Salary to $140,000

Marianna McMurdock

Can This School Board Be Saved? Author AJ Crabill Has a 5-Point Plan

Conor P. Williams

Exclusive: As Post-Pandemic Enrollment Lags, Schools Compete for Fewer Students

Linda Jacobson

Choice Supporters to Catholic Charter School Backers: ‘Proceed with Caution’

Greg Toppo

How One Florida Mom Built a School, Just for Her Son

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

$2.5M Gen Z Program Aims to Expand Career Options for High School Students

Meghan Mangrum

Steep Drop in Student History Scores Leaves Officials ‘Very, Very Concerned’

Kevin Mahnken

Exclusive: Penny Schwinn, Influential Tennessee Education Chief, to Step Down

Linda Jacobson

Bill Expanding N.C. Private School Vouchers to All Kids Moves Forward in Senate

Hannah McClellan

Indiana Nears Universal ‘School Choice’ in New Budget

Casey Smith

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Linda Jacobson

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures

Greg Toppo

District Attorney Launches Broad Criminal Probe into Stockton School Spending

Asher Lehrer-Small

40 Years Ago ‘A Nation at Risk’ Flagged a ‘Rising Tide of Mediocrity’ in Schools

Morgan Polikoff

Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Kevin Mahnken
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