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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
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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

It’s Not Just the Flames, It’s the Air Quality: As a Million Students Are Forced out of Class Due to California Wildfires and Smoke, State Schools Chief OKs Emergency Relief

Laura Fay
#EDlection2018

After Avalanche of Mail-In and Provisional Ballots Swings Close Race, State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond to Become California’s Next State Superintendent

Laura Greanias
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: From Fiscal Anxiety in L.A. to Mysterious Gym Grades in Chicago, Stories You Missed This Month at America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
News

Primed for Amazon-Style Question Shopping, New Meridian Opens Fresh Chapter for Maligned Common Core Test

Brendan Lowe
Early Care and Education

Why Businesses Should Invest in Early Education: Dr. Sara Watson, ReadyNation International

Early Learning Nation Editors
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: 17 States’ School Improvement Plans Reviewed, Feds Issue New Parent Guide, NM Eyes Tougher Accountability & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
News

Ed Dept’s New Title IX Rules Would Set Higher Bar for Proving Sex Harassment in K-12 vs. Higher Ed; Women’s Groups Vow Opposition as 60-Day Comment Period Begins

Carolyn Phenicie
Chicago

Three Chicago Nonprofits Get $55 Million to Help Low-Income Students Graduate, Largest Gift Ever for Communities in Schools

Laura Fay
Every Student Succeeds Act

Ed Dept. Releases Parent Guide to Coming ESSA State, District Report Cards

Carolyn Phenicie
Every Student Succeeds Act

Expert Review: Some States’ ESSA School Improvement Plans Are Missing the Mark on Equity

Carolyn Phenicie
Every Student Succeeds Act

Exclusive Map: Experts Review the States That Have (and Haven’t) Developed New School Turnaround Plans Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Steve Snyder
News

New FBI Data: School-Based Hate Crimes Jumped 25 Percent Last Year — for the Second Year in a Row

Mark Keierleber
Los Angeles

L.A. District Waives $56 Fee That Parents Had to Pay for Fingerprinting, Background Checks So They Could Volunteer in Kids’ Schools

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Los Angeles

L.A. School District’s ‘Signs of Fiscal Distress’ Trigger 2 New Warnings — May Go Broke Within 3 Years

Laura Greanias
#EDlection2018

After Closely Watched Campaigns, Teachers Notch Wins and Losses — but for Some, the Fight Isn’t Over Yet

Laura Fay
News

Following Victory in Appeals Court for DACA Recipients, Will SCOTUS Consider Fate of Dreamers?

Mark Keierleber
Future of Work

The Age of Retraining: How Employers Are Working to Upskill Employees and Stave Off the Rise of the Machines

Kevin Mahnken
Inspiring

Like a Prayer: Madonna Donates $100,000 to Help Detroit Charter School Move From Church Basement Into a Building of Its Own

Lisa Nevans Locke
News

School Finance Reform Should Focus on Access to Key Programs, Not Just Money, CAP Says in New Report

Carolyn Phenicie
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Growth, Proficiency, and ‘Failing’ Schools; Help for Military Families; Why Measuring Subgroups Matters & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
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