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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

New ‘Redshirting’ Study Reveals That Boys Are Held Back More Than Girls — and It’s Actually Helping to Close an Achievement Gap Between the Genders

Kevin Mahnken
News

When Families and Schools Work Together, Students Do Better. New Report Has 5 Ways of Engaging Parents in Their Kids’ Education

Kate Stringer
News

Diploma Double-Down: New Orleans’s KIPP Renaissance High School Plans to Graduate the Class of 2020 as Juniors — College Juniors

Beth Hawkins
Los Angeles

Hundreds of Los Angeles High School Students to Cast Their First Ballot at This Week’s ‘Ready to Vote Party’

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Every Student Succeeds Act

Nearly 30 Percent of Teachers Are Chronically Absent. How Rhode Island Is Using ESSA to Move the Needle

Taylor Swaak
News

Students Ratify School Safety Bill of Rights Calling for New Gun Control, Mental Health Programs

Carolyn Phenicie
#EDlection2018

From ESA Expansion to School Safety Bonds: The 12 Education Ballot Questions Voters Will Consider on Nov. 6

Carolyn Phenicie
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Ed Policy and U.S. Senate Race, School Improvement Grants, Dueling Accountability Systems in Indiana & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: School News You Missed This Week From America’s 15 Biggest Districts, Including Teacher Pay, Testing & an Unexpected Apology

Andrew Brownstein
Building Integrated Classrooms

Texas, 78207: America’s Most Radical School Integration Experiment

Beth Hawkins
#EDlection2018

South Carolina Voters Will Soon Elect State K-12 Chief — and Decide If They Should Never Do It Again

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Amid Post-Parkland Calls for School-Based Police, $500,000 Settlement Gives Critics Reason for Caution

Mark Keierleber
New York City

12 Surprising Quotes From New York City Schools Chief Richard Carranza, From Gifted & Talented to His Union Boss Best Buddy

Brendan Lowe
Los Angeles

English Learners in California Remain at the Bottom on New State Test Scores — & It’s Even Worse for Students in L.A.

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Inspiring

2 Teachers Form Running Club to Bring Physical Fitness & Confidence to Elementary School Students in Poor, Rural Section of Louisiana

Tiffany Lagerstrom
2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Killed, 1 Injured in Shooting in Nashville High School Parking Lot; At Least 45 Killed and 87 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber
The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Sen. Maggie Hassan on Moms in Congress, Advocating for Kids With Disabilities, and Special Ed & Classroom Innovation

Beth Hawkins
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Moves a Step Closer to Teacher Strike as Mediation Ends & District Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Union

Laura Greanias
Massachusetts

Author of ‘The Fight for the Best Charter Public Schools in the Nation’ Talks Confronting Hard Truths About Growing Massachusetts Charters

The 74
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Government Issues Parent Letter About New Education Law, Low Grad Rate High Schools Escape Scrutiny & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
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