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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
Building Integrated Classrooms

74 Interview: NYC Schools Chief Richard Carranza Talks Integration, Smart Parents, Renewal Schools, and Quality Assurance Across 1,800 Schools

David Cantor
News

Snapshot: How Many Students in the Public School System Are Homeless?

Kate Stringer
News

‘There Is an Open Question’: Four Religious School Choice Cases That Could Face SCOTUS and Kavanaugh

Carolyn Phenicie
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: After Near-Miss in Seattle, LAUSD Teachers May Be Next to Strike; Carranza Set to Approve Integration Plan for Brooklyn Schools — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
Los Angeles

‘LAUSD Is Not Too Big to Fail’: School Board Alarmed by Dire Financial Projections — and Warning of Possible ‘Fiscal Adviser’

Laura Greanias
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Sen. Cory Booker on Teacher Quality, Celebrity Star Power, and Why His Newark School Reforms Were Actually a Success

Laura McKenna
News

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Cory Booker Speaks Out About Newark School Reform, Equity, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Millions Ahead of a Possible Run for the Presidency

Laura McKenna
The Big Picture

Private School Advantages Overhyped, Study Says, Offering Fodder to Vouchers’ Critics

Kevin Mahnken
Inspiring

Cool to Be Kind: At Schools Across America, Embracing Kindness as the Theme for the Start of the School Year

Meredith Nelson
News

Pencils, Notebooks — and Flu Shots? After Last Year’s Deadly Flu Outbreak, Many Schools Are Building the Flu Vaccine Into Their Back-to-Class Routine

Laura Fay
News

‘In God We Trust’: Since 2017, Several States Have Passed Bills Requiring (or Allowing) the Display in Schools, Reigniting Church-State Debate

Taylor Swaak
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Journalist Roland Martin Talks His New Digital News Platform, Giving Voice to the Voiceless & Being a School Reformer Since Childhood

Mimi Woldeyohannes
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

New School Year, New Priorities at America’s 15 Biggest School Districts: From L.A. to NYC, the Most Pressing Issues Awaiting Educators in September

Andrew Brownstein
News

Nearly a Third of Kids With Food Allergies Have Been Bullied Because of Them. Here’s How One Student Handles It

Laura Fay
This Week in Education Politics

This Week In Education Politics: The Senate Holds Confirmation Hearings on SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Apprenticeships, ‘Playful Learning’ & More

Carolyn Phenicie
Best of the Month

Best of August: The 11 Most Popular Articles About Students, School Safety, and Family Engagement We Published This Month

The 74
The Big Picture

Citizenship as a Classroom Priority: New Gallup Poll Shows 74 Percent of Superintendents Say ‘Preparing Engaged Citizens’ Has Become a Major Challenge For Their Districts

Kate Stringer
News

The 5 Ways DeVos’s Reported New Title IX Rules Would Change Sex Assault Investigations

Carolyn Phenicie
2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Student Injured in Shooting Outside Denver Middle School; At Least 43 Killed and 82 Injured at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Questioning Florida’s Still-Unapproved Education Plan, Using ESSA to Arm Educators With Weapons & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
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