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Texas’ Youngest Students are Struggling with Their Learning, Educators Say

Asad Jung

The Shakespearean Rise and Fall of Md. Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury

Kalman R. Hettleman

Maryland Public Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury Chooses Not to Return

William J. Ford

Closing Time: San Antonio Supe Hopes Info Sharing, Help for Parents Can Ease School Shutdowns

Beth Hawkins

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

Study: San Antonio Charter Schools Lifted Student Achievement Prior to Pandemic

Greg Toppo

CRT Law Undermines Texas Charter School for Black and Latino Students

Aasimah Navlakhi

The Band Teacher Who Kept His School Community Connected Through COVID’s Chaos

Bekah McNeel

San Antonio’s New Superintendent Leads With Empathy

Bekah McNeel

Texas Doubles Down on School Reform: Key District Taps NYC, LA Vet as New Chief

Bekah McNeel

Texas Teens Say Book Bans Are Pointless

Bekah McNeel

What’s Next for San Antonio ISD?

Bekah McNeel

Three Lawsuits to Weigh the Most Explosive Issues in Schools this Year

Asher Lehrer-Small

COVID Shots Required for School Staff in 36% of Top Districts

Asher Lehrer-Small

Chicago’s New School Chief Has Long Record of Innovation in Texas

Beth Hawkins

My District Requires COVID Vaccines for School Staff. Yours Should, Too

Pedro Martinez

Texas Science Museums Create COVID-safe STEM Experiences

Bekah McNeel

Texas Teachers Denounce GOP’s New Social Studies Law

Isabella Zou & Jason Kao

2nd Graders' Artwork Shows Their Resilience During Pandemic

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Second Graders’ Art Work Illuminates Their Biggest Pandemic Challenges

Bekah McNeel

Mental Health Hubs Take on Second Pandemic

Bekah McNeel

Educators Prepare for “Second Pandemic” with Mental Health First Aid

Bekah McNeel

Texas Bills Would Limit the School Sports Teams Transgender Athletes Can Join

Allyson Waller

64% of Top School Districts to Hold Virtual Academies, Delta May Spur Enrollment

Asher Lehrer-Small

In-Person Learning Divide: TX Data Shows Students of Color Less Likely to Return

Allyson Waller

What Is (and Isn’t) Critical Race Theory, Anyway?

Isabella Zou

Texas Passes Critical Race Theory Law; Will Limit Teaching of Current Events

Kate McGee

For Maryland’s New Schools Chief Choudhury, State Anti-Poverty ‘Blueprint’ Draws on Deep Expertise Identifying, Aiding Low-Income Students in Texas

Bekah McNeel

Latest Front in the Reading Wars Plays Out During Pandemic in Texas

Bekah McNeel

Classrooms, COVID, the Community: Study Says In-Person School Accelerated Spread

Marissa Martinez

Food Aid For Families: Texas to Give $1,200 to Families in Need

Neelam Bohra

San Antonio Ed. Innovator Mohammed Choudhury Named Maryland Schools Supe

Bekah McNeel

New Bill Limiting Lessons on Racism Will ‘Whitewash History’ Texas Teachers Warn

Kate McGee

New Texas Bill Limits How Kids Learn About Historic Racism and Current Events

Kate McGee

Early Look at Relief Funds Shows Districts Give Short Shrift to Learning Loss

Linda Jacobson

Texas Bars Mask Requirements: Governor Says Schools Won’t Be Allowed to Mandate

Patrick Svitek

Texas Legislation Would Require Schools to Teach ‘Informed American Patriotism’

Megan Menchaca

Texas to Pay Teachers $100,000 to Fight COVID Learning Loss in Hard Hit Schools

Bekah McNeel

Texas Colleges To Receive $2B in Stimulus; Half Must Go to Struggling Kids

Kate McGee

Court Warns That Texas is Endangering Foster Children

Reese Oxner

GOP Looks to Ban ‘Woke Philosophies’ Like Critical Race Theory in Texas Schools

Duncan Agnew

Alabama: How One District Looked for Ways to Ease Educator Workloads

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Indianapolis: Turning to Bus Drivers to Keep Students on Track

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Biden: $1.8 Trillion Agenda Offers Prospect of Birth to College Education

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Relief Funds Fuel Efforts to Find Homeless Students

Linda Jacobson

Reinventing School Discipline in Texas: Dallas to End Most Student Suspensions

Bekah McNeel

Pandemic Causes ‘Huge Setbacks’ in State Pre-K Programs

Linda Jacobson

Texas Bill Bars Transgender Students from Sports Teams Matching Gender Identity

Shawn Mulcahy

Texas Mom Mobilizes on Masks

Bekah McNeel

$19 Billion in Federal Stimulus Money For Texas Public Education — But Schools Have Yet to See an Extra Dime

Duncan Agnew

Technical Glitches Cancel Tests For Thousands of Texas Students

Duncan Agnew & Neelam Bohra

U.S. Schools Played Critical Role in 1950s Vaccine Trials

Harry McCracken

Texas to Provide State-Licensed Summer Camps With Rapid COVID-19 Tests One Year After Pandemic Forced Mass Closures

Reese Oxner

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

Linda Jacobson

With Texas Classrooms Reopening and No State Mask Mandate, School Nurses Have Become Crucial in Battling Pandemic — But Districts Aren’t Required to Have Them

Aliyya Swaby

Photo History: 52 Weeks of COVID & Schools, 52 Iconic Photos

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Massachusetts: Inside the Study That Changed CDC’s Distancing Policy

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Texas: A Spring Dilemma For Colleges — Time to Cancel Spring Break?

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District of Columbia: How 2 Principals Restored Black Parents’ Trust

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History: 10 Lessons in Learning Loss From Past Crises

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One Texas Town, Two School Districts, Clashing Mask Policies: How Science and Politics Collided in New Braunfels’ Classrooms

Bekah McNeel

Video Replay: What President Biden & Secretary Cardona Had to Say at March 24’s National Safe School Reopening Summit

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Should We Cancel Spring Break This Year? While Some Texas Colleges Operate as Normal, Others Spread Out Free Days and Boost On-Campus Activities to Discourage Travel

Megan Menchaca

Analysis: Learning Loss Update — Districts Quiet on How They Plan to Help Students Recover From a Year of Continued Disruption

Sarah McCann & Bree Dusseault

Texas Tells Schools They Won’t Lose State Funding for Coronavirus Attendance Declines If They Maintain or Increase Rate of Students Learning In Person

Aliyya Swaby

Analysis: 10 Lessons from Past Educational Disruptions, and How They Can Help Students Make Up Lost Learning After COVID-19

Chad Aldeman

1919 Data: Key Lessons in Learning Loss From the Spanish Flu

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Ohio: Data Show Black Students Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

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Texas: Universal Weekly COVID Tests Keep 200 Schools Open

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Texas Teachers Go Door to Door as Kids Disappear From Remote Classes

Bekah McNeel

200 Schools, Universal Weekly COVID Screening: How ‘Assurance Testing’ Has Kept Thousands of Texas Students in Classrooms

Bekah McNeel

D.C.: More Schools Open But Many Black Parents Keep Kids Home

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Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

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

Linda Jacobson

More Chaos For Texas Students: Amid a Destabilizing Pandemic, a Winter Storm Brings New Delays to In-Person Learning — and Prevents Schools From Serving as Lifelines

Aliyya Swaby

Dwindling Food, Flooded Hallways, Unflushable Toilets: Texas’s University Dorms Descend Into Chaos During Historic Winter Storm

Kate McGee

Ohio: Alarming New Data Show Black Kids Have Lost Half-Year of Learning

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South Carolina: Rural Libraries ‘Activate’ to Boost 3rd Grade Literacy

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D.C.: Inside Biden’s $130 Billion Proposal For Schools, Teachers, Safety

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Washington State: District Uses ‘Gifted’ Strategy to Boost All Students

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Ohio: Can Pre-K Survive Pandemic? Programs Hope For Federal Funds

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Special Ed: Feds Probe Lack of School Services For Special Needs Kids

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District of Columbia: D.C. Council Disbands Education Committee

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Minnesota: Inside the Fight to Reopen Minneapolis Schools

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Amid Texas’s Substitute Teacher Shortage, Many Classrooms Are Being Led By Administrators, School Staff and Uncredentialed Stand-Ins

Aliyya Swaby

How a Diverse School District Is Using a Strategy Usually Reserved for ‘Gifted’ Students to Help Everyone Overcome COVID Learning Loss

Joy Resmovits

Aldeman: Lessons from Spanish Flu — Babies Born in 1919 Had Worse Educational, Life Outcomes Than Those Born Just Before or After. Could That Happen With COVID-19?

Chad Aldeman

Teachers Unions Say They Need More COVID Tests Before Reopening Classrooms. But Experts Are Warning About the Limitations, Expense and Tradeoffs in Focusing on Swabs

Linda Jacobson

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Jo Napolitano

How Texas Teachers Are Prioritizing Basic Skills as Instruction Time Gets Crunched During the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel

Afterschool Survey: Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009

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District of Columbia: City Sees Surge of Interest in Adult Education Programs

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Testing: Cleveland’s Poorest Kids Avoided ‘COVID Slide’ on Tests

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Student’s View: Why I Left a Top NYC Program for Homeschooling

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Texas: Keeping Kids Fed During Pandemic Tests Limits of Bureaucracy

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Analysis: U-Turn — Survey of 477 Districts Shows Surge in COVID-19 Cases Is Reversing Reopening Progress In America’s Schools

Betheny Gross, Alice Opalka & Padma Gundapaneni

Superintendents Call for ‘Faster Rollout’ of Vaccines; But Object to Delaying School Reopenings Until Children Get Shots

Linda Jacobson

One Year Ago, 90% of San Antonio’s 4-Year-Olds Were Enrolled in School: Now, an Ambitious Texas Early Ed Program is Crumbling Under the Weight of the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel

Analysis: What Does ‘Attendance’ Mean for Remote Learners in a Pandemic? How 106 Districts Are Dealing With Absenteeism, Student Engagement & Grades

Bree Dusseault & Alvin Makori

Alaska: Student Voice —Why Teachers Should Be Using Pass/Fail Grades

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