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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
Civics

From Disaster Aid to Lettuce Trees, Teens Win Grants to Tackle Local Problems

Lauren Wagner
NAEP

Students’ Skills — and Interest — in Science Tumble in First Post-COVID Test

Linda Jacobson
Future of High School

COVID Worsened Long Decline in 12th-Graders’ Reading, Math Skills

Greg Toppo
Trump Administration

Half of the States Won’t Comply with Trump’s Push to Defund Schools over DEI

Hilary Lustick
North Carolina

EduBuilder Will Support Expansion of Private Schools Across NC

Mebane Rash
childcare

Apprenticeships Aimed at Boosting Child Care Careers Have Been Flourishing

Alina Tugend
staffing innovation

Team Teaching Model Aims to Help Michigan Schools Retain Teachers

Martin Slagter
Colorado

Banana Phones & Cozy Corners: Colorado’s 3rd year of Universal Pre-K Gets Off the Ground

Ann Schimke
education issues

Ten Education Issues to Watch at the Start of the School Year

Mebane Rash
Los Angeles

Parents Sued LAUSD Over Remote Learning. How the Settlement Will Benefit Students

Carolyn Jones
Hawaii

Kamehameha Schools’ Admission Policies May Face Legal Challenge

Blaze Lovell & Megan Tagami
Vaccines

The New COVID Vaccine Rules Leave Parents with More Questions than Answers

Barbara Rodriguez
California

LAUSD Sees Significant Increase in Students Using Mental Health Services

Vani Sanganeria
North Carolina

North Carolina Students See Test Scores, Graduation Rates Rise

Ahmed Jallow
School (In)Security

Another School Year, Another School Shooting

Mark Keierleber
Alberto Carvalho

‘We’ve Been Successful at Protecting Our Kids’: Los Angeles Unified Claims Safety From ICE So Far

Ben Chapman
Head Start

Bringing Head Start to College

Mark Swartz
Katrina

John White on New Orleans Schools’ ‘Protracted March Toward a Basic Civil Right’

Beth Hawkins
childhood health

Confusion as Kids Head Back to School and RFK Jr. Calls the Shots on Vaccines

Amanda Geduld

Young Readers Leap, Middle Schoolers Sink as Indiana Fights Back From Pandemic

Patrick O’Donnell
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