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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

Challenging Conventional Wisdom, Report Finds Promising Academic Performance in Chicago’s Growing English Learner Population

Mark Keierleber
Instagram

Designing a School Around Project-Based Learning: How NYC’s Portfolio School Reconceived Its Campus With PBL — and Intentionally Slow Growth — in Mind

Kate Stringer
Every Student Succeeds Act

Most States Are Missing Key Student Data From Their Report Cards. 3 Parent Empowerment Groups Have Advice for Making Them Better

Laura Fay
ed tech

Equity Maps App Tracks Student Discussions for Better Understanding of Dialogue Skills, Conversation Flow and Inclusion

Tim Newcomb
Inspiring

Watch: 5-Year-Old Drum Prodigy Plays With High School Marching Band — and Has Already Won a Scholarship to College

Debra West
Social-Emotional Learning

New Education Doctorate Focused on Social-Emotional Learning Is One of the First of Its Kind as Experts Call for Better Teacher Training on the Whole Child

Kate Stringer
California

Three Years After ESSA Required It, L.A. One of the Few California Districts Making Strides in Keeping Foster Students in Their Home Schools

Susan Abram
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Howard Fuller on Schooling Elizabeth Warren About Charters, African-American Families, School Choice & Her Education Plan

Beth Hawkins
News

Preschool-Age Kids Don’t Fully Grasp Federal Immigration Policy — but for Some It’s Causing Toxic Stress, Report Argues

Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

A Decade of Decline at America’s Teacher Preparation Programs: New Numbers Show Enrollment of Aspiring Educators Has Fallen By More Than a Third Since 2010

Mikhail Zinshteyn
preschool

Little Peepers Forest Preschool: Learning the World Just Outside the Doorway

K.C. Compton
The Big Picture

U.S. Students’ Scores Stagnant on International Exam, With Widening Achievement Gaps in Math and Reading

Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: A Push for Rigorous Arts Education in New York, California Districts Leading the Way on Foster Students, a Call for Better Teacher Data & More

Erika Ross
Best of 2019

19 Educators We’re Thankful We Met in 2019: Meet the Inspiring Classroom Heroes We Couldn’t Stop Raving About This Year

The 74
Best of the Month

The 12 Best Education Articles From November: Texas Looks to Take Control of Houston Schools, Segregated Pre-K Classrooms, a New Approach in Teaching Slavery & More

The 74
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

Monthly QuotED: 5 Notable Quotes That Made Education Headlines in November, From DACA to Homeless Students — and the Role of Real Estate Agents in School Segregation

Andrew Brownstein
Inspiring

A Texas Student Was Hospitalized for Leukemia. Her Classmates Gathered Up 1,500 Toys for Sick Children on the Ward

Debra West
Early Care and Education

Deborah Leong, PhD: Helping Children Use Tools of the Mind

Early Learning Nation Editors
Early Care and Education

Tonia R. Durden: Building Equitable Early Childhood Professions

Early Learning Nation Editors
Early Care and Education

Cailin O’Connor: Measuring Up – How to Track the Metrics & Data of Early Learning Communities

Early Learning Nation Editors
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