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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
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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

Resolving the Pre-K Paradox: New Research Details How Chicago Filled its Preschool Classrooms with the City’s Neediest Kids

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

To Bring Back Struggling Students, Districts Campaign to Convince Parents Schools are Safe

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

‘The Numbers are Ugly’: Chronic Absenteeism Among California Elementary Students Could Be Surging by More Than 200 Percent

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis Victorious in NC After Democratic Challenger Concedes

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Amid Rising COVID Cases and Concerns About Instruction, NYC Parents Face Deadline for Returning Students to In-Person Learning

Zoë Kirsch
News

‘WAP’ and Sex Ed: How the Billboard-Topping Track is ‘Making Conversations About Sexual Health Less Taboo’

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Makeup of Senate Means Biden Will Likely Lack Votes and ‘Big Buckets of Funding’ for Expansive Education Agenda

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

‘My Biggest Challenge and My Biggest Fear:’ Teaching Kids How to Read Remotely During the Pandemic

Teghan Simonton
Minneapolis

Here are the People Minneapolis Schools Hired to Replace Campus Police After George Floyd’s Death — And Why Some Are Raising New Red Flags

Mark Keierleber
News

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Jim Roberts
EDlection 2020

A 2020 EDlection Cheat Sheet: Recapping the 48 Key Races, Winners and Campaign Issues That Could Reshape America’s Schools and Education Policy

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Biden Wins Election, but with a Likely Divided Congress, One Ed Expert Warns, ‘There’s No Mandate Momentum Here’

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

From School Board to the White House, Gwinnett County’s Vote Falls Under National Microscope

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

Four New Members to D.C. State Board of Education Appear Set; Will be Advisors on School Reopenings to Student Literacy as Pandemic Continues

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

D.C. Sees Warning Signs Teachers are Considering Leaving Jobs Amid Weeks of Uncertainty, Stress Over How District Will Open Schools

Taylor Swaak
EDlection 2020

Retired Band Teacher Makes History as Kansas’s First Transgender Legislator, Nation’s First Transgender Lawmaker of Indigenous Ancestry

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

After a Costly Campaign, Charter- and Union-Backed Candidates Each Win Seat on L.A. Unified School Board

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

LA School Officials Cheer Passage of $7B Bond to Improve Facilities and Tech

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

New Mexico Voters Approve $156M Bond for Higher Ed, Tribal Schools and Schools for the Visually and Hearing-Impaired

Zoë Kirsch
EDlection 2020

Maine Sen. Susan Collins Reelected, Bolstering Republican Fight to Retain Senate Control

Mark Keierleber
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