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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
Pandemic

Interest in COVID Vaccine is Mounting Among NYC Teachers, As Supply Chain Runs Dry

Zoë Kirsch
Pandemic

How White Extremists Teach Kids to Hate

Mark Keierleber
National School Choice Week

#SchoolChoiceWeek 2021: As Annual Celebration Goes Virtual, Here’s How Students, Parents & Educators Are Celebrating Their Unique Classroom Communities This Week

Meghan Gallagher
National School Choice Week

With DeVos Out, Movement for Private School Choice Shifts to State Legislatures

Asher Lehrer-Small
National School Choice Week

Charter School Promising ‘LGBTQ-Affirming Learning Environment’ Set to Open this Fall in Alabama

Laura Fay
Cleveland

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Jo Napolitano
Pandemic

As Schools Face ‘Crisis,’ D.C. Advocates Worry Disappearance of Dedicated Council Committee on Education Will Restrict Oversight

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities

Tim Newcomb
New Mexico

New Mexico On Verge of Securing State Constitutional Change to Ensure Stable Funding for Children Zero to Five

Bryce Covert
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Enrollment Soars at Washington State Charters During Pandemic, Wyoming Hits Pause on Accountability, a Growing Divide in Idaho’s Graduation Rate & More

Joshua Parrish
The Big Picture

Study: Income Segregation Increasing in Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Charter School Advocates, San Diego NAACP Raise Objections to Biden’s Pick for Number Two Spot at Education Department

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

With an Eye Toward Equity, Biden Unveils Plan to Reopen Many Schools in First 100 Days

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

How Texas Teachers Are Prioritizing Basic Skills as Instruction Time Gets Crunched During the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Rural Schools Have Battled Bad Internet, Low Attendance and Academic Decline Through the Pandemic. Now the Push Is On to Return Students to Classrooms — Safely

Peter Cameron
Rural Education During the Pandemic

As High School Students Are Forced to Juggle School, Jobs and Child Care During the Pandemic, One Rural Oregon District Experiments With Evening Tutoring

Sergio Olmos
Rural Education During the Pandemic

Meet the Iowa Educators Helping A District Endure

John Naughton
Rural Education During the Pandemic

With Learning Loss Threatening to Derail New Mexico’s Educational Gains, a State-Sponsored Coaching Program Aims to Reach 30,000 Disengaged Students

Shaun Griswold & Trip Jennings
Pandemic

Cleveland Pledges to Reopen Schools March 1: Vaccine Shortages Complicate Return to Classrooms

Patrick O’Donnell
Rural Education During the Pandemic

‘No One’s Fighting for Us’: How One Rural School on Nevada’s Walker River Reservation Is Striving to Keep Native Students On Track Through the Pandemic

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez & Jackie Valley
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