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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

Test Article

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
Pandemic

National Trauma: 1 in 450 Youth Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

‘Our Parents Have Done Enough’: Cardona Urges Schools to Stay Open

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Following Federal Scrutiny, FL Education Officials Returned $878,000 to Certain Local School Boards

Danielle J. Brown
Pandemic

Dr. Jha: Cities That Close Schools Before Bars ‘Don’t Care About Kids’

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Best of 2021

How Did Students Fare This Year? 21 Big Things We Learned About Schools in 2021

Steve Snyder
Pandemic

Death Threats and Doxxing: The Outcomes of Mask Mandate and Critical Race Theory Fights at a Texas School Board

Brian Lopez
Curriculum

How a Literacy Curriculum Shift Helped Not Just Students, But Teachers, Too

Kate Carbone
Career Ed.

One City’s Bold Youth Poverty Plan: Have Schools Partner Directly With Companies

Patrick O’Donnell
Colorado

Mandates, Tests, ‘Enforcers’ Help CO College Students Remain On-Campus

Julia Fennell
Pandemic

Amid COVID, Many Families Left Their Schools. Hear These Parents Explain Why

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equity

Lancaster Schools Chief Says District Can’t Afford to Help Struggling Students

Jo Napolitano
Julia Keleher

Julia Keleher Sentenced to 6 Months in Federal Prison

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

CDC Endorses Test-to-Stay to Keep Students in School

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

PA Senate Prohibits COVID-19 Vax Mandate for K-12 Students

Marley Parish
COVID Policy Briefing

COVID’s Missing Students: More Kids Dropping Out of Top School Districts

John Bailey
Colorado

Colorado Releases Draft Plan for Voluntary Universal Preschool

Sara Wilson
Pandemic

AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
education

Louisiana Black Fathers Group Looks to Expand ‘Dads on Duty’

Linda Jacobson
Best of 2021

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Watch: Education Experts on How the Pandemic Changed Parent Attitudes on Schools

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