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k-12

A Ruling Against Harvard Might Not End Diversity-Based Admissions, Experts Say

Rhode Island Unlikely To Provide Universal School Meals For Public School Kids

charter schools

New Study: Charter Students Outperforming Peers at Traditional Public Schools

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

The 74 Interview

IES Director Mark Schneider on Education Research and the Future of Schools

Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning May Impact School District Legal Surge

Marianna McMurdock

COVID School Data: Mental Health Worse, Staffing Tight, Enrollment Frozen

Feds: Book Removal in Ga. School District May Have Caused ‘Hostile Environment’

Competency-Based Learning

Carnegie, ETS Team Up to Develop Competency-Based Assessments

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Early Childhood

Pre-K Enrollment Nearly Bounces Back From Pandemic Amid Push for Universal Access

134K Comments on Feds’ Trans Sports Policy Demonstrate Difficulty of Compromise

The 74 Interview

Expert: 69 years after Brown v Board, Enduring Inequalities at America’s Schools

NYC Charter School Raises Teacher Starting Salary to $140,000

Marianna McMurdock

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Can This School Board Be Saved? Author AJ Crabill Has a 5-Point Plan

Conor P. Williams

Exclusive: As Post-Pandemic Enrollment Lags, Schools Compete for Fewer Students

charter schools

Choice Supporters to Catholic Charter School Backers: ‘Proceed with Caution’

How One Florida Mom Built a School, Just for Her Son

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

$2.5M Gen Z Program Aims to Expand Career Options for High School Students

Steep Drop in Student History Scores Leaves Officials ‘Very, Very Concerned’

Exclusive: Penny Schwinn, Influential Tennessee Education Chief, to Step Down

Bill Expanding N.C. Private School Vouchers to All Kids Moves Forward in Senate

Hannah McClellan

Indiana Nears Universal ‘School Choice’ in New Budget

Following the COVID Money

In Search of Equity, Divided Ga. District Taps COVID Funds for Reading Overhaul

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures

Federal Relief Funds

District Attorney Launches Broad Criminal Probe into Stockton School Spending

Asher Lehrer-Small

40 Years Ago ‘A Nation at Risk’ Flagged a ‘Rising Tide of Mediocrity’ in Schools

Morgan Polikoff

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Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Teacher of the Year

She Didn’t Think She’d Last a Year; Now She’s the Nation’s Top Teacher

The Big Picture

Black Parents Open to New Forms of Schooling, Polling Suggests

math instruction

Parents Rate Math Crucial to Kids’ Success — But Say It Needs an Update

Despite ‘Crisis,’ States and Districts Slow to Spend $1B in Mental Health Funds

charter schools

Oklahoma Board Sidesteps Final Decision on Religious Charter School

Teacher of the Year

In and Out of Class, These Top Teachers ‘Thrive Off Connections’ With Students

America’s Child Care Crunch: How States Are Looking to Aid the System

Elaine S. Povich

California Sees 9% Increase in Homeless Students

Joe Hong & Erica Yee

Biden Plan Would Forbid Across-the-Board School Bans on Transgender Athletes

Declines in Math Readiness Underscore the Urgency of Math Awareness

National Report Finds That Children in Alaska are Struggling

Sophia Carlisle

Competing K–12 Visions Collide in Chicago Mayor’s Race

‘The Wild West’: GOP Lawmakers Push to Refuse Billions in Federal School Funds

The Big Picture

Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?

GOP Parents Rights Bill Passes House, But Faces Likely ‘Dead End’ in Senate

K-12 Funding Increase Takes First Step Forward in Alaska House

Classical Academies: What if Education’s Next Big Thing is 2,500 Years Old?

As Testing Approaches, Tenn. Reconsiders Holding Back Third Graders

special education

Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Deaf Man in Special Education Case

Public School Enrollment Dropped by 1.2M During the Pandemic

The Big Picture

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

Carvalho Faces ‘Defining Moment’ as L.A.’s Largest Unions Prepare to Strike

In Rare Move, New Mexico Adds Weeks’ Worth of Extra K-12 Class Time

Despite Union Opposition, Many California Teachers Support Dyslexia Screening For All Students

Showdown Over Biden’s Education Budget Likely as Conservatives Call for Cuts

Parents’ Bill of Rights: Amid Hot Debate, Democrats File Alternative to GOP Bill

New Testing Data Show K-12 Student Performance Dropped Dramatically in Missouri

Annelise Hanshaw

Whole Child NC Committee Plans to Make Recommendations to State Board in June

Florida School Choice Bill Has a Hidden Reform: Part-Time Enrollment

House GOP Pushes Parents Bill of Rights, But Some Advocates Call it ‘Tone Deaf’

Nebraska Lawmaker Proposes Expanding NEST 529 Plans to K-12 Private Education

design-based education

Q&A: Why Virtual Learning Will Thrive Long After the Pandemic

Supreme Court Skeptical Biden Has Authority to Cancel Student Loan Debt

February 28, 2023

South by Southwest Education

South by Southwest Education: 23 Panels & Sessions Worth Seeing in 2023

February 28, 2023

New Oklahoma Legal Opinion Leaves Vote on Catholic Charter School in Limbo

February 27, 2023

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

February 27, 2023

The Decades-Old Debate Over Breaking Up Hawaii’s Statewide School System

Jessica Terrell

February 24, 2023

In Debt Relief Case, U.S. To Argue Borrowers ‘Suffered Profound Financial Harms’

February 23, 2023

‘It’s Erasing History’: Daryl Scott on Black Studies and the AP Clash in Florida

February 23, 2023

Once a Charter Fan, Democratic Leader Jeffries Expected to ‘Downplay’ Support

February 21, 2023

Title I Funding Has Doubled — But Its Most Potent Formula Is Stuck in the Past

Anne Hyslop & Rebeca Shackleford

February 21, 2023

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Marianna McMurdock

February 21, 2023

Foxx Says She Won’t Support Democrats’ ‘Top-Down’ Teacher Pay Plan

February 16, 2023

education politics

Under Huckabee Sanders, Red-State Reforms Now Roll Through Arkansas

February 16, 2023

Following the COVID Money

Stockton School Officials Could Face Criminal Charges After Blistering Audit

February 15, 2023

education savings accounts

National Poll Finds Overwhelming Support Among Black Teachers & Parents for ESAs

February 15, 2023

Following the COVID Money

Stockton, CA: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

February 14, 2023

Nearly 1 in 5 Teen Girls ‘Engulfed’ In Wave of Sexual Violence; Many Suicidal

Marianna McMurdock

February 13, 2023

Montana House Advances Obscenity Bill That Would Subject School Employees to Criminal Liability

February 12, 2023

teacher shortage

Teachers Are Leaving the Profession for a Mix of Reasons, Say Lawmakers and Education Officials

McKenna Horsley

February 9, 2023

education savings accounts

Education Savings Account Bills Fail in Virginia House and Senate

Nathaniel Cline

February 9, 2023

The Big Picture

NCES: 49% of Students Started Year Below Grade Level, Usually in Math, Reading

February 9, 2023

Q&A: Khan Academy’s Sal Khan on COVID’s Staggering Impact on Student Math Skills

February 8, 2023

Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT Scores a C+ At the University of Minnesota Law School. Now What?

February 7, 2023

Arizona Parents are Using Public Ed $ for Kayaks, Trampolines & SeaWorld Tickets

February 7, 2023

Michigan May Reverse Law Requiring 3rd-Graders Behind in Reading to Repeat Grade

Allison Donahue

February 4, 2023

Education Bills Seeking to Overhaul School Curriculum Advance in Indiana Legislature

February 3, 2023

Teaching History

How Educators Can Help Kids Make Sense of Tyre Nichols’s Death

Marianna McMurdock

February 2, 2023

Homeschooling 2.0: Less Religious and Conservative, More Focused on Quality

February 2, 2023

The Big Picture

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

February 1, 2023

Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher

January 31, 2023

One Florida Principal’s Solution to Teacher Shortages? Recruiting His Students

January 31, 2023

education politics

In 2022 Midterms, Career Ed Emerged as Rare Source of Bipartisan Agreement

January 31, 2023

After Years of Debate, Iowa Passes Statewide Education Savings Account Program

January 27, 2023

Department of Education

Cardona Calls for Better Teacher Pay, More Multilingualism in Speech

January 24, 2023

National School Choice Week

Study Finds School Vouchers Decrease Racial Segregation in Ohio Classrooms

January 24, 2023

Cardona’s Tutoring Charge, 1 Year Later: Some Progress, but Obstacles Remain

January 24, 2023

National School Choice Week

Seizing on Parents’ Frustration, GOP Govs Push for ‘Education Savings Accounts’

January 23, 2023

child vaccinations

Child Vaccination Rates, Already Down Because of COVID, Fall Again

Christine Vestal

January 20, 2023

Cassidy, New GOP Education Leader, Will Focus on Reading Disabilities

January 19, 2023

special education

SCOTUS Could Change the Rights of Students with Disabilities to Sue for Damages

January 18, 2023

District-University Partnership Shakes Up St. Louis School Leadership

Marianna McMurdock

January 18, 2023

SCOTUS Considers When Students With Disabilities Can Sue for Damages

January 17, 2023

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