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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
California

Latest Version of Sweeping California Charter School Bill Waters Down Original Draft, Is ‘Setting the Clock of Progress Way Back,’ Opponent Says

Mikhail Zinshteyn
California

Equity Advocates Push Back at CSU Hearing on New Admissions Requirement: ‘We’ll Just Be Re-Creating The Same Systemic Inequities That Already Exist’

Taylor Swaak
News

Migrant Children Separated From Parents Experienced Severe Trauma, Government Watchdog Finds. Here’s What That Means for America’s Schools

Mark Keierleber
Inspiring

Kansas Second-Grader Takes the Hand of a Child in Need on the First Day of School — and Captures the Nation’s Heart

Debra West
The Big Picture

Elite Schools, Prized by Parents and Politicians Alike, May Actually Hurt Disadvantaged Students More Than They Help, New Research Shows

Kevin Mahnken
The Big Picture

Secessions Have Heightened the Racial Divide Between Southern School Districts, New Research Shows

Kevin Mahnken
The B.A. Breakthrough

Charters and District Schools Share Strategies on Getting Low-Income Students Through College, Putting Uneasiness Aside

Richard Whitmire
News

This Summer’s ESSA News Special Edition: From Innovative Testing to School Spending Transparency to the Feds Falling Short, 10 Stories You Might Have Missed

The 74
New York

From Threats to Gifted & Talented Programs to a State Audit of Special Ed: NYC School Headlines Worth Watching as 2019-20 Begins

Taylor Swaak
Connecticut

Connecticut One of 20 States Leading the Charge on Creating Open Education Resources That Stretch From K-12 to College

Debra West
Best of the Month

The 14 Best Education Stories We Published This Summer: Assault Victims Being Punished at School, Reinventing HS Transcripts, a Year Inside America’s Top Teacher Mentoring Program & More

The 74
preschool

Tiny Trees Preschoolers Get to Know Their World, Rain or Shine

K.C. Compton
early learning

The Mind-Building Magic of a Muddy Childhood

K.C. Compton
4Fams

WATCH — Back-to-School Tips for Parents: 11 Videos That Define, Demystify and Explain Complex Classroom Issues, Policies and Strategies

The 74
The Big Picture

States With End-of-Course Exams See Gains in Student Graduation Rates, Fordham Report Finds

Mark Keierleber
News

As Trump Pushes to Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely, Advocates Fear Expansion of Already-Inadequate Schooling

Carolyn Phenicie
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

Monthly QuotED: 8 Notable Quotes That Made Education Headlines in August, From a Biden Gaffe to Teacher Pay — and Moms Who Are Cool About the Start of School

Andrew Brownstein
Best of the Month

The 7 Best Education Articles From August: The Fall of Puerto Rico’s Schools Chief, How Parents Use Social Media to Navigate the Special Ed World, Combating Summer Melt & More

The 74
Inspiring

‘I Learned a Lot From You, Even If I Didn’t Act Like It’: Ex-Student Finds Newly Retired Teacher on Twitter & Thanks Her for Shaping His Life

Debra West
News

Building a Smarter (and Cheaper) School Bus System: How a Boston-MIT Partnership Led to New Routes That Are 20% More Efficient and Saved the District $5 Million

Tim Newcomb
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