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One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show
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Oregon Schools Decide How to Spend Millions in Federal Aid

Alex Baumhardt

Rethinking Omicron School Safety Strategy: Time to ‘Manage Not Contain’?

John Bailey

Parents! Take Our Omicron Education Survey — How Is Your School Doing Right Now?

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'Dark Money,' Classroom Culture Wars & the National Education Association

Mike Antonucci

How 2,100 Districts & Charter Schools Nationwide Plan to Spend COVID Relief Fund

Phyllis W. Jordan & Bella DiMarco

Video—Chicago Mayor, School Chief Implore Teachers Union to Keep Classrooms Open

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Chicago Teachers Vote Against In-Person Learning. Mayor: Defies ‘Common Sense’

Linda Jacobson

Educators' Mental Health Tied to Classroom Effectiveness

Beth Hawkins

Reopening Struggle Revived as Thousands of Schools Close and COVID Cases Explode

Asher Lehrer-Small

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Challenging 5 Big Assumptions About Education: How 232 Schools Are Innovating

Chelsea Waite

Senator: Schools Should Use Pandemic Money for Lead-Free Water

Jared Strong

Child Welfare Calls From Oregon Schools Dropped 30% During Distance Learning

Alex Baumhardt

Kerr & Richie: Solving the K-12 Staffing Crisis

Sara Kerr & Celeste Richie

Confronting Teacher Shortages: State Passes New Law to Aid Aspiring Educators

Dana DiFilippo

Different Ways to Think About COVID, Schools & Repairing Students’ Lost Learning

Bev Weintraub

Schools After COVID: What Education Leaders Can Learn From Parents' Innovations

Eupha Jeanne Daramola

Biden and Cardona Say Schools Should Stay Open

John Bailey

National Trauma: 1 in 450 Youth Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small

‘Our Parents Have Done Enough’: Cardona Urges Schools to Stay Open

Linda Jacobson

Following Federal Scrutiny, FL Education Officials Returned $878,000 to Certain Local School Boards

Danielle J. Brown

Dr. Jha: Cities That Close Schools Before Bars ‘Don’t Care About Kids’

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How Did Students Fare This Year? 21 Big Things We Learned About Schools in 2021

Steve Snyder

Why I Left My District to Become an Education Advocate

Shakira Petit

Death Threats and Doxxing: The Outcomes of Mask Mandate and Critical Race Theory Fights at a Texas School Board

Brian Lopez

One City’s Bold Youth Poverty Plan: Have Schools Partner Directly With Companies

Patrick O’Donnell

Amid COVID, Many Families Left Their Schools. Hear These Parents Explain Why

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CDC Endorses Test-to-Stay to Keep Students in School

Linda Jacobson

COVID’s Missing Students: More Kids Dropping Out of Top School Districts

John Bailey

AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families

Asher Lehrer-Small

Union Membership Dropped During Year of Pandemic School Closures

Mike Antonucci

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021

Kevin Mahnken

Watch: Education Experts on How the Pandemic Changed Parent Attitudes on Schools

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One State Is Using ‘Saturday Academies’ to Address Students’ COVID Learning Loss

Joshua Parrish

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E8: 3 Big Education Wishes for 2022

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Students in Majority Black Schools Now a Full 12 Months Behind White Peers

Beth Hawkins

COVID's Long-Term Cost? Report Warns Students Could Lose $2 Trillion in Earnings

Dan Goldhaber, Thomas J. Kane & Andrew McEachin

As Critical Race Theory and Mask Mandate Debates Heat Up, Texas GOP Takes Aim at Local School Board and Municipal Races

Patrick Svitek

Averting a Youth Mental Health Crisis: 6 Key Strategies From the Surgeon General

John Bailey

Youth Ages 16 & 17 Now Eligible for Pfizer Booster Dose, FDA Says

Asher Lehrer-Small

A Voucher Program to Curb Bullying in FL Schools Could Expand — But it May Not be About Bullying

Danielle J. Brown

1M HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021

Asher Lehrer-Small

Can Shrinking Schools Downsize Themselves?

Beth Hawkins

NM Requires K-12 Staff Booster Shots as Omicron Fears Fuel Vaccination Spike

Asher Lehrer-Small

Analysis: How to Help Students Reconnect to Teachers & Peers

Paul DiPerna

Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Absent 9th Graders Back in Class

Linda Jacobson

Parental Support for State Testing Rebounds

Daniel Silver & Morgan Polikoff

ESL Educators/Tutors Weigh in on Pandemic’s Effect on English Learners

Jo Napolitano

The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 32% Jump in Child Cases, How Omicron Could Affect Schools, Zero Reports of Heart Inflammation Among Grade-Schoolers & More

John Bailey

After COVID, a Long Recovery For Students: How the Pandemic Undid Years of Gains

Brian Lopez

Facing a Substitute Teacher ‘Crisis,’ Utah Schools Approve Incentive Pay

Joshua Parrish

Want to Improve Teacher Diversity in Classrooms? First Transform School Culture

Laura Waters

Statewide Tutoring Program for 150,000 Kids Who Are Just Below Grade Level

Wayne D’Orio

How Teachers' Innovations Meet Students' Social-Emotional Needs

Vicki Phillips

Analysis: Why Testing Students (Even During a Pandemic) Is Critically Important

Conor P. Williams

Why Is There More Physical Violence in Schools This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

As Threat of Omicron Variant Looms, School Closures Continue Ticking Upward

Asher Lehrer-Small

Downsize Schools, or Keep Them Open & Hope Students Come Back?

Beth Hawkins

From School Board Recalls to Ballot Upsets, a New Era for Education Politics?

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States Passed Retention Laws to Combat Learning Loss, But Most Parents Said No

Linda Jacobson

A Chance to Do Education Differently in Kentucky

Jason E. Glass

Lessons in Leadership Amid the Pandemic: How One College Has Weathered 15 Months

Nation Hahn

Schools Revive Holiday Traditions As COVID Leaves its Mark

Meghan Gallagher

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

Marianna McMurdock

Early Childhood Education and Care Are Essential Public Infrastructure

Nonie K. Lesaux, Stephanie M. Jones & Emily Wiklund Hayhurst

Online Parent-Teacher Conferences Aren't Great But Still Better Than In-Person

Alina Adams

Less Than Two-Thirds of Parents Give Schools an A or B on Meeting Students’ Need

Linda Jacobson

Tutoring, Extra Class Time & Other Learning Acceleration Strategies

Bree Dusseault

Reviving Student Learning Post-COVID: One School’s Strategy for Reading Recovery

Rebecca Griesbach

COVID Shutdown: How College Students Cope With Halted Study Abroad Programs

Jewél Jackson

Analysis: How Schools Can Close Troubling Racial Gaps in Advanced Courses

Roby Chatterji

School Staffing Shortages — But Not Everywhere. New Data Shows Where It’s Worse

Asher Lehrer-Small

Addressing COVID Constituency Concerns About Learning Loss

Bob Wise

Learning Pod Teachers Say They Don’t Want to Return to Traditional Classrooms

Steven Weiner

Virtual Mentoring Was Invaluable During the Pandemic. Keep It Going

Kate Schrauth & David Shapiro

Why Is This Teacher Shortage Different (and How Did We Get Here?)

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Reversing Students’ COVID Slide: Experts Eyeing Math Skills & Learning Recovery

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Post-COVID Focus on STEM: Preparing America’s Students to Succeed After Pandemic

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When to End Masks at School? Amid Surge of Child Vaccines, Parents Talk Timeline

Alina Adams

COVID Cost-Benefit: School Study Says Benefits of In-Person Class Outweigh Risks

John Bailey

Wave of Teacher Time Off Forces Districts Short on Subs to Cancel School

Asher Lehrer-Small

Teacher Bonuses to Double as Tutors: One State’s Plan to Help Students Catch Up

Joshua Parrish

WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills

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Blended Learning: Build More Resilient Schools — By Using Every Tool in Our Kit

Julie Young

A Strategy to Lure Back Disengaged Students Amid COVID: Job Training Programs

Beth Hawkins

Photo Story: Inside a Local Pharmacy Offering Vaccines to Kids

Marianna McMurdock

School Board Politics: In Denver, Union-Backed Candidates Win Off-Year Vote

Melanie Asmar

Fixing the HS-to-College Pathway for Students Hit Hardest by COVID-19

Bev Perdue

New School Data: 2021 Math & Reading Scores Reveal Widening Academic Divide

Marianna McMurdock

COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Out for Young Children in NYC, Early-Bird Families All Sm

Asher Lehrer-Small

More Parents Now Saying They Won’t Be Vaccinating Children

John Bailey

Governor's Warning: NC Teachers Struggling with Staffing Shortages, Low Pay

Alex Granados

COVID Shots for Children Usher in New Wave of Vaccine Hesitancy

Greg Toppo

Trust Requires Transparency — States Must Release Exam Results

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger

Parents Use Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws To Push Book Bans, School Firings

Andrea Zelinski

Eric Adams Is NYC’s Next Mayor. 3 Key Education Issues He’ll Face

Asher Lehrer-Small

More Districts Scrap Mask Mandates, Embrace Test-to-Stay Measures

Asher Lehrer-Small

Not Just Recovery, But Reinvention: Lessons in COVID School Innovations

Jenny Curtin, Melanie Dukes & Saskia Levy Thompson

Where Are Students Learning This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

NYC Retained More Students than Other Major Districts, But Tallies Questioned

Asher Lehrer-Small
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