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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
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Progressive Policy Institute’s David Osborne on Creating New Innovation Schools Guide at a Moment of Crisis

Mimi Woldeyohannes
California

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They’ve Lost in Months of Online Instruction

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Poorest Students Avoided COVID Slide on NWEA Tests, Cleveland Data Show

Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

Under Pressure: As Mayor Insists Schools Go Five Days a Week, NYC Principals Receive Notice That They Owe Money for Missing Students

Zoë Kirsch
Pandemic

40,000-Person Iceland Study Finds Youth Under 15 Half as Likely to Catch and Spread Coronavirus

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Disability Rights Groups Send Letter to Biden Transition Team Opposing Education Secretary Contender Eskelsen Garcia, Say Former NEA Chief Failed to Steer Union ‘Toward Equity and Access for Students With Disabilities’

The 74
Pandemic

Teaching the ‘Roomers’ and the ‘Zoomers:’ No Small Task for Elementary School Teachers

Bekah McNeel
The Big Picture

Five Years On, ESSA’s Hallmark Flexibility May Be Undermining Equity, Report Finds

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2020

Former NEA Chief Eskelsen Garcia, Possible Education Secretary Pick, Under Scrutiny for Comments About Special-Needs Kids

Linda Jacobson
Best of 2020

Best Essays of 2020: The 15 Most Shared (and Debated) Columns About Students, Schools & Remote Learning We Published This Year

The 74
EDlection 2020

Community Colleges Expected to Have Their Moment in Biden White House. But in Parting Salvo, DeVos Calls Ideas Like Free Tuition ‘Insidious’

Greg Toppo
3 Minutes With...

Q&A — 3 Minutes With Charter School Founder Jessica Nauiokas on Helping Students Deal With Trauma and the Child Welfare System

Greg Richmond
Pandemic

Survey: Afterschool Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009, As Providers Seek Funding for Students During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

As COVID Vaccine Rollout Approaches, States Weigh Whether to Place Teachers Near the Head of the Line

Jo Napolitano
COVID Slide

Education Through the Pandemic: From Arizona Closing Classrooms Due to Staffing Shortages to Louisiana’s Showdown With Schools Over Quarantine Rules, 10 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
Pre-K

Alabama First Class Pre-K: Setting the Standard Nationally for 14 Years — and Counting

K.C. Compton
Pandemic

After COVID, a College Enrollment Crisis? New Data From Texas Show Declining FAFSA Applications, Fewer Students Signing Up

Kate McGee
News

This 12-Year-Old Won Nation’s Largest Middle School Science Contest for Her Study of Color, Vision and the Human Brain — and $25,000

Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

States and Cities Lean Into Reopening Elementary Schools First As Data Affirm Lower Risk for Students, But Not Necessarily Teachers

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

New York City’s Homeless Students Top 100,000 Again, Advocates Say School Reopening Plan Leaves Them Behind

Zoë Kirsch
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