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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
The Big Picture

Report: District-Charter Funding Gap Grows to 33 Percent Less Per Student; 12 Cities Provide ‘A Trivial Amount’ or ‘No Funding’ for Charters

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Mayor Closes New York City Schools as COVID Cases Climb and Parents Protest

Zoë Kirsch
News

LISTEN: Without Sports, Band or Drama, How to Keep Students Engaged? New EWA Podcast Spotlights 74 Contributor Greg Toppo on the Risk of Kids Losing Interest — and Dropping Out

The 74
Pandemic

D.C. Public Schools Welcomes Hundreds to School Hoping to Expand After Thanksgiving; Advocates Ask that Safe, Clear Transportation Plans be Top of Mind

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

Fearful of Covid Lawsuits, Jittery School Officials Buy New — and Frequently Costly — Insurance Policies

Jo Napolitano
Denver

The Great Outdoors: Here’s How Learning Outside Could Become a Lasting Fixture in American Education

Alan Gottlieb
Pandemic

After Walking Out and Sitting In, Student Activists File Civil Rights Complaint Against Selective Admissions at NYC Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

New Poll Finds Parents Want Better Distance Learning Now, Online Options Even After COVID, More Family Engagement

Beth Hawkins
Q&A

An Electoral “Children’s Wave”

Elliot Haspel
COVID Slide

Education Through the Pandemic: From Spiking Absenteeism in Virginia to Infected Bus Drivers in Colorado & Cities Asking Support Staff to Fill in For Missing Teachers, 12 Ways States Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

COVID-19 Budget Woes Pose Challenge for Ohio’s Long-Awaited School Funding Overhaul

Patrick O’Donnell
EDlection 2020

How Black and Latino Youth Fueled Biden’s Win

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

As Coronavirus Cases Surge, New Antibody Study Shows Young Children May Be Less Likely to Spread Virus; Could Spell Good News for In-Person Elementary and Middle School Learning

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Democrats Achieve Long-Shot Supermajority in New York State Senate, Potentially Creating School Funding Boon

Zoë Kirsch
EDlection 2020

Alaska Legend Don Young Wins 25th Term in Congress, Announces He’s COVID-Positive

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2020

Trump Mulls Parting Shot on Private Schools, but Experts Dismiss Possible Executive Order as ‘More Bluster for the Base’

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

Democrats Fall Short of Majority in Arizona Legislature

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Sign on, Zoom in, Drop Out: Pandemic Sparks Fears That Without Sports and Other Activities, Students Will Disengage from School

Greg Toppo
EDlection 2020

With Defeat of California’s ‘Split Roll’ Tax, Advocates Wonder How to Increase Educational Equity

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

Who Will Succeed DeVos? With Senate Control Up for Grabs, Democrats Hunt for ‘Unicorn’ to Lead Department Beset by Crisis

Kevin Mahnken
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