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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
Coronavirus

When Siblings Become Teachers: It’s Not Just Parents Who Find Themselves Thrust Into the Demanding Role of At-Home Educators

Zoë Kirsch
Coronavirus

Researchers’ Urgent Message for Schools: Start Planning Now for a Precipitous ‘COVID Slide’ Next Year

Beth Hawkins
Coronavirus

New Data: NYC Is the U.S. Coronavirus Epicenter, With Thousands of Confirmed Cases. But the School Districts in These 12 Counties Have Been Harder Hit

Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Current Law Restricts DeVos’s Waiver Powers, Homeschooled Students Not Necessarily Freed From Annual Tests & More

Erika Ross
Coronavirus

Coronavirus Must-Reads for Schools: Pandemic Attendance No-Shows Offer Glimpses of Children Left Behind; Keeping Students Fed and Parents Sane & More

Andrew Brownstein
Coronavirus

As Higher Education Leaders Wait for Slow-to-Arrive Federal Relief, Students Are Taking Charge of Providing Key Services to Their Classmates & Communities

Mikhail Zinshteyn
Coronavirus

Going All In on the Biggest Story of Their Lives, Student Journalists Covering the Coronavirus Haven’t Missed a Beat

Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

Study: Career and Technical Education Yields Not Just Higher Earnings but Higher Test Scores

Kevin Mahnken
Coronavirus

Success Academy Goes Virtual: New York City’s Largest Charter Network Shares How It’s Restructuring to Provide Online Learning

Taylor Swaak
Coronavirus

‘Why Do I Want Digital Experiences for My Kids If It Looks Like This?’ — Experts Fear Parent Backlash Against Online Learning

Tim Newcomb
Coronavirus

Being Kind Online Takes On New Urgency as Socially Isolated Kids and Teens Find It’s Their Only Destination

Bekah McNeel
Coronavirus

Students Cheer Their Teachers — and Teachers Cheer Up Their Students — With Heartwarming Teacher Parades (at a Distance, of Course!)

Debra West
Coronavirus

Is the Class of 2020 the ‘Gap-Year Generation’? No Way, Say These Two College Access & Persistence Counselors After Coronavirus Shut Their School

Beth Hawkins
Coronavirus

Competitors or Collaborators: Some School Closure Orders Look to Restrict Virtual Charters to Protect Brick-and-Mortar Schools During Coronavirus Crisis

Rachel Cohen
Coronavirus

Feeling ‘Devastated and Isolated,’ L.A. Parents Cope With Prolonged School Closures While Trying to Hold On to Their Jobs, Homeschool Their Kids

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Childcare Crisis

The Hunt Institute Releases Comprehensive Resource of State Directives for Child Care in Response to COVID-19

Leigh Giangreco
Coronavirus

Putting Rivalries Aside, Media, Education and Tech Giants Come Together to Offer Free Lessons, Activities During Pandemic — All in One Curated Place

Laura Fay
Coronavirus

For Undocumented Students, Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Learning Disruptions — and Economic Panic — With Few Avenues for Help

Mark Keierleber
Best of the Month

The 15 Best Education Articles From March: Closed Due to Coronavirus, How America’s Schools Are Rethinking Distance Learning, Student Supports, Equity & More

The 74
Coronavirus

How a News Site for Kids Is Providing Comfort — and Free Educational Content — in a Time of Uncertainty and Anxiety

Laura Fay
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