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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
News

Following DeVos’s Surprise Resignation, School Advocates Say She Leaves Behind A Controversial Legacy — and Wonder Why She Didn’t Leave Sooner

Linda Jacobson
News

Betsy DeVos Resigns as Education Secretary Following Violence at Capitol, Tells President Trump ‘There Is No Mistaking the Impact Your Rhetoric Had’

The 74
News

Lessons from an Insurrection: A Day After D.C. Rampage, How 15 Educators From Across U.S. Helped Students Make Sense of the Chaos

The 74
EDlection 2020

With Senate in Democrats’ Hands, Attention Turns to Ed Committee Leadership, Cardona Confirmation

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Ohio’s Urgent Push to Open Classrooms During the Pandemic: New Policy Drops COVID Quarantine Rule if Students Wear Masks

Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

Parent Poll: Vaccine ‘Absolutely Necessary’ for Sending Kids Back to Classrooms; 6 in 10 Will Immunize Their Children

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

74 Interview: SEL Expert Elizabeth Englander on Preserving Social-Emotional Learning During the Pandemic, the Key to Managing Screen Time — and Why Families Should Eat Dinner Together

Laura Fay
Pandemic

One Year Ago, 90% of San Antonio’s 4-Year-Olds Were Enrolled in School: Now, an Ambitious Texas Early Ed Program is Crumbling Under the Weight of the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

How an AI App That Detects COVID Carriers By Their Cough Could Help Reopen Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: AFT’s Randi Weingarten Talks Tying School Reopening to Teacher Vaccine Rollout, Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill

Zoë Kirsch
EDlection 2020

Georgia Senate Runoff Will Affect Reach of Biden’s Education Agenda and the ‘Larger Political Dynamic’ in Washington

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Research Shows Students Benefiting From Arts Field Trips, But Will They Recede After COVID?

Kevin Mahnken
COVID Slide

Education Through the Pandemic: From Florida’s Remote Learners Falling Behind In-Person Peers to Houston Schools Scoring Record Failure Rates, 9 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

Key to Preventing Children’s Learning Loss — and Social Regression — During COVID-19 School Closures: Support from Family and Peers, Study Finds

Wayne D’Orio
News

New NACSA Chief Karega Rausch’s Mission for Authorizers: Make Charter Schools More Responsive to the Communities They Serve

Beth Hawkins
News

Trump Issues School Choice Executive Order Allowing States to Repurpose Funds for ‘Emergency Learning Scholarships’; Critics See Biden Swiftly Revoking Pandemic Measure

Linda Jacobson
Best of 2020

Our 14 Most Memorable Interviews About Students, Schools, COVID Learning Loss & Classroom Equity From 2020

The 74
News

How Cardona Could Uplift Immigrant Students and English Language Learners as Education Secretary

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

Biden to Tap Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary — a ‘Big Picture Thinker’ Popular With Teachers Who Will Lead 2021 Push to Reopen Classrooms

Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Sen. Lamar Alexander on Finally Fixing College Financial Aid Form, Being Ready to Advise Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill

Linda Jacobson
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