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immigration
immigration

ICE Raids Caused Enrollment to Drop. Now Districts Are Paying the Price

As leaders ask lawmakers to help fill budget gaps, conservatives escalate the debate over serving undocumented students.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Featured

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Aaliyah Hodge
civics education
civics education

How the Story of Young George Washington Offers Some Important Civic Lessons

A new movie connects with a civics curriculum that goes beyond memorizing dates and places to consider whether Washington made the right decisions.

Martin Slagter
Author: Martin Slagter
school choice
school choice

Auditor: School choice cost Iowans $258 million

Report analyzes impacts of Iowa’s Education Savings Accounts program.

Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Kristen Huff
Kristen Huff

Hope, Sadness and Uncertainty Follow After Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent

Experts and advocates have emphasized the importance of providing continuity in a time of rapid change in district leadership.

Mallika Seshadri, EdSource
Colorado

Bill of Rights Adopted for Colorado Students Involved in Criminal Justice System

Lindsey Toomer
Los Angeles

Turmoil Surrounds Los Angeles’ New AI Student Chatbot; Tech Firm Furloughs Staff

Ben Chapman
apprenticeships

Future of High School: How California Growers Are Training Teens the Trade

The 74
student performance

New Indiana ‘Checkpoint’ Tests To Give Mid-Year Snapshots of Student Progress

Patrick O’Donnell
Tennessee

Anderson County Grade Fixing Scandal Takes Down Principal, Football Coach

Anita Wadhwani
Book Review

Book Review: How to Raise a Viking — The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children

K.C. Compton
school (in)security

New Stats: When School Cops Prey on Students

Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough to Make Up for Lost Learning

Kevin Mahnken
announcement

The 74 Names Nicole Ridgway New Editor in Chief of National Education Newsroom

The 74
charter schools

Oklahoma Supreme Court Knocks Down Bid for Virtual Catholic Charter School

Greg Toppo
Virginia

Virginia’s New School Accountability System is Taking Shape

Nathaniel Cline
Gen Z

Gen Z’s End of Year Report Card: ‘Less than Stellar’ Grades For Schools

Joshua Bay
Iowa

Iowa State University Students, Instructors Chase Storms Across Tornado Alley

Brooklyn Draisey
Arkansas

National Group Seeks to Help Defend Arkansas School Voucher Program

Mary Hennigan
Artificial Intelligence

Homeschoolers Embrace AI, Even As Many Educators Keep It at Arms’ Length

Greg Toppo
microschools

West Virginia Permanently Bars Failed Microschool from Receiving State Funds

Linda Jacobson
North Dakota

U.S. Senate Hearing Says ‘Extremely Low Pay’ Is Main Reason for Teacher Shortage

Shauneen Miranda
childhood poverty

‘Astonishing’ Absenteeism, Trauma Rates Root of Academic Crisis

Marianna McMurdock
Rhode Island

Parents Invoke ‘Brown’ in Lawsuit over Closure of RI School for English Learners

Ciara Meyer
Utah

Backlash Against DEI Spreads to More States

Erika Bolstad
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