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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
News

$15 Million to 1,000 Top Math & Science Teachers: How ‘Math for America’ Is Boosting STEM in Schools

Kei-Sygh Thomas
News

Why Fed Chair Janet Yellen Keeps Bringing Up Education as an Economic Force — and Why Not Everyone Is Thrilled

Carolyn Phenicie
The Big Picture

Why the Race to Find Bilingual Teachers? Because in Some States, 1 in 5 Students Is an English Language Learner

Kevin Mahnken
News

South Dakota to Offer College Acceptance Based on Smarter Balanced Scores

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Thousands of Parents Write Mayor De Blasio as NYC Stalls in Identifying Available Space for Charter Schools

Laura Fay
Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

‘We’re All Kings’: Inside the All-Boys High School That’s Leading D.C.’s Campaign to Help Young Men of Color

Carolyn Phenicie
Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

The 74 Interview: Councilman Vincent C. Gray on Charters, Pre-K, and Rising Tides in D.C. Schools

Carolyn Phenicie
Reinventing America's Schools – Washington D.C.

Monument Academy in D.C. Tries a New Model to Help Kids in Foster Care — a Charter Boarding School

Carolyn Phenicie
News

DeVos Rescinds Obama Sex Assault Rules, Allows Schools to Choose Proof Standard Until New One in Place

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week’s ESSA News: As 30 States Hit Federal Deadline to Submit Education Plans, Democrats Decry Process

Blair Mann
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Rory Kennedy’s New Documentary Delves Into Digital Divide Hurting America’s Poorest Students

Kathy Moore
News

On Scene: Photos Capture a Chaotic, Confusing Race to Rescue Kids From Collapsed Mexico City School

Laura Fay
Los Angeles

Ref Rodriguez Resigns in Los Angeles: Why the School Board President Stepped Down

Sarah Favot & Mike Szymanski
Richard Whitmire's THE ALUMNI

KIPP NYC College Prep: Tracking Students Through Graduation — and Then Through College — Like No One Else in America

Richard Whitmire
News

New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent From Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools

David Cantor
Inspiring

Why 600 Kids in Tennessee Are Writing Inspiring Notes (and Hashtags!) on Rocks and Placing Them All Over Town

Tim Newcomb
News

When You Learn ‘Physics First’: How 2 STEM Teachers Led Their All-Girl Engineering Team From Worst to First in Aerospace Contest

Kate Stringer
News

Singapore Math in Britain: U.K. Looks to Asian Textbooks to Raise Standards, Test Scores in 8,000 Schools

Laura Fay
The Big Picture

College Attendance Continues to Decline: 85% of College Admissions Directors Worry They Won’t Hit Enrollment Goals

Kevin Mahnken
News

39 Million Students Get High-Speed Internet, but Some Schools Still Struggle to Close the Digital Divide

Laura Fay
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