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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
The Big Picture

Study: Gaps in Civics Performance Between Black and White Students Deepened in NCLB Era

Kevin Mahnken
News

Anxiety Looms for Thousands of Migrant Teachers as Trump Administration Pushes ‘Zero Tolerance’ Enforcement of Visa Program

Mario Koran
Los Angeles

The Path to Excelencia: In Los Angeles, One School Leader’s Mission to Motivate English Language Learners to Succeed

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
Best of the Month

Best of June: The 7 Most Popular Articles About Students, Integration, and the Supreme Court We Published This Month

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2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

2 Teens Injured in Shooting Outside Montana High School; At Least 41 Killed and 76 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: Teachers at Los Angeles’s Lowest-Performing Schools Often Don’t Get Evaluated — and When They Do, Most Do Well, Group Finds; 2 Chicago Teachers Removed in Sex Abuse Probe — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: New Rules to Track Chronic Absenteeism, Civil Rights Groups Voice Concerns Over States’ Plans, California in Purgatory & More

Blair Mann
News

Attorney General Sessions Announces $25 Million in Additional School Safety Funds, Saying Grants ‘Will Serve Both Safety and Peace of Mind’

Taylor Swaak
Inspiring

Decades After a Civil Rights Leader’s Murder in Washington, a 10-Year-Old Stumbled Upon His Plaque — and Restored His Place in History

Meredith Nelson
2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Guns at School: After 41 Deaths & 74 Injuries in 2018, What We’ve Learned From Tracking Six Months of School Shootings

Mark Keierleber
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: CA Legislators Offer Teachers Unions More Protections as Supreme Court Ruling Looms; Charter School Founded by Southwest Key Wants to Educate Immigrant Kids at Nonprofit’s Shelters — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
This Week in Education Politics

The Week Ahead in Education Politics: Teachers Unions Await SCOTUS Janus Ruling, Senate Rewrites Career & Technical Ed Law, House Talks Ed-Labor Merger & More

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Federal School Safety Commission Examines the Link Between Violent Video Games, News and School Violence

Mark Keierleber
#EDlection2018

‘We Just Haven’t Seen a Race Like This’: How Education — and Differing Visions of School Reform — Has Become a Key Issue for Democrats in Colorado’s Governor Primary

Carolyn Phenicie
News

The Department of Education and the Workforce: Why Trump Officials Are Looking to Merge Two Agencies, With a Focus on Better Developing a Modern Workforce

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Child Immigrants in Federal Custody Are Entitled to an Education. Here’s How it Works

Mark Keierleber
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: South Florida Schools Scrambling to Hire Police Officers; IL Lawmakers Lash Out at Chicago Schools Over Sexual Abuse of Students — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
Personalized Learning

New Research: Despite Great Enthusiasm for Personalized Learning, Teachers Say Attempts to Innovate Are Often Stymied by School District Bureaucracy

Kate Stringer
The Big Picture

Study: Multi-Year Gates Experiment to Improve Teacher Effectiveness Spent $575 Million, Didn’t Make an Impact

Kevin Mahnken
Janus v. AFSCME

Exclusive: Poll Shows Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Would Support Supreme Court Striking Down Mandatory Union Dues in Janus Case; Majority of Union Households Agree

Kate Stringer
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