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schools

Reopening Schools — Safely: 5 Communities That Did It Right

Betsy Ladyzhets

August 31, 2021

critical race theory

97% of NC Survey Respondents Never Taught About State’s Eugenics Past

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 30, 2021

90% of Kids in This City Are Behind in Math. Can a New Tutoring Initiative Help?

August 30, 2021

Best of the Month

The Science Behind Keeping Schools Safe During the Delta Variant Surge

August 30, 2021

Rural Texas Towns Shut Down Schools to Keep COVID-19 From Overwhelming Community

August 28, 2021

After Pfizer Approval, New School Vax Rules; All NYC Educators Have Til Sept. 27

August 23, 2021

Texas School Cancels Classes After State Passes Controversial Social Studies Law

August 23, 2021

Mandatory Student Vaccinations: District Gives Teens Until Nov. 19 to Get Shots

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 20, 2021

Education Is Not a Zero-Sum Game. So Why Are We Demanding Identical Results?

August 20, 2021

CDC: Students Wearing Masks No Longer Need Quarantine, Even if ‘Close Contact’

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 18, 2021

Former Government Officials Issue National Call for College COVID Safe Zones

Mark McClellan, Andy Slavitt & John Bridgeland

August 18, 2021

Alabama Says Vaccinated Students Will Never Need to Quarantine This School Year

August 17, 2021

Iowa Parents Upset Over School District’s ‘No Quarantine’ COVID Policy

August 12, 2021

Every Student Succeeds Act

Congress Gave Schools $110 Billion in Aid, But Added This Rule About Spending It

August 11, 2021

Senate Advances Biden’s Historic, $3.5T Agenda for Education, Families

August 11, 2021

American Enterprise Institute

Poised to Pass Infrastructure Bill, Dems Push Larger Plan For Schools, Families

In Native American Communities, History Helped Fight COVID-19

Heather Wiedenhoft

Pandemic Spurs Huge Homeschooling Boom — But Will it Last?

COVID Learning Loss: New Evidence Shows Pandemic Hit Boys Harder

Mila Koumpilova

Students Return In Person to 3 Districts That Never Fully Reopened Last Year

Asher Lehrer-Small

Police Training Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?v

Caroline Preston

Stopping Youth Violence Before It Starts: One Unique Strategy in Baltimore

J. Brian Charles

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small

Best of the Month

Missing Kids: 1 in 5 Preschool Students Have Disappeared From Public Schools

Every Student Succeeds Act

Dire Student Scores Reveal Vast COVID Learning Loss, May Take Years to Repair

Why Art Teachers Are Teaching Girls to Code

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

Second Graders’ Art Work Illuminates Their Biggest Pandemic Challenges

Counselor Shortage: Oklahoma Approves $35 Million For Mental Health Training

early education

NC Early Education Advocates Are Taking Funding Requests to Legislators’ Offices

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

Seattle Schools to Compensate Families For Special Ed Violations Amid Pandemic

Some colleges stop holding transcripts hostage over unpaid bills

This Incredible Community Garden Is Growing Far More Than Food

CDC Guidance Promotes Full Reopening for Schools This Fall

Former Gov Rendell: COVID Exposed America’s Unequal School System For All to See

In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias

Why More Public Libraries Are Doubling as Food Distribution Hubs

Improv Comedy — at School? Unlikely Program Boosts Teens’ Communication Skills

Mahala Garcia-Bartch

Virtual School & Equity: Why Online Classes Challenge Kids With Autism

Maddy Dawczak, Brooklyn Draisey & Page Koch

A Teacher Reflects on Her Pandemic Experience

As Running Water Reaches Remote Navajo Communities, It Brings New Possibilities

Elizabeth Miller

How a Reading App Could Help Students Confront COVID Learning Loss This Summer

Best of the Month

12 Big Challenges From Last School Year That Could Now Define the Fall of 2021

COVID Relief Funds Essential & Overdue Broadband Upgrades For Rural Reservations

Christen McCurdy

‘Safety First’ Drug Education Program Acknowledges the Failings of ‘Just Say No’

How Bad Is COVID Learning Loss? An Expert’s Appeal to States: Assess Damage—Fast

Innovative Idaho Program Offers Immediate Therapy For Any Student Who Needs It

Cardona to Education Equity Summit: Why US Must Restore Stronger, Fairer Schools

Why School Districts In Some States Are Forced to Keep Bugging Voters For Money

Alyssa Huglen & Will Cioci

Public Charter Schools Turn 30: Bill Clinton, Ed Experts Assess the Movement

Amid a Push to Get More Young Voters to the Polls, Will NYC’s Mayoral Wannabes Listen to the Priorities of New York’s Students?

Eileen Grench & Samantha Maldonado

Cleveland Schools to Offer Remote Classes in the Fall

Patrick O’Donnell

Educator’s View: Can We Get Students a Do-Over School Year?

Poll: White Parents More Comfortable Reviving In-Person School v. Black Parents

NYC’s New Idea to Help Teens Get Their COVID Vaccines: Bring the Shots to School

charter schools

Charter Schools at 30: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Chester E. Finn, Jr. & Bruno V. Manno

Mask Confusion and a Lesson on Privilege in Schools

Oklahoma Law Forbids K-12 Vaccine Requirements

Asher Lehrer-Small

How Algorithms Are Cementing School Segregation In America’s Largest District

Colin Lecher & Maddy Varner

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

Drop Out or Drown in Debt? Black Students’ Stark Choices in Paying for College

Puppy Power: As Classrooms Reopen, Why Schools Should Save a Place for Pets

Kay O'Donnell & Mary Margaret Callahan

After a Record Year in 2019, Apprenticeships Collapsed Amid the Pandemic in 2020

“Innovation & recovery”

WATCH: How One School Uses House Calls to Keep Kids Learning During COVID

UNICEF Spotlights the COVID Crisis: 168 Million Missing Students

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

How Large Urban Districts Are Trying to Re-Engage Kindergarten Families

Lisa Chu & Evelynn Michaud-Spangler

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

Absentee Data from 5 School Districts Show Alarming Trends

Phyllis W. Jordan & Emily Bailard

The New COVID Education Debate: Improve Remote Learning in the Fall — or Ban It?

New Data: 27 States Abandon Universal Masking in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

Learning Hubs: A Shovel-Ready Strategy for Spending New Federal Relief Funds

Robin Lake & Daniel Weisberg

School Will Never Go Back to Normal: Here’s What’s Changed For Students Forever

One State’s Creative Solution For Plugging an Ongoing Teacher Shortage

Kate Elizabeth Queram

How the Fight Over Reopening Schools Is Shaping the New York City Race for Mayor

Fauci: “School Should Be Open 5 Days, Full Blast, the Way It Was Before” By Fall

How Vaccination Became 'Hip' in the '50s, Thanks to Teens (and Elvis Presley)

Virtual Classrooms: How One Teacher Is Connecting With Her 6th-Graders Via Zoom

12 to 15 year olds

COVID Vaccine Approved for 17 Million Adolescents; Studies Show 100% Effective

Summer School to Catch Kids Up? At Many Districts, Plans Still Vague or Lacking

Christine Pitts

Awkward: Families at Top NYC HS Outraged as Bill Cosby Featured in Comedy Lesson

The Pandemic’s Remote Learning Legacy: A Lot Worth Keeping For Schools

Free Community College: Why Many Students Need More Than Just Tuition

Melanie Bavaria

Texas Bill Bars Transgender Students from Sports Teams Matching Gender Identity

Best of the Month

National Education Reporting Awards Honor Investigation Into DeVos’s 455 Lawsuit

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