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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
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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
Science of math

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ to Math Recovery

Jo Napolitano
Childcare Crisis

A Top Priority for Generation Z? Child Care

Rebecca Gale
Missouri

Lawmakers Consider Boosting Missouri Public Education Funding by $300 Million

Annelise Hanshaw
Maryland

Maryland Public Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury Chooses Not to Return

William J. Ford
California

Soaring Chronic Absenteeism in California Schools is at ‘Pivotal Moment’

Carolyn Jones
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken
Early Childhood

Starting School Before Age 2 Helps Children Avoid Achievement Gaps, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson
sex education

Filling the Gap: Internship Pays Texas Teens to Learn Sex Ed

Claudia Silva
Ohio

A Look Inside Classes at an Ohio Prison

Megan Henry
Louisiana

Democrats Push to Extend Child Care Grant Program

Samantha Dietel
News

Hit the Snooze Button: States Debate Later High School Start Times

Elaine S. Povich
The 74 Interview

Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo
civil rights

Ed Dept. Hires Book Ban Czar to Monitor Escalating Challenges Over Content

Linda Jacobson
Gen Z

15 Key Takeaways From More Than 3,000 Gen Zers on Their ‘Struggling’ Lives & Future

Joshua Bay
tutoring

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

Marianna McMurdock
Montana

Montana is Struggling to Retain New Teachers; Experts Cite Waning Ed Graduates

Nicole Girten
School (In)Security

It’s Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

Mark Keierleber
absenteeism

Attendance Gap: New Data from Minnesota Reveals Chasm in Chronic Absenteeism

Beth Hawkins
Texas

Texas Education Agency Delays Release of Annual School Ratings

Brian Lopez
Nebraska

Nebraska Lawmakers Dissect Omaha Schools’ Special Ed Teacher Vacancies

Zach Wendling
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