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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
NAEP

Steep Drop in Student History Scores Leaves Officials ‘Very, Very Concerned’

Kevin Mahnken
Denver

Six Colorado News Outlets Sue Denver Public Schools For Executive Session Recording

Lindsey Toomer
undoing democracy

The Conservative Scholar Who Convinced GOP Lawmakers Civics Conceals CRT

Asher Lehrer-Small
TikTok

How One School Principal Uses TikTok to Build School Culture & Recruit Teachers

Joshua Bay
Tennessee

Exclusive: Penny Schwinn, Influential Tennessee Education Chief, to Step Down

Linda Jacobson
Alaska

Revised Bill Would Require Alaska Parents to Approve Students’ Classes, Textbooks and Lessons

James Brooks
undoing democracy

How Texas Lawmakers Gutted Civics

Asher Lehrer-Small
social media

Hawaii Sen. Schatz Leads Effort To Ban Kids Under 13 From Using Social Media

Nick Grube
school safety

Poll Finds Big Safety Concerns Among Boston Public School Parents

Michael Jonas
vermont

VT Needs Millions of Dollars Worth of School Upgrades. Will the State Help Pay?

Peter D'Auria
Kansas

Kansas Teachers Ask Lawmakers to Fully Fund Special ed, Support Public Schools

Rachel Mipro
Texas

Proposed Ban on Corporal Punishment in Texas Schools Fails Again

Pooja Salhotra
North Carolina

Bill Expanding N.C. Private School Vouchers to All Kids Moves Forward in Senate

Hannah McClellan
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Data Show How Pandemic Hit Student Attendance, Grades, Advancement

John Bailey
school choice

Indiana Nears Universal ‘School Choice’ in New Budget

Casey Smith
school safety

Texas House Votes to Require Panic Buttons and Armed Guards in Every School

Brian Lopez
Louisiana

Bill Shields Teachers From Criminal Consequences For Breaking Up Student Fights

Greg Larose
Following the COVID Money

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Linda Jacobson
Florida

Angry at DeSantis, Fla. Students Take to the Streets — and Take a Banned Lesson

Beth Hawkins
congress

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures

Greg Toppo
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