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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
Nevada

All In on School Climate: New Searchable Database Lets Nevada Parents and Teachers Compare School Culture & Students’ SEL Skills

Bekah McNeel
Instagram

Inside the Chicago Teacher Strike: Sights & Sounds From the First Days

Meghan Gallagher
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From Florida’s Governor Pushing to ‘Eliminate Common Core’ to New EPA Rules Mandating School Water Testing, the Education News You Missed This Week at America’s Top Districts

Laura Fay
Inspiring

California Girl Kicks 30-Yard Field Goal, Wins Chick-Fil-A for a Year, Gives Prize to Opposing Coach Battling Cancer

Debra West
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Class, Race & the Pursuit of College. Veteran Journalist Paul Tough Addresses Higher Ed Admissions, Mobility Myths and What His Critics at the College Board Get Wrong

Greg Toppo
Texas

John King Talks Teacher Diversity, Student Engagement, Budgeting, School Autonomy — and ‘Fauxtonomy’ — at Texas Education Reform Summit

Bekah McNeel
Featured

Photo History: Nearly Two Years Into ‘Red for Ed,’ Memorable Scenes From the Ongoing Wave of Teacher Protests

Meghan Gallagher
News

This Week’s ESSA News: Preschool Programs More Segregated Than K-12 Schools, Montana Receives $50 Million Literacy Grant, Failing Foster Kids & More

Erika Ross
Florida

Florida’s Post-Parkland Experiment: To Deter Mass Shootings, Some School Districts Are Creating Their Own Police Departments

Mark Keierleber
Denver

‘Is School Choice the Black Choice?’ It’s Time for the Black Community to Band Together to Reform Education From the Bottom Up, Leaders Say at Denver Town Hall

Emmeline Zhao
News

Illinois Once Required Teachers to Be Paid a Minimum Salary of Just $10,000. A New Law Raised It to $40,000. So Why Isn’t Everyone Happy?

Carolyn Phenicie
News

With a Wealthy, Mostly White Suburb’s Vote to Withdraw, East Baton Rouge Schools a Step Closer to Fourth School Secession

Beth Hawkins
EDlection 2020

Former Obama Ed Secretaries Urge More Details on Democrats’ Big Education Spending Proposals

Carolyn Phenicie
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From Virginia Lawsuits Over Secluding Kids to New SCOTUS Briefs Advocating for DACA Students and Teachers, News You Might Have Missed This Week From America’s Top Districts

Laura Fay
Denver

Is Denver’s Era of Education Reform Coming to an End? Outsider School Board Candidates Aim to ‘Flip the Board’ This November

Kevin Mahnken
Inspiring

Watch: Florida Teen Asks Girlfriend to Homecoming Dance, and the World Goes Wild — ‘Down Syndrome Does Not Limit Them’

Debra West
The Big Picture

As California Law Looks to End Remedial Education, New Studies Show State’s Community Colleges Showing Uneven Progress in Adopting Math & English Reforms

Mikhail Zinshteyn
News

When It Comes to Maximizing School Funds, Ed Talking Heads at Policy Event Trumpet Choice, Transparency and a Quick Game of ‘Would You Rather?’

Carolyn Phenicie
Keeping it 100

The 74, Roland Martin and Partners Look to Denver as the Sixth Stop in Their National Town Hall Education Series

The 74
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: State Leaders Growing Anxious Over Financial Reviews of Lagging Districts, Feds Announce $123 Million in Innovation Grants & More

Erika Ross
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