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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
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From Texas’s Dramatic Takeover of Houston Schools to the Learning Problems That Followed Flint’s Lead Poisoning, Education News You Missed This Week at America’s Top Districts

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

EDlection2019: Democrats Enjoy Big Wins in Kentucky and Virginia, and Reform Foes ‘Flip the Board’ in Denver

Kevin Mahnken
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Scores Show Latino Students Falling Behind, New York Failing to Report Foster Youth Data, the Tricky Process Behind ‘Innovative’ Assessments & More

Erika Ross
News

Are Minorities Over-identified for Special Ed? Or Under-identified? As DeVos Implements Obama-Era Regulation, Research Suggests a Third Answer: ‘It’s Complicated’

Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

Report: Few Black and Latino Children Are Served by High-Quality State Preschool Programs

Mark Keierleber
Inspiring

Florida Teacher’s Kindness Squad Spreads Joy, Prevents Bullying & Teaches Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom, in School and Beyond

Debra West
California

Teacher Residency and Federal Dollars: One Approach to Solving the Rural Teacher Shortage

Mikhail Zinshteyn
New York

A Manhattan High School Reframes How Slavery Is Taught Using The New York Times’s 1619 Project

Taylor Swaak
Best Practices

Early Childhood Alliance Onondaga: A Master Class in Cross-Sector Coalition Building

K.C. Compton
Virginia

A Program That Successfully Propels Low-Income Students to (and Through) College Starts Its Work Years Before High School

Richard Whitmire
Cleveland

One Under-the-Radar Factor That School Systems Showing Progress on NAEP Have in Common: Leaders From Chiefs for Change

Beth Hawkins
News

2019 Election Preview: 5 Big ‘Off-Year’ Races to Watch With Major Implications for Schools, Students and Education Policy

The 74
News

With DACA Headed to Supreme Court Next Week, Activist Jose Antonio Vargas Urges Immigrant Students to Be Courageous

Mark Keierleber
Best of the Month

The 13 Best Education Articles From October: A New Model for School Integration, Elizabeth Warren’s Controversial Education Plan, Closing the Word Gap & More

The 74
Los Angeles

Inside the L.A. Nonprofit Whose ‘Cradle to Career’ Programs Helped the City’s Neediest Students Before Its Abrupt Closure

Josh Sanburn
Inspiring

Ohio Elementary School Teacher’s Lesson in Fire Safety Saves First-Grader’s Life

Debra West
ed tech

For 30 Million Teachers, Coaches, Parents & Students, Remind Enables Secure 2-Way Communication in 6 Languages. It Delivers Academic Content, Too

Tim Newcomb
News

Texas Kids Denied Special Ed Supports 52% Less Likely to Graduate From HS, 38% Less Likely to Go to College, Shocking New Study Finds

Beth Hawkins
Instagram

Adorable: At Schools Across America, a New Halloween Tradition — Students Choosing Teachers’ Costumes

Meghan Gallagher
The Big Picture

A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores, Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results

Kevin Mahnken
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