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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
News

New Study: Suspending Students for Minor Infractions Like Cursing Hurts Kids but Benefits Nobody

Mark Keierleber
News

The Little-Known Education Legacy of John McCain, a ‘Great Champion’ of School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

Monthly QuotED: 9 Notable Quotes That Made Education Headlines in August, From Security to Suspensions — and the Proper Way to Order a Philly Cheesesteak

Andrew Brownstein
News

Gates Foundation Announces $92 Million Going to School Networks Working to Boost High School Graduation, College Enrollment

Carolyn Phenicie
The Big Picture

New Poll: For First Time Ever, a Majority of American Parents Do Not Want Their Children to Become Public School Teachers

Kate Stringer
Inspiring

What Did This Ohio Teacher Do During His Summer Vacation? He Rowed Across the Atlantic Ocean — and Set a World Record

Meredith Nelson
2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Killed, 2 Injured in Florida Shooting, One of Three Recent Incidents of HS Football Violence; At Least 43 Killed and 81 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber
News

LAUSD Is Now Diverting $2,300 Per Student to Cover Health Insurance Costs — 36 Percent More Than 5 Years Ago. Why the School Board Is Rushing to Avert a ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
News

In McAllen, Texas, Hotbed of Immigration Enforcement, All-Latino District Gets an A on State’s New School Report Card

Beth Hawkins
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Lists Lowest-Performing Schools for First Time Ever, Concerns Over Free Lunch as Poverty Metric & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
Every Student Succeeds Act

Educators Hoped ESSA’s ‘5th Indicator’ Would Paint a Clearer Picture of Student Success. But With Some States Now Choosing Up to 11 Different Measures, Experts Worry Results Are a ‘Hodgepodge’

Taylor Swaak
News

Facing a ‘Really Big Issue,’ Senators Push for First Federal Survey of the Condition of U.S. Schools Since 1995

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Democrats Move to Block Reported DeVos Proposal to Spend Federal Dollars on Guns for Schools, Education Department Calls It a ‘Hypothetical Scenario’

Carolyn Phenicie
News

From School Security to Opting Out: 7 Interesting Pending Amendments to the Senate Education Spending Bill

Carolyn Phenicie
#EDlection2018

WI Senator and Senate Education Committee Member Tammy Baldwin in Increasingly Tight Race Targeted by Republicans

Carolyn Phenicie
Inspiring

WATCH: Teachers Go Back to School With Harry Potter — and It Works Magic on Their Students!

Kate Stringer
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: LAUSD Teachers to Cast Ballots This Week in Strike-Authorization Vote; Hurricane Lane Forces School Closures in Hawaii — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
The Big Picture

New Study Shows States That Veered From Common Core Adopted Weaker Academic Standards

Kevin Mahnken
News

In Age of Trump, Bill Gates Uses Blog to Highlight Teacher Voice, Programs Helping Immigrant, Refugee Children

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Why a Boston Teachers College Is Sending Its Students to Northern Ireland to Learn About a Child Trauma Program That Could Help U.S. Kids, Too

Kate Stringer
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