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Majority of Americans Back Remote Learning to Protect Children, Teachers from COVID Spread, New Poll Finds
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Washington Charter School Students See Big Gains on State Math Tests

Jo Napolitano

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

Chad Aldeman

Uncertain Future for Providers as Child Care Crisis Looms

Whitney Downard

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel

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

John Bailey

Not-Back-To-School Time For Homeschoolers

Kerry McDonald

Ohio’s Pandemic Recovery Slows As Achievement Gaps Fail To Close

Patrick O’Donnell

How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids

Marianna McMurdock

How States Can Prepare to Aid Families Through the Looming Child Care Crisis

Nicole Norvell

How a Family COVID Project Became a Fun, Creative Outlet for Children Nationwide

Stacey Gillett

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

Nathaniel Cline

How States Can Make Summer Learning Programs Meaningful and Open to All Students

Allison Crean Davis

Arizona Schools Chief Cancels $70M in COVID Funding to Set Up Tutoring Program

Gloria Gomez

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

Greg Childress

Ohio Spending Millions on Online Math Program For Pandemic Recovery

Patrick O’Donnell

Many Parents Don’t Know How Kids Are Doing in School: 9 Insights into Pandemic Recovery & Aftermath

John Bailey

Gen Z’s Declining College Interest Persists — Even Among Middle Schoolers

Joshua Bay

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful from Latest Summer School Study

Greg Toppo

Oregon’s New Ed Leader Wants More, Diverse Teachers to Catch Kids up From COVID

Alex Baumhardt

How Schools Can Recover Fully: 10 Insights into Pandemic Aftermath in U.S. Education

John Bailey

Students Blocked From Campus During COVID Want Refunds. Some Are Getting Them

Elaine S. Povich

Public School Students Set to Start Classes in Florida Amid Rise in COVID Cases

Jackie Llanos

Slow Literacy Gains, Long COVID in Kids: 7 Insights into Pandemic Recovery and Aftermath in U.S. Schools

John Bailey

Pandemic Emergency May Be Officially Over, but Education’s Long COVID Continues

Lindsay Dworkin

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

Linda Jacobson

COVID Learning Recovery: New Hampshire Kids Now Learning Faster Than in 2019

Ethan DeWitt

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds

Marianna McMurdock

Experts: COVID Hurt Kids’ Math Learning More Than Reading and Writing

Scott A. Imberman & Katharine O. Strunk

Polarization, Learning Loss, Relief Funds: 7 Insights into Pandemic Recovery and Aftermath in U.S. Schools

John Bailey & Laura Fay

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

Greg Toppo

New Indiana ILEARN Scores Show Improvement, but Still No Pre-Pandemic Bounce-Back

Casey Smith

Outgoing Cleveland Schools CEO Reflects on Push to Remove Learning Barriers

Patrick O’Donnell

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

Linda Jacobson

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

COVID Brief: Billions in COVID Aid Stolen or Wasted, AP Investigation Finds

John Bailey

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

Linda Jacobson & Asher Lehrer-Small

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E18: Anxiety, Fear, and the Importance of Listening

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

COVID Brief: School Closures and Learning Loss Connected Worldwide, New Report Shows

John Bailey

A New Way to Innovate at Schools: Embrace a Child-Like Mind, Test Boundaries

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn

This Rural Illinois District Curbed Learning Loss With Help From a Burmese Church

Asher Lehrer-Small

COVID Brief: Pandemic to Blame for Increase in Toddler Speech Delays

John Bailey

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

Kevin Mahnken

Louisiana House Advances Bill to Prohibit COVID Vaccine Requirement for Schools

Piper Hutchinson

COVID Brief: Parents Don’t Know How Far Behind Kids Have Fallen in School

John Bailey

A Pandemic Experiment in Universal Free School Meals Gains Traction in the U.S.

Adam Goldstein

Cleveland Schools Pick Indianapolis Academic Chief Warren Morgan as New CEO

Patrick O’Donnell

The Pandemic’s Virtual Learning is Now a Permanent Fixture of America’s Schools

Conor P. Williams

COVID Brief: Data Show How Pandemic Hit Student Attendance, Grades, Advancement

John Bailey

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

The Terrible Truth: Current Solutions to COVID Learning Loss Are Doomed to Fail

Margaret Raymond

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

Kevin Mahnken

COVID Brief: Ad Campaign Tells Parents Kids Have Fallen Behind in School

John Bailey

COVID Learning Loss: Missouri Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance

Joshua Parrish

KS Lawmakers Plan to Use COVID Funds to Expand Vouchers to Public School Kids

Rachel Mipro

COVID Brief: State Lawmakers Spend Federal Cash on Mental Health

John Bailey

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E12: It’s Time We Talked Money

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Less Classroom Time For Students? New Washington Bill Would Trim 4 Hours a Week

Joshua Parrish

Awash in Federal Money, State Lawmakers Tackle Worsening Youth Mental Health

Christine Vestal

As Testing Approaches, Tenn. Reconsiders Holding Back Third Graders

Linda Jacobson

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci

COVID Learning Recovery: Many Students Still Lag Behind, But Parents Aren’t Aware

John Bailey

50 Extra School Days: This District Uplifts English Learners With COVID Aid

Asher Lehrer-Small

Gov. Youngkin Announces New Slate of Efforts to Address Learning Loss in Virginia

Nathaniel Klein

Iowa Schools Cutting Budgets, Bracing for 2024 Financial Pain as COVID Aid Ends

Joshua Parrish

High-Quality Teaching and Materials in Every Class are Key to Students’ Recovery

Laura Slover & Mike Cohen

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Greg Toppo

‘The Other Long COVID’ Affecting Kids: Missed Opportunities

John Bailey

South by Southwest Education: 23 Panels & Sessions Worth Seeing in 2023

Greg Toppo

The Stakes Are Only Getting Higher for Pandemic School Aid Spending

Marguerite Roza

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E10: Education Reflections from Trips to Sierra Leone, Liberia and India

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

Linda Jacobson

COVID’s Missing Kids: How Connecticut Is Successfully Reengaging Absent Students

Joshua Parrish

Feds Award Near $10 Million to Fund Mental Health Services in FL Schools

Danielle J. Brown

Learning Woes: Half of America’s Students Started This School Year Behind

John Bailey

Stockton, CA: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

Linda Jacobson

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E9: Shake-Up in the Assessment Market

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn

Zen Dens and Peace Rooms: How Schools are Giving Kids Space to Reflect, Regulate

Brian Rinker

Indy Summer Program Proves Acceleration, Not Remediation, Is Key for Students

Brandon Brown

What One NYC Educator’s Grief Reveals About Teachers’ Mental Health Struggles

Marianna McMurdock

The Final 97 Days of the COVID Emergency: What Changes on May 12

John Bailey

New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Create a State ‘Learning Loss Czar’

Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Homeschooling 2.0: Less Religious and Conservative, More Focused on Quality

Greg Toppo

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

Kevin Mahnken

Principal Forced to Double as Teacher Alarmed How Pandemic Is Affecting Students

Meghan Gallagher

One Florida Principal’s Solution to Teacher Shortages? Recruiting His Students

Joshua Bay

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E8: Why Failure — and Pivoting from It — Is Hard in Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

In 2022 Midterms, Career Ed Emerged as Rare Source of Bipartisan Agreement

Greg Toppo

What Schools Should Do About COVID’s Chronic Impact on Special Ed Students

Bob Cunningham

Cardona’s Tutoring Charge, 1 Year Later: Some Progress, but Obstacles Remain

Linda Jacobson

COVID Brief: Few Students Use Online Tutoring Programs

John Bailey

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E7: Beneath the AI Hype

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Irked by Skyrocketing Costs, Fewer Americans See K-12 as Route to Higher Ed

Greg Toppo

‘DARPA for Education’ Is a Good Start. Now, Congress Must Do More

Dan Correa

LA Parents, Advocates Blast Uneven Recovery Plan for Students With Disabilities

Will Callan

3 Ways for Schools to Make Sure They Get What They Pay for in Learning Recovery

Amanda Neitzel & Jen Krajewski

COVID Brief: New Data Reveals Rapid Rise of XBB.1.5 Variant

John Bailey

99 Days After Hurricane, Hundreds of Florida Students Still Without Classrooms

Jo Napolitano
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