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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
Reinventing America's Schools – New Orleans

74 Interview: NOLA Schools Chief on Unifying City Schools and Differing With DeVos on Choice

Carolyn Phenicie
charter grants

Education Department Awards More Than $250 Million in Charter Grants; Winners Include Success, IDEA

Carolyn Phenicie
Best of the Month

The Best of September: Our 7 Most Popular Articles (and Videos) of the Month

The 74
News

Ghost Trees & ‘The Big One’: How to Teach Students About Major 9.0 Earthquake Due Right in Their Own Backyard

Kate Stringer
News

New Research: Hiring More Teachers of Color and Raising the Teacher Hiring Bar Not Mutually Exclusive

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules School Funding Inequity Lawsuit Must Go to Trial

Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: Massachusetts Plan Wins Approval, Florida Tries Waiver Workaround

Blair Mann
News

KIPP NYC Says It’s Investigating Allegations of Past Sexual Misconduct in Letter to Students & Families

Laura Fay
News

8 Things We Know About the High School Stabbing in NYC That Left One Student Dead, Another Critically Injured

Mark Keierleber
News

Taking Community College Classes in HS Is a Boon for Students — 90% Go On to Higher Ed, New Study Finds

Mark Keierleber
News

Empty Cabinet: Education Department Has Highest Top Staff Vacancy Rate, at 80%

Carolyn Phenicie
The Big Picture

The City Amazon Should Choose for Its Next Headquarters (If It’s Looking for College Grads With STEM Degrees)

Mark Keierleber
News

With Deadline Days Away, Fixes Floundering for Federal Health, Early Ed Programs Serving 9M Kids

Carolyn Phenicie
News

New SAT Doesn’t Change Link Between Achievement Gap and Weak College Readiness

David Cantor
Bill de Blasio

From Teachers to Nurses, NYC Has ‘Bent the Arc’ of Union Health Care Costs — but Was It Sacrifice or Good Timing?

David Cantor
Every Student Succeeds Act

37 States Are Using Their ESSA Plans to Crack Down on Chronic Student Absences. So How Will They Do It?

Carolyn Phenicie
Inspiring

Free Clothes, Backpacks, Supplies & Books Come to Needy LA Kids Courtesy of Operation School Bell

Tim Newcomb
Richard Whitmire's THE ALUMNI

Green Dot Public Schools: Not Just About Getting Students Into College, but Getting Them Into the Right Ones and Keeping Them There

Richard Whitmire
News

Record Heat Wave Closes Schools Across 5 States: What Research Says About Kids Being Too Hot to Learn

Laura Fay
Social-Emotional Learning

Social-Emotional Learning Helps Students Succeed, but by How Much? New Report Looks for Answers

Kate Stringer
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