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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
California

California Increased Paid Family Leave Payments. Now, More Parents Are Taking Advantage

Elly Yu
Indiana

Indiana Middle Schoolers’ English Scores Have Fallen. These Schools are Bucking the Trend.

Samantha Camire
Trump Administration

Decision to Unfreeze Migrant Education Money Comes too Late for Some Kids

Nada Hassanein
Texas

Texas Passed a Bible-Themed Curriculum. But Many Districts Aren’t Using It

Linda Jacobson
education

Penny Schwinn Drops Out of the Running for Ed Department’s Deputy Role

Linda Jacobson
Oklahoma

Oklahoma Schools Chief Ryan Walters Denies Responsibility for Explicit Images

Nadra Nittle
special education

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?

Lauren Wagner & Beth Hawkins
California

Several Contenders Enter Race for California Schools Chief

Carolyn Jones
COVID recovery

Report: ‘A Mixed Picture’ in Pandemic Recovery for American Children

Jessika Harkay
Future of High School

With Welding Tools and a Time Clock, Giving New Mexico Kids Leg Up on the Future

Beth Hawkins
Indiana

Federal Funds for Low-Performing Schools Would be Redirected Under Indiana Flexibility Request

Aleksandra Appleton
learning loss

Exclusive: Majority-Black Schools See Some Gains, But Recovery Not ‘Fast Enough’

Linda Jacobson
music education

Inside Grammy Camp, Where Teens Learn the Music Biz

The 74
California

Trump Cuts ‘Lifeline’ for 80,000 California Migrant Students

Carolyn Jones
immigration

From Head Start to Adult Ed, Trump Narrows Pathway for Undocumented Students

Jo Napolitano
libraries

Efforts to Restrict or Protect Libraries Both Grew This Year

Robbie Sequeira
higher education

Indiana’s College-Going Rate Drops Again, Dipping to 51.7%

Casey Smith
mississippi

Welcome to Mississippi Child Care Crisis

Leonardo Bevilacqua
University of Chicago

More Than Half the States Have Issued AI Guidance for Schools

Madyson Fitzgerald
U.S. Department of Education

Education Dept. Lifts Freeze on Remaining Federal Funds

Linda Jacobson
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