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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
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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

With Eye Toward Trump, King Urges Advocates to Stand Together for Public Education

Carolyn Phenicie
News

$20B Needed to Provide High-Quality Head Start, Fix State-to-State Inequities, Report Finds

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Survey Results: Private, Charter School Parents More Satisfied Than District School Parents

Kate Stringer
WA Charters

Video: ‘Rescuing Washington’s Charter Schools’ Tells Story of Parents’ Determination

The 74
WA Charters

Washington State Charter School Supporters, Opponents Look Ahead to a Critical Year

Kate Stringer
News

Yes, Poor Students Get Worse Teachers, but That Doesn’t Explain Most of the Achievement Gap

Matt Barnum
News

Betsy DeVos Promises to “Make Education Great Again” — but When Was It Great?

Matt Barnum
News

States Must Target Racial Disparities in Districts’ Treatment of Special Ed Students, Feds Say

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Finding Success in Failure: STEM Educators Say Student Risk-Taking Is Key to Real-World Learning

Kate Stringer
News

Is School Segregation Getting Worse? By Some Measures, No — but It’s Not Getting Any Better

Matt Barnum
News

DeVos Poised to Take Over Ed Department as Civil Rights Complaints Surge and Advocates Worry

Mark Keierleber
News

NCTQ Finds College Teacher-Training Programs Not Selective Enough, Leave Grads Unprepared

Mark Keierleber
News

Pumped for Programming: ‘Hour of Code’ Highlights the Need for Computer Science Education

Naomi Nix
The Founders By Richard Whitmire

A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: How 4 Visionary Entrepreneurs Joined Forces to Launch Uncommon Schools

Richard Whitmire
Inspiring

Teen Uses Bar Mitzvah Gift to Buy 400 Pairs of New Sneakers for Entire Elementary School

Nathania Johnson
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Louisiana Schools Chief John White on ESSA, School Closures and Local Control in NOLA

Matt Barnum
News

Once Largely Ignored, New Orleans Special Ed Students Find Meaning and Skills After High School

Beth Hawkins
News

U.S. Students’ Math Scores Drop on International Exam, World Ranking Falls to No. 35

Carolyn Phenicie
News

Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year Makes Just $35,419 — and He Won’t Get a Big Raise Anytime Soon

Matt Barnum
Inspiring

CA High School Creates Gift for Blind Senior: a One-of-a-Kind Braille Yearbook She Can Read

Nathania Johnson
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