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Mark Keierleber is an investigative reporter at The 74.

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Former Parkland Principal Calls For Wellness Centers in Every School

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Controversial Gunshot Detectors on Minneapolis Schools, Cyber Attack Reveals

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

How Leaked School Security Maps Could Put Minneapolis Kids in Danger

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Minneapolis Data Breach a ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ after Ransomware Attack

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

The Education Community Braced for Guidance on Student Discipline. It Never Came

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Shannon Watts on the Power Moms Wield to Stop School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Days After Missed Ransomware Deadline, Stolen MN Schools’ Files Appear Online

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat

Mark Keierleber

School (In)Security

Trove of L.A. Students’ Mental Health Records Posted to Dark Web After Cyber Hack

Mark Keierleber

February 22, 2023

School (In)Security

5 Years After Parkland, Police Still Lack Procedures on Stopping Mass Shooters

Mark Keierleber

February 13, 2023

School (In)Security

The Latest School ‘Weapons Detection’ Tech Can Miss Serious Threats, Experts Say

Mark Keierleber

January 30, 2023

Student Privacy

Gaggle Drops LGBTQ Keywords from Student Surveillance Tool Following Bias Concerns

Mark Keierleber

January 27, 2023

School (In)Security

Intentional Shootings by Young Children Very Rare: What We Know

Mark Keierleber

January 16, 2023

Student Privacy

Startling 96% of School Tech Exposes Student Data, Research Finds

Mark Keierleber

January 3, 2023

School (In)Security

Inside 285 Cases Where Campus Cops Injured — Or Killed — Students at School

Mark Keierleber

December 16, 2022

School (In)Security

Map: In Decade Since Sandy Hook, Nearly 500 Killed in Mass Shootings Across U.S.

Mark Keierleber

December 6, 2022

School (In)Security

They Lost Their Kids at Sandy Hook 10 Years Ago. Their Fight is For Life

Mark Keierleber

December 2, 2022

School (In)Security

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Mark Keierleber

November 11, 2022

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Who Leveraged Parent Outrage Over Schools, Wins Big in FL

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2022

Georgia’s Youth Became A Political Force. Will it Last?

Mark Keierleber

November 7, 2022

School (In)Security

Can Educators and Police Predict the Next School Shooter?

Mark Keierleber

November 2, 2022

Swatting Hoax Targeting Schools ‘Absolutely’ Coordinated, But May Still Be Kids

Mark Keierleber

October 14, 2022

AI Bill of Rights

White House Cautions Schools Against ‘Continuous Surveillance’ of Students

Mark Keierleber

October 4, 2022

Alberto Carvalho

LA District Downplays Student Harm After Cyber Gang Posts Sensitive Data Online

Mark Keierleber

October 3, 2022

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home

Trevor Project Severs Ties with Surveillance Company Accused of LGBTQ Youth Bias

Mark Keierleber

September 30, 2022

4 Big Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Mixed Effects on NYC Students’ Test Scores

Mark Keierleber

September 28, 2022

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

As Advocates and Parents Rally, Youth Online Privacy Bills on Life Support

Mark Keierleber

September 14, 2022

Alberto Carvalho

LA Schools and the Mystery of the Missing Ransom Note

Mark Keierleber

September 13, 2022

New Year, New Fear: Students Return to Schools with Beefed-Up Security Post-Uvalde

Mark Keierleber

September 12, 2022

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home

With ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Laws & Abortion Bans, Student Surveillance Raises New Risks

Mark Keierleber

September 8, 2022

Principals Traumatized by School Shootings Release Guide to Recovery

Mark Keierleber

August 22, 2022

Poll: Most Parents Oppose Arming Teachers with Guns — But Support is Growing

Mark Keierleber

August 16, 2022

education technology

Illuminate Ed Pulled from ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ After Massive Data Breach

Mark Keierleber

American Civil Liberties Union

Survey Reveals Extent that Cops Surveil Students Online — in School and at Home

Mark Keierleber

After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire

Mark Keierleber

Austin American-Statesman

Release of Uvalde Shooting Video Sets off Fury, Including Fears of Future Violence

Mark Keierleber

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

Mark Keierleber

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber

administrative leave

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

Mark Keierleber

They Ran for their Lives: Panic at DC March Inflames the Trauma of Parkland

Mark Keierleber

Terror at DC Rally after Screaming Man Reportedly Claimed He was Armed

Mark Keierleber

After Uvalde Shooting, Parkland Survivors Head Up Huge Gun Safety Rally — Again

Mark Keierleber

Advancement Project

Campus Cops Scrutinized After Tragic Missteps in Uvalde Shooting Response

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Cybersecurity Expert Levin on the Harms of Student Data Hacks

Mark Keierleber

The Contagion Effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days

Mark Keierleber

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home

FTC Targets Ed Tech Companies that ‘Illegally Surveil Children’

Mark Keierleber

Survey: Nearly ½ of LGBTQ Youth Considered Suicide in the Last Year

Mark Keierleber

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home

Meet the Gatekeepers of Students’ Private Lives

Mark Keierleber

National Poll Shows Little Appetite for Book Bans

Mark Keierleber

adolescent depression

Could AI ‘Chatbots’ Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Mark Keierleber

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home

Senate Inquiry Warns About Harms of Digital School Surveillance Tools

Mark Keierleber

CDC Data Reveal Alarming Extent of Pandemic-Era Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber

Artificial Intelligence

Schools Bought Security Cameras to Fight COVID. Did it Work?

Mark Keierleber

American Principles Project

Texas Order on Trans Health Care Could Exacerbate Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber

education equity

Historic PA School Funding Trial Comes to a Close

Mark Keierleber

Exclusive: Police Cam Video Reveals How Schools Restrain Kids in Crisis

Mark Keierleber

‘Bulletproof’ Film Explores the ‘Dark Absurdism’ of School Security

Mark Keierleber

February 9, 2022

Pittsburgh Schools Falsely Reported Zero Student Arrests, Records Show

Mark Keierleber

January 19, 2022

Julia Keleher Sentenced to 6 Months in Federal Prison

Mark Keierleber

December 17, 2021

Active Shooter Drill

ALICE Active-Shooter Drills Saved Dozens of Oxford HS Students, Exec Claims

Mark Keierleber

December 7, 2021

Oxford HS Shooting Suspect’s Parents Face Manslaughter Charges

Mark Keierleber

December 3, 2021

Oxford HS School Shooting Spurs Discussion on Active Shooter Drills

Mark Keierleber

December 1, 2021

FBI Reaches ‘Unprecedented’ Settlement With Parkland Families

Mark Keierleber

November 23, 2021

Viral Videos of TX Student Being Tasered Prompt School Police Brutality Outcry

Mark Keierleber

November 22, 2021

Highly Watched Pa. School Funding Equity Suit Heads to Trial

Mark Keierleber

November 12, 2021

School Safety Officer Charged with Murder Wasn’t a Cop. Does That Matter?

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2021

Black Lives Matter

Minneapolis Voters Reject Police Reform Measure

Mark Keierleber

November 3, 2021

Partisan Feud Pits Members’ Safety Against Parents’ Free Speech Rights

Mark Keierleber

October 27, 2021

In Minneapolis, Campus Cops Had Lengthy Discipline Record

Mark Keierleber

October 27, 2021

Catherine Lhamon

Senate Confirms Lhamon to Top Civil Rights Post for Second Time

Mark Keierleber

October 20, 2021

Parkland Suspect to Plead Guilty, Will Face Jury on Death Penalty Decision

Mark Keierleber

October 15, 2021

Campus Cops Reduce Violence — But at a Steep Cost, Especially for Black Students

Mark Keierleber

October 14, 2021

Gaggle Surveils Millions of Kids in the Name of Safety. Targeted Families Argue it’s ‘Not That Smart’

Mark Keierleber

October 12, 2021

American Federation of Teachers

Union Leaders Call for Reforms to Thwart Campus Violence Surge

Mark Keierleber

October 7, 2021

Justice Department to Combat Violent Threats Against Educators

Mark Keierleber

October 5, 2021

Dems Warn School Surveillance Tools Could Compound ‘Risk of Harm for Students’

Mark Keierleber

October 4, 2021

School Board Leaders Call on Biden to Halt ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Toward Educators

Mark Keierleber

September 30, 2021

McAfee Finds Vulnerability in Ed Tech Surveillance Tool

Mark Keierleber

September 28, 2021

Center for Democracy and Technology

Report: Most Parents, Teachers Support Student Surveillance Tech

Mark Keierleber

September 21, 2021

TikTok Trend has Students Stealing and Schools Reeling

Mark Keierleber

September 20, 2021

American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

An Inside Look at Spy Tech Used on Students During Remote Classes — and Beyond

Mark Keierleber

September 14, 2021

Anti-racist teaching

San Francisco’s Ethnic Studies Course a Boon for Student Outcomes

Mark Keierleber

September 9, 2021

Violence Project Book: How to Stop a School Shooter

Mark Keierleber

September 7, 2021

NYC reaches $700K Student Sexual Assault Settlement

Mark Keierleber

August 25, 2021

Brown v. Board of Education

Critical Race Theory and the New ‘Massive Resistance’

Mark Keierleber

August 18, 2021

Youth Activists Protest Texas DACA Decision

Mark Keierleber

campus sex assault

Republicans Grill Ed Dept Civil Rights Nominee Lhamon in Senate Hearing

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: CT. Sen. Chris Murphy on Banning Federal Funds for Campus Cops

Mark Keierleber

SCOTUS Won't Hear Trans Bathroom Case

Mark Keierleber

First Amendment

SCOTUS Upholds Off-Campus Speech Rights, Leaves Room for District Oversight

Mark Keierleber

Biden Administration to Renew Focus on Racial Disparities in School Discipline

Mark Keierleber

Keleher Pleads Guilty in Corruption Probe

Mark Keierleber

Study: Well-Off Families Flee After School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

Kids Keep Getting Hit, Even in Schools Where It’s Banned

Mark Keierleber

Runcie Out as Broward Supe After Perjury Arrest

Mark Keierleber

First Amendment

Appears SCOTUS Could Uphold Student Speech Rights

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

SCOTUS: Amid Student Free Speech Case, Plaintiff Recalls Landmark 1969 Verdict

Mark Keierleber

SCOTUS to Hear Major Student Speech Case

Mark Keierleber

Broward Supe Arrested in Parkland Shooting Inquiry

Mark Keierleber

Thousands of MN Students Restrained at School Each Year

Mark Keierleber

California Ethnic Studies Push Becomes Culture War Flash Point

Mark Keierleber

After A Year Without Mass School Shootings, Experts Sound the Alarm About a ‘Return to Normal’

Mark Keierleber

Police-Free Schools Movement Faces First Major Test As Students Return to Classrooms After a Traumatic Year Away

Mark Keierleber

Most Students Have Experienced Mental Health Challenges During Pandemic, Survey Reveals. But There are Reasons for Optimism

Mark Keierleber

Families Face Steep Truancy Fines, Contentious Court Battles As Pandemic Creates School Attendance Barriers

Mark Keierleber

‘Teacher Cams’ Could Revolutionize Education After the Pandemic Ends, But Some Critics See a Massive Student Privacy Risk

Mark Keierleber

New Pew Research Polling on School Reopening Shows Concerns Shifting From Virus Spread to Learning Loss

Mark Keierleber

February 24, 2021

Dear Dr. Cardona: Student Leaders Demand A Voice in Biden Administration’s Education Policies As Pandemic Creates Unprecedented Disruptions

Mark Keierleber

February 9, 2021

Biden’s Immigration Plan Would Be a Boon For Undocumented Kids. But the Proposal Faces A Steep, Uphill Battle

Mark Keierleber

February 5, 2021

Rep. Greene Ousted from Education Committee After Lawmaker’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories About School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

February 4, 2021

It Won’t Be Surprising If Chicago Teachers Strike Over Reopening Schools, But It Could Change the Rules for Labor Actions in an Unprecedented Crisis

Mark Keierleber

February 4, 2021

Florida Officials Launch Investigation After Viral Video Shows Campus Cop Bodyslam Student, Reigniting Calls for Police-Free Schools

Mark Keierleber

January 29, 2021

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Conspiracy Theories About the Parkland Shooting. A Civics Teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Turned It Into a Lesson

Mark Keierleber

January 28, 2021

How White Extremists Teach Kids to Hate

Mark Keierleber

January 27, 2021

Focus on Ed Secretary Pick’s Role in Desegregation

Mark Keierleber

January 13, 2021

How Cardona Could Uplift Immigrant Students and English Language Learners as Education Secretary

Mark Keierleber

December 22, 2020

How Missing Zoom Classes Could Funnel Kids into the Juvenile Justice System — And Why Some Experts Say Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules

Mark Keierleber

December 14, 2020

As COVID Creeps into Schools, Surveillance Tech Follows

Mark Keierleber

December 2, 2020

How Black and Latino Youth Fueled Biden’s Win

Mark Keierleber

November 15, 2020

Here are the People Minneapolis Schools Hired to Replace Campus Police After George Floyd’s Death — And Why Some Are Raising New Red Flags

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2020

Maine Sen. Susan Collins Reelected, Bolstering Republican Fight to Retain Senate Control

Mark Keierleber

November 4, 2020

What We Know About the Youth Vote So Far: In 11 Key States, Early Data Suggest a Turnout Surge Among Young Americans

Mark Keierleber

November 4, 2020

School Choice Proponent Truitt Wins Top North Carolina Schools Post, Vows Local Control in Pandemic Response

Mark Keierleber

November 4, 2020

Reykdal Reelected to Washington’s Top Schools Post After GOP Challenger Attacked His Support for Controversial Sex Ed Rules

Mark Keierleber

November 4, 2020

Progressive Black Lives Matter Activist Cori Bush Scores House Victory in Missouri

Mark Keierleber

November 4, 2020

Minneapolis School District Addresses Parent Outrage Over New Digital Surveillance Tool as Students Learn Remotely

Mark Keierleber

October 28, 2020

The 74 Interview: Jeff Foster Taught Parkland Students the Power of Protests. Now He’s on a Mission to Inspire the Next Generation of Voters

Mark Keierleber

October 27, 2020

Parents and Educators Hope the Rise of Online Learning Lives On After the Pandemic, Report Finds. But Researchers Say Privacy Protections Shouldn’t Be Sacrificed

Mark Keierleber

October 22, 2020

‘Don’t Get Gaggled’: Minneapolis School District Spends Big on Student Surveillance Tool, Raising Ire After Terminating Its Police Contract

Mark Keierleber

October 18, 2020

As Schools Impose Mask Rules to Slow Pandemic’s Spread, Disability-Rights Advocates Caution Against Strict Enforcement

Mark Keierleber

October 7, 2020

Teachers Turned to Social Media as a Remote Learning Tool During the Pandemic, but Privacy Experts Warn the Trend Could Open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Problems

Mark Keierleber

October 5, 2020

Youth Suicide: The Other Public Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber

October 4, 2020

Exclusive: Minneapolis Hires Specialists for Revamped School Safety Beat Following George Floyd’s Death. Job Finalists Called the Change ‘Cosmetic’

Mark Keierleber

September 20, 2020

Parents File Lawsuits to Halt School Face Mask Mandates as Districts Impose Health Rules to Slow Pandemic

Mark Keierleber

September 14, 2020

Most Schools Have Long Had Pandemic Plans. But a Watchdog Warned Years Ago That Half of All Districts Had No Real Strategy for How to Operate If Classrooms Remained Closed

Mark Keierleber

August 25, 2020

Majority of Americans Give Trump a Failing Grade on Education Policy Ahead of Re-election Bid, PDK Poll Finds

Mark Keierleber

August 25, 2020

Photo History: 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, Revisiting the Devastation and Renewal of New Orleans Schools

Mark Keierleber

August 23, 2020

Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Faces New Charges in Fraud Case, ‘Special Assistant’ Takes Plea Deal

Mark Keierleber

August 21, 2020

Exclusive: After Ending Police Contract, Minneapolis Schools Consider Former Cops for Revamped School Safety Role — and Activists Fear a ‘Dangerous’ National Trend

Mark Keierleber

August 13, 2020

Enforcing Mask Mandates in Schools Becomes Sticking Point as Students Return to Campus While Pandemic Rages

Mark Keierleber

August 10, 2020

DACA Double Take: A Month After ‘Dreamers’ Cheered SCOTUS Decision, Trump Administration Considers Second Effort to End Program, Halting New Applications

Mark Keierleber

VIDEO: American Federation of Teachers Authorizes Educator ‘Safety Strikes’ If Schools Reopen This Fall Without Adequate Safety Measures

Mark Keierleber

Teachers Unions Historically Supported Campus Cops. George Floyd’s Death — and a Wave of ‘Militant’ Educator Activists — Forced Them to Reconsider

Mark Keierleber

Government Watchdog Report Finds No Evidence for Controversial Claims That Reducing Student Suspensions Could Benefit School Shooters

Mark Keierleber

Police-Free Schools? This Suburban Minneapolis District Expelled Its Cops Years Ago

Mark Keierleber

Raising the ‘Red Flag’ in School

Mark Keierleber

Education Groups Rejoice as Supreme Court Blocks Trump Efforts to End DACA Program — but Warn Decision Is Merely ‘First Step’

Mark Keierleber

‘The Students Were the Danger’: In Racially Diverse Schools, Police Were More Likely to View Students as Threats, Study Shows

Mark Keierleber

Teacher Survey Highlights How the Pandemic Disrupted the Lives of Students and Educators — and the Challenges Districts Face in Reopening Campuses

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

Exclusive — Exit Interview: EdBuild’s Rebecca Sibilia on America’s ‘Jacked Up’ School Funding System, Her Organization’s Successes and Failures & the Coming ‘Tsunami’ in Ed Finance

Mark Keierleber

EdBuild Report: As Pandemic Threatens School Budgets, Researchers Urge Neighboring Districts to Pool Resources

Mark Keierleber

How Supreme Court’s Recent ‘Bridgegate’ Decision Figures Into Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary’s Defense in Fraud Case

Mark Keierleber

The Coronavirus Closed Schools in a Flash. But Detailed Planning Must Guide Students’ Return to Classrooms, Groups Urge

Mark Keierleber

DeVos Releases Title IX Campus Sexual Assault Rule, Courting Controversy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Mark Keierleber

As Coronavirus Sparks FAFSA Application Drop-Off, Arne Duncan Tells Prospective College Students Not to ‘Derail’ Their Progress

Mark Keierleber

Despite ‘COVID Slide’ Concerns, Most Educators Oppose Extending Upcoming School Year to Stave Off Negative Effects, Survey Finds

Mark Keierleber

Fearing Special Ed Lawsuits, These New Jersey School Districts Asked Parents to Sign Away Their Rights in Order to Get Services During Pandemic

Mark Keierleber

Philadelphia and Other School Districts Resisted Transition to Online Instruction Over Equity Concerns. Advocates Say Children With Disabilities Were ‘Scapegoated’

Mark Keierleber

Top Education Leaders Discuss How They’ve Navigated the Coronavirus So Far — and Why Schools Will Never Be the Same

Mark Keierleber

New Data: NYC Is the U.S. Coronavirus Epicenter, With Thousands of Confirmed Cases. But the School Districts in These 12 Counties Have Been Harder Hit

Mark Keierleber

Going All In on the Biggest Story of Their Lives, Student Journalists Covering the Coronavirus Haven’t Missed a Beat

Mark Keierleber

For Undocumented Students, Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Learning Disruptions — and Economic Panic — With Few Avenues for Help

Mark Keierleber

DeVos Proposes ‘Microgrants’ Amid Coronavirus School Closures, Continuing Push for School Choice

Mark Keierleber

Reaching ‘Our Most Invisible Population’ During a Pandemic: How Schools Are Scrambling to Protect Homeless Students as Coronavirus Disrupts Lives

Mark Keierleber

‘Absolutely, I’m Worried’: For Children With Special Needs, Unprecedented Coronavirus School Closures Bring Confusion, Uncertainty

Mark Keierleber

In Coronavirus ‘Hotspot,’ NY Gov. Cuomo Orders Schools Closed. Why the District Superintendent Resisted the Move

Mark Keierleber

Bernie’s Billion-Dollar Education Plan: Sanders’s Proposal Would Dramatically Expand Magnet Funding to Integrate America’s Racially Isolated Schools. But Will It Work?

Mark Keierleber

Biden’s Tough-on-Crime Mantra Led to School ‘Militarization,’ Critics Say. Why His Legacy on Campus Cops Matters and Puts Him At Odds with Progressives

Mark Keierleber

February 25, 2020

Trump Budget Proposal Would Merge Federal Education Programs Into Single Block Grant, Cut Billions in School Spending

Mark Keierleber

February 10, 2020

Libertarian Group Drops ‘Racial Quota’ Suit After Connecticut Signs ‘Breakthrough’ Settlement in 30-Year School Desegregation Battle

Mark Keierleber

February 6, 2020

During State of the Union, Trump Announced Philadelphia Fourth-Grader Would Receive ‘Opportunity Scholarship’ for Private School Tuition. But That’s Not Quite True

Mark Keierleber

February 5, 2020

Do Parents Actually Want Their Kids in Integrated Schools? New Harvard Survey Reveals Mixed Messages

Mark Keierleber

January 29, 2020

Listen Up, Candidates: Most Teachers Feel Their Voices Aren’t Being Heard, New Survey Reveals

Mark Keierleber

January 22, 2020

Buttigieg Was ‘Under the Illusion’ That South Bend’s Schools Are Integrated. But Despite a Decades-Long Struggle (and Federal Court Order), Stark Racial Divisions Persist

Mark Keierleber

January 22, 2020

The Big Picture

Haves and Have-Nots: The Borders Between School Districts Often Mark Extreme Economic Segregation. A New Report Outlines America’s 50 Worst Cases

Mark Keierleber

January 22, 2020

Take Two: Julia Keleher, Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary, Indicted in Second Round of Corruption Charges

Mark Keierleber

January 15, 2020

A 2019 Education Journalism Jealousy List: 19 Important Articles About Schools We Wish We Had Published Last Year

Beth Hawkins, Carolyn Phenicie, Laura Fay, Kevin Mahnken, Mark Keierleber, Meghan Gallagher & Taylor Swaak

January 1, 2020

As Education Department Prepares to Release Highly Anticipated Title IX Rules, Dem Bill Offers Last-Ditch Effort to Shut Them Down

Mark Keierleber

December 16, 2019

The Big Picture

Challenging Conventional Wisdom, Report Finds Promising Academic Performance in Chicago’s Growing English Learner Population

Mark Keierleber

December 8, 2019

Preschool-Age Kids Don’t Fully Grasp Federal Immigration Policy — but for Some It’s Causing Toxic Stress, Report Argues

Mark Keierleber

December 3, 2019

The Big Picture

U.S. Students’ Scores Stagnant on International Exam, With Widening Achievement Gaps in Math and Reading

Mark Keierleber

December 3, 2019

Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Appears to Back Trump Plan to End DACA, Potentially Putting Thousands of Students and Teachers at Risk of Deportation

Mark Keierleber

November 12, 2019

A Reckoning for DACA: With Possible Deportation of Dreamers in the Balance Tuesday at the Supreme Court, Education Groups Urge Justices to Protect Students and Teachers

Mark Keierleber

November 10, 2019

Are Minorities Over-identified for Special Ed? Or Under-identified? As DeVos Implements Obama-Era Regulation, Research Suggests a Third Answer: ‘It’s Complicated’

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2019

The Big Picture

Report: Few Black and Latino Children Are Served by High-Quality State Preschool Programs

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2019

With DACA Headed to Supreme Court Next Week, Activist Jose Antonio Vargas Urges Immigrant Students to Be Courageous

Mark Keierleber

November 3, 2019

Superintendents Association Recommends School Security Companies — for a Fee. Safety Experts Call It ‘Buying Access’ and Decry Lack of Transparency

Mark Keierleber

October 21, 2019

Florida’s Post-Parkland Experiment: To Deter Mass Shootings, Some School Districts Are Creating Their Own Police Departments

Mark Keierleber

October 15, 2019

DeVos vs. DeVos: The Education Department’s Response to Chicago’s Sexual-Misconduct Scandal Contradicts Its Proposed Direction for Title IX, Experts Say

Mark Keierleber

October 9, 2019

What the Harvard Affirmative Action Victory Means for Students Who Face ‘Endemic Inequalities’ in K-12 Schools

Mark Keierleber

October 2, 2019

Americans View Principals Positively, According to Pew Study Comparing School Leaders to Lawmakers, Journalists, Tech Execs

Mark Keierleber

September 19, 2019

As Rate of Children Without Health Insurance Rises in 2018, Researchers Ask: Is Trump’s Immigration Crackdown to Blame?

Mark Keierleber

September 18, 2019

Millions of Students Are Chronically Absent Each Year. Improve School Conditions and More Kids Will Show Up, Report Argues

Mark Keierleber

September 10, 2019

Migrant Children Separated From Parents Experienced Severe Trauma, Government Watchdog Finds. Here’s What That Means for America’s Schools

Mark Keierleber

September 4, 2019

The Big Picture

States With End-of-Course Exams See Gains in Student Graduation Rates, Fordham Report Finds

Mark Keierleber

August 27, 2019

Complicated Crusader to Accused Federal Conspirator: Ex-Puerto Rico Education Secretary Julia Keleher’s ‘Surreal’ Journey

Mark Keierleber

August 20, 2019

The Big Picture

America Divided: Public Support for Charter Schools Is Growing — but So Is Opposition, New Poll Finds

Mark Keierleber

August 20, 2019

The Big Picture

Next Door but Worlds Apart: School District Borders Segregate Millions of Kids Based on Race and Revenue, Report Finds

Mark Keierleber

Exclusive: Ex-Puerto Rico Schools Chief Julia Keleher, Indicted in Corruption Probe, Previously Denied She Was Federal Target

Mark Keierleber & Carolyn Phenicie

A Database of Florida Student Records Is Supposed to Protect Kids — but Could Harm Them Instead, Advocates Tell Governor

Mark Keierleber

Are the Title IX Regulations Proposed by DeVos a Step in the Right Direction? Experts Debate Consequences at AEI Event

Mark Keierleber

Supreme Court, Weighing In on Trump Plan to End Relief to Undocumented Immigrants, Agrees to Hear DACA Case

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: University of California President and Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on DACA, Title IX and the Value of College

Mark Keierleber

Education Leaders in Heated Debate About International Survey Finding Most Teachers Don’t Feel Valued on the Job

Mark Keierleber

The Big Picture

Key Takeaway From International Educator Survey: At a Time of Growing Protests, U.S. Teachers Say They Feel Satisfied but Undervalued

Mark Keierleber

A Former School-Based Police Officer Was Charged With Negligence in Connection With the Parkland Massacre. Experts Call the Move Extremely Rare. But What Are the Broader Implications for School Safety?

Mark Keierleber

Expert: Charges Against Former Broward Deputy in Connection to Parkland Massacre Pose Thorny Questions for School-Based Police

Mark Keierleber

Report: Most Students With Learning Disabilities Learn in General Ed Classrooms, but Few Teachers Feel Confident in Their Ability to Teach Them

Mark Keierleber

Kicked. Punched. Whipped. As Schools Struggle to Support Students With Special Needs, Educators Report Abuse on the Job

Mark Keierleber

New Study Highlights How Divisive Political Rhetoric Can Seep Into America’s Schools, Prompting Heightened Bullying

Mark Keierleber

This Student Made the Journey from Venezuela to Orlando on Her Own. Now, With Support From Her School and Community, She’s Following Her Dream to Perform on Broadway

Mark Keierleber

New ‘Holistic’ Center on School Safety at Johns Hopkins Aims to Arm a Nation Anxious Over Shootings With Evidence, Best Practices

Mark Keierleber

As DACA Fate Remains in Limbo, Nearly 100K Undocumented Kids Graduate From High School Each Year, New Data Show

Mark Keierleber

Julia Keleher Offered Big Plans to Reform Puerto Rico’s Storm-Battered Schools. She Left Her Post Playing Defense

Mark Keierleber

Principals Helping Principals: 20 Years After Columbine Shooting, School Leaders Form ‘Recovery Network’ to Support Others Confronted by Tragedy

Mark Keierleber

How Columbine Went Viral

Mark Keierleber

Security Chief Says Enduring ‘Fascination’ With Columbine Shooting Has Long Been School District’s Top Security Concern, As Infatuated Woman Behind ‘Credible’ Threat Found Dead

Mark Keierleber

Report: School District Secessions Are Accelerating, Furthering ‘State Sanctioned’ Segregation

Mark Keierleber

Two Decades Ago, They Survived the Horrors of Columbine. Two Became Teachers. One Stayed in the Classroom. Today, They Reflect on Grief and America’s Shooting-Scarred Landscape

Mark Keierleber

Comedian Wyatt Cenac’s Latest Episode of ‘Problem Areas’ Takes On a Topic That’s No Laughing Matter: School Security

Mark Keierleber

Amid Latest Suicides With School Shooting Ties, Columbine Families Share Lessons on Addressing Lasting Trauma

Mark Keierleber

Roll Red Roll: Documentary on Ohio High School Rape Case Offers Scathing Take on Culture of ‘Boys Will Be Boys’

Mark Keierleber

The Big Picture

Challenging Conventional Wisdom, New Report Suggests Diversity of America’s Teaching Force Has Not Kept Pace With Population

Mark Keierleber

Race-Blind or Discriminatory? NYC’s Plan to Diversify Elite High Schools Becomes Latest Fodder for Advocates Seeking Supreme Court Rollback on Affirmative Action

Mark Keierleber

Report: Teacher Protests Fueled School Funding Surge in States Hit Hard by Recession

Mark Keierleber

More Than Half of Aspiring Elementary Teachers Fail America’s Most Used Licensure Exam, New NCTQ Report Finds

Mark Keierleber

February 27, 2019

The Big Picture

America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap: Despite Court Rulings on Equity, New Report Finds Startling Racial Imbalance

Mark Keierleber

February 26, 2019

The Big Picture

1.3 Million Homeless Students: New Federal Data Show a 70 Percent Jump in K-12 Homelessness Over Past Decade, With Big Implications for Academic Performance

Mark Keierleber

February 19, 2019

Lessons From Parkland: 6 Big Things We’ve Learned About Student Safety, School Security, and Resilience Since the Tragic 2018 Massacre

Mark Keierleber

February 13, 2019

Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning Leading El Paso ‘Teach-In’ This Weekend, Protesting Trump Administration’s Child Detention Policies

Mark Keierleber

February 13, 2019

‘The Right Way to Spank a Child’? WSJ Op-Ed Sparks Debate Over Corporal Punishment

Mark Keierleber

February 8, 2019

Learning From Disaster: Education Leaders From Puerto Rico, Louisiana Describe How They Turned Crisis Into Opportunity Following Hurricanes

Mark Keierleber

February 7, 2019

As Chicago Faces Surge in Student Sexual Misconduct Reports, Advocates Warn the Problem Isn’t Unique to America’s 3rd-Largest School System

Mark Keierleber

February 6, 2019

The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Parkland Teacher, Filmmaker Talk New HBO Documentary on the Shooting, Its Aftermath, and the Musical That ‘Must Go On’

Mark Keierleber

February 4, 2019

The Big Picture

Despite Prevalent Trauma, From School Shootings to the Opioid Epidemic, Few States Have Policies to Fully Address Student Needs, Study Finds

Mark Keierleber

January 31, 2019

No Supreme Court Action on DACA Leaves in Place Protections for ‘Dreamers,’ Complicates Negotiations to End Shutdown

Mark Keierleber

January 22, 2019

These Oregon Students With Disabilities Say They Often Spent Just 20 Minutes at School a Day. Now They’re Suing the State

Mark Keierleber

January 22, 2019

Education Department Initiative to Combat ‘Inappropriate’ Restraint, Seclusion of Students With Disabilities

Mark Keierleber

January 17, 2019

The Big Picture

Study on Post-Election Student Bullying Adds Teeth to Concerns Over ‘Trump Effect’

Mark Keierleber

January 16, 2019

‘Like Minority Report but in Real Life’: Post-Parkland, Schools Turn to Controversial Artificial Intelligence Surveillance to Thwart Potential Shootings

Mark Keierleber

January 14, 2019

After Opening Its First Charter This School Year, Puerto Rico Moves Cautiously to Scale Up Choice Options

Mark Keierleber

January 7, 2019

18 Key Education Stories to Watch This Year (According to the Experts): Congress, Courts, Choice, Classroom Innovations & More

Beth Hawkins, Mark Keierleber, Carolyn Phenicie, Esmeralda Fabián Romero, Kate Stringer & Taylor Swaak

January 7, 2019

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Lessons From Our Year Tracking School Shootings: Students More Likely to Be Hit by Lightning Than Shot in Class, Yet Fear of Mass Violence Is Driving Policy

Mark Keierleber

December 18, 2018

Trump School Safety Commission Recommends Rejection of Obama-Era Discipline Reform, Encourages More Armed Staff and Physical Security

Mark Keierleber

December 18, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Teen Suspected of Planning Shooting Dead After Exchanging Gunfire With Police at Indiana Middle School; At Least 49 Killed, 88 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

December 13, 2018

After School Shooting, This Indiana District Sees Mental Health as Strategy to Curb Suicide, Violence

Mark Keierleber

December 9, 2018

A Toy Gun, a Snapchat Post, and an Arrest

Mark Keierleber

December 5, 2018

As Schools Comb Social Media for Potential Threats, Has Mass Shooting Anxiety Turned Administrators Into the ‘Internet Police’?

Mark Keierleber

December 5, 2018

Segregated Classrooms in Segregated Neighborhoods: New Report Argues That Efforts to Integrate Schools Must Also Address Our Divided Cities

Mark Keierleber

November 30, 2018

New Report Raises ‘Cautionary Flag’ on Schools With High Numbers of Students in Credit Recovery Programs, Calls for Greater Accountability

Mark Keierleber

November 29, 2018

Victory for Disability Rights Activists as Ed Department Reverses Course on Civil Rights Investigation Rules

Mark Keierleber

November 20, 2018

New FBI Data: School-Based Hate Crimes Jumped 25 Percent Last Year — for the Second Year in a Row

Mark Keierleber

November 14, 2018

Following Victory in Appeals Court for DACA Recipients, Will SCOTUS Consider Fate of Dreamers?

Mark Keierleber

November 13, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Killed, 1 Injured in Shooting During SC College Homecoming Event; At Least 47 Killed and 88 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

November 12, 2018

Despite Post-Parkland Surge in Youth Vote, Student Activists Largely Fail to Oust Pro-Gun Candidates in Midterms

Mark Keierleber

November 8, 2018

EDlection2018: Sisolak Elected Nevada’s First Democratic Governor in 2 Decades, With Plan to Bolster Education Spending

Mark Keierleber

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Kristi Noem Becomes South Dakota’s First Female Governor on Promise to Reward ‘Rockstar Teachers’

Mark Keierleber

November 7, 2018

EDlection 2018: NJ Voters Approve $500 Million Bond to Bolster School Security

Mark Keierleber

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Wyoming Elects Republican Gordon as Governor as State Focuses on Education Funding

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2018

EDlection2018: Massachusetts Voters Affirm Anti-discrimination Law in Ballot Referendum, a Victory for Transgender Students

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2018

EDlection2018: Republican South Carolina Gov. McMaster Wins, Looks to Increase Police in Schools, Expand Charter Schools

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2018

EDlection 2018: Indiana Hands Republican Challenger Braun Senate Victory Over Incumbent Donnelly, Implications for Undocumented Students

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2018

Activists Schedule Election-Day School Walkouts to Drive Votes as Polls Indicate ‘Unusually High Levels’ of Youth Civic Engagement

Mark Keierleber

November 5, 2018

New Federal Lawsuit Takes on Hartford’s 30-Year School Desegregation Effort — and Challenges the Value of Integration Itself

Mark Keierleber

October 31, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Student Killed in North Carolina High School Shooting; At Least 46 Killed and 87 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

October 29, 2018

Amid Post-Parkland Calls for School-Based Police, $500,000 Settlement Gives Critics Reason for Caution

Mark Keierleber

October 16, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Killed, 1 Injured in Shooting in Nashville High School Parking Lot; At Least 45 Killed and 87 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

October 15, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Injuries Reported Following Shootings in Alaska, Tennessee School Parking Lots; At Least 44 Killed and 86 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

October 10, 2018

New Study: More Than 300,000 Children Have ‘Vanished’ From Schools After Local Police Formed Partnerships With ICE

Mark Keierleber

September 26, 2018

Philly Appoints 2 Students to Its School Board as Students Nationwide Fight to Be Heard

Mark Keierleber

September 25, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Student Injured in Accidental Shooting at Alabama Elementary School; At Least 44 Killed and 83 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

September 18, 2018

Light, Stylish … and Bulletproof: A Look at the Post-Parkland Marketing of Security-Conscious School Supplies

Mark Keierleber

September 18, 2018

FBI Memo: Ed Tech Data Collection Poses Risk to Student Privacy, Safety

Mark Keierleber

September 17, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Teen Killed in Shooting Outside North Las Vegas High School; At Least 44 Killed and 82 Injured by Guns at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

September 12, 2018

Post-Parkland Memo: As Broward Schools and Other Districts Limit Building Access to a ‘Single Point of Entry,’ Experts Warn the Move Isn’t a Quick Fix

Mark Keierleber

September 11, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Student Injured in Shooting Outside Denver Middle School; At Least 43 Killed and 82 Injured at Schools So Far This Year

Mark Keierleber

August 29, 2018

New Study: Suspending Students for Minor Infractions Like Cursing Hurts Kids but Benefits Nobody

Mark Keierleber

August 28, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Killed, 2 Injured in Florida Shooting, One of Three Recent Incidents of HS Football Violence; At Least 43 Killed and 81 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

August 27, 2018

In the Aftermath of Teacher Strikes, More Americans Support Educator Raises, Poll Finds

Mark Keierleber

August 21, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

2 Injured in Shooting During Florida High School Football Game; At Least 42 Killed and 79 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

August 20, 2018

Living in Deportation’s Shadow: How One Los Angeles Charter School Grapples With Immigration Enforcement

Mark Keierleber

August 19, 2018

‘The Safest School in America’ Deploys a Range of Sophisticated Security Technology. Is It a National Model?

Mark Keierleber

August 16, 2018

Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court Throws Out School Choice Lawsuit, Paving Way for Charter Schools to Open in the Coming Weeks

Mark Keierleber

August 10, 2018

Inside the $3 Billion School Security Industry: Companies Market Sophisticated Technology to ‘Harden’ Campuses, but Will It Make Us Safe?

Mark Keierleber

Federal Judge Gives Go-Ahead to Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Success Academy Arising From ‘Got to Go’ List

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Evening Shooting Outside Ohio Middle School Leaves 1 Dead; At Least 42 Killed and 77 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

New Report: Most States Lack Power to Merge Struggling Districts With Wealthy Neighbors, Leaving Poor Districts Stranded

Mark Keierleber

More Than 70 Top Education Leaders Sign Letter Demanding the Trump Administration Maintain Obama-Era Guidance on Student Discipline

Mark Keierleber

With New Supreme Court Challenge in Sight, Trump Rescinds Guidance on Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

2 Teens Injured in Shooting Outside Montana High School; At Least 41 Killed and 76 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Guns at School: After 41 Deaths & 74 Injuries in 2018, What We’ve Learned From Tracking Six Months of School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

Federal School Safety Commission Examines the Link Between Violent Video Games, News and School Violence

Mark Keierleber

Child Immigrants in Federal Custody Are Entitled to an Education. Here’s How it Works

Mark Keierleber

‘The Unafraid’: With DACA’s Future Uncertain, New Film Offers Intimate Look at the Struggles of Undocumented Youth as They Fight to Attend College

Mark Keierleber

Despite Recent Gavin Grimm Court Ruling, Trump Administration Unlikely to Change Course on Transgender Rights. Will Supreme Court Weigh in?

Mark Keierleber

In Seeking to Decrease ‘Burden’ of Complaints, Education Department is Closing ‘Meritorious’ Civil Rights Cases, Federal Lawsuit Says

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

From Noblesville to Parkland, These Classroom Heroes Saved Students’ Lives During School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

Teacher Pay, School Lunches, and Choice: South Dakota’s Gubernatorial Candidates Vie to Reshape the Role of Public Education

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Criminologist Nadine Connell on Why She’s Building a 30-Year Database of School Shootings — and What Hidden Lessons May Be Found in the Stats

Mark Keierleber

Youth Voter Registration Day at All NYC High Schools Aims to Reverse Dismal Youth Turnout in Upcoming Elections

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Suspect Detained in South Dakota School Custodian Shooting; At Least 31 Killed and 56 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 injured in California School Shooting on Friday; At Least 31 Killed and 55 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

David Hogg Wants to Knock NRA-Backed Candidates Out of Office. His Biggest Obstacle? The Lackluster Voting Habits of His Young Peers

Mark Keierleber

Students Hold School Walkout to Support Gun Rights, Though Turnout Was Dwarfed by Recent Post-Parkland Protests

Mark Keierleber

In an Attempt to Counter Parkland Activists, Student Second-Amendment Enthusiasts to Stage Walkout in Support of Gun Rights

Mark Keierleber

Exclusive: Education Pioneers Founder to Step Down as CEO After 15-Year Push to Train Diverse School Leaders

Mark Keierleber

Education Department to Award Billions in Grants to School Districts Accepting Students Displaced by Hurricanes, Wildfires

Mark Keierleber

Fear Remains for Immigrant Youth as Federal Court Hands Trump Another Blow on DACA Repeal

Mark Keierleber

Federal Civil Rights Data Highlight Racial Disparities in Discipline as DeVos Mulls Guidance Rollback

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

As Students Protest Gun Violence, Florida Student Injured in Campus Attack; At Least 31 Killed, 53 Hurt in School Shootings in 2018

Mark Keierleber

Delaying College, Getting Out the Vote: As They Stage Another National Walkout Over Gun Violence, Students Look to Movement’s Sustainability

Mark Keierleber

A Civil Rights Activist Filed Thousands of Disability Complaints. Now the Education Department Is Trying to Shut Her Down

Mark Keierleber

Every Student Succeeds Act

ESSA Innovation: How 2 States and Puerto Rico Aim to Transform the Way They Assess Student Learning

Mark Keierleber

Remembrance Day: Ivy Schamis Was Teaching About the Holocaust When Shots Rang Out at Parkland, Killing Two of Her Students. Now the Lessons Are Deeply Personal

Mark Keierleber

DeVos Holds ‘Listening Sessions’ on Student Discipline as GAO Report Confirms Widespread Racial Disparities

Mark Keierleber

Charter Schools and Vouchers With ‘A Uniquely Puerto Rican’ Flavor Headed to Hurricane-Ravaged Island, But Union Vows to Fight Changes

Mark Keierleber

Despite Focus on School Shootings, Classroom Violence is on the Decline — and 5 Other Key Facts from a New Federal Report on School Safety

Mark Keierleber

Congress Directs Millions to Teen Pregnancy Prevention, the Latest Salvo over Program Trump Administration Plans to Scrap

Mark Keierleber

America Remembers Linda Brown, 75, the Third-Grader Who Became The Face of ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ And Overturned School Segregation

Laura Fay, Mark Keierleber & Kate Stringer

Lawmakers in Puerto Rico Approve Sweeping School Choice Bill Six Months After Maria, Creating New Voucher Program & Charter Schools

Mark Keierleber

Parkland Shooting Revives Calls to Roll Back Obama-Era Guidance on School Discipline, but the FBI Tells Lawmakers There’s ‘No Indication’ Issues Are Related

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Maryland Student Taken Off Life Support Following High School Shooting; At Least 31 Killed, 52 Hurt in School Shootings in 2018

Mark Keierleber

Civil Rights Leaders: Post-Parkland School Violence Bills Could Do More Harm Than Good

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Three Guns Accidentally Fired In Schools In One Week; At Least 29 Killed & 51 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

‘The Women Have to Come Together’: At Brooklyn All-Girls School, National Walkout Has Local Reverberations on Violent Streets

Mark Keierleber

17 Minutes of History: Wednesday’s Walkout Part of Long Tradition of Students Speaking Out, From Tinker v. Des Moines to Black Lives Matter

Mark Keierleber

De Blasio Picks Houston Schools Chief to Become NYC Chancellor — and This Time, the Candidate Said Yes

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Central Michigan University Student Arrested for Killing Parents in Residence Hall Shooting; At Least 26 Killed & 45 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

The Carvalho Show Played Much Better in the Miami Superintendent’s Hometown Than in New York City, Where Residents Panned the Man Who Wouldn’t Be Chancellor

Mark Keierleber

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

Beyond Parkland, Five Other Incidents of Guns at School in February; At Least 24 Killed So Far in 2018

Mark Keierleber

The Carvalho Show: In Extraordinary Education Drama, Miami Schools Chief Offered Top NYC Schools Job — and Turns It Down on Live TV

Mark Keierleber

NYC Set to Name Alberto Carvalho Chancellor of Nation’s Largest School District; ‘World-Class Educator’ & Leading Critic of Trump’s Immigration Policies

Mark Keierleber

February 28, 2018

Does the March 5 DACA Deadline Still Matter? 5 Things to Know About the Countdown to a Meaningless Monday — and Why Dreamers Should Still Be Worried

Mark Keierleber

February 28, 2018

Schools That Serve Poor, Minority Students Are Systematically Shortchanged, but Disparities Are Closing, Report Finds

Mark Keierleber

February 27, 2018

Since Parkland Shooting, at Least a Dozen Students Went to School With Guns

Mark Keierleber

February 26, 2018

The Next Educational Equity Battleground: Little-Noticed ESSA Provision to Allow Parents to See Whether Districts Fund Schools Fairly

Mark Keierleber

February 25, 2018

The State of Education in Colorado: Strengthening Rural Schools, Fighting Over Student Performance Measures, a Massive Funding Shortfall & More

Mark Keierleber

February 21, 2018

D.C. Chancellor Antwan Wilson to Resign After Bypassing Lottery to Allow Daughter to Attend Popular High School

Mark Keierleber

February 20, 2018

17 Killed and 14 Injured in Florida High School Massacre, Among the Worst in U.S. History; at Least 23 Killed and 41 Injured in School Shootings This Year

Mark Keierleber

February 16, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

At Least 17 Dead in Florida School Massacre: 7 Early Questions Answered About the Deadliest Shooting Since Newtown

Mark Keierleber

February 14, 2018

Citing Racial Motive, Federal Appeals Court Blocks Alabama School Secession Plan

Mark Keierleber

February 13, 2018

By the Numbers: President Trump’s 10 Biggest Proposed Cuts to U.S. Education, Ranked

Mark Keierleber

February 12, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 High School Student Injured in Shooting Outside Nashville High School; at Least 6 Killed and 27 Injured at Schools in 2018

Mark Keierleber

February 12, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

1 Maryland Student Injured in School Parking Lot Shooting; at Least 6 Killed and 26 Injured at Schools This Year

Mark Keierleber

February 7, 2018

As Puerto Rico’s Governor Embraces Major School Reform Agenda, New Orleans Offers Inspiration, Caution

Mark Keierleber

February 6, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

5 Injured After Gunfire in Los Angeles Classroom; at Least 6 Killed and 25 Injured Due to 2018 School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

February 5, 2018

2018 Gun Violence at America's Schools

At Least 6 People Killed, 20 Injured by Guns at American Schools in January

Mark Keierleber

February 5, 2018

Post-Maria, Puerto Rico Looks to Charter Schools, Vouchers as Part of New Education Reform Strategy

Mark Keierleber

February 5, 2018

As Puerto Rico Rebuilds Post-Maria, a Quarter of Its Schools May Close — for Good

Mark Keierleber

February 4, 2018

Florida Legislation Would Offer Private School Vouchers to Bullying Victims

Mark Keierleber

January 31, 2018

Pomp & Circumvent: In Widening Scandal, Report Finds That a Third of D.C. Graduates Received Diplomas Despite Excessive Absences

Mark Keierleber

January 30, 2018

Strip Clubs, Cars, Cruises: Ex-Principal Sentenced for Stealing $1.2M in Georgia’s Largest Charter School Theft Case

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2018

Defiance on ‘Net Neutrality’: Montana Governor Goes to Helena High School to Declare State’s Break With FCC Mandate

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2018

After the Shutdown: Why DACA Architect Janet Napolitano Says It May Already Be Too Late For ‘Dreamer’ Students & Teachers

Mark Keierleber

January 19, 2018

Connecticut High Court Strikes Down School Funding Lawsuit, Demonstrating School Equity’s Uphill National Battle

Mark Keierleber

January 18, 2018

Federal Audit Finds California Inflated Its High School Graduation Rate by 2%

Mark Keierleber

January 17, 2018

Civics Lesson IRL: How High School Students in One D.C. Suburb Lobbied Their City Council to Lower the Voting Age to 16

Mark Keierleber

January 17, 2018

D.C. High Schools Come Under Fire After Report Confirms Widespread Graduation Scandal at Ballou

Mark Keierleber

January 16, 2018

Amid Whirlwind Week in Immigration Policy, Bezos Offers $33M to Help Undocumented Teens Go to College

Mark Keierleber

January 12, 2018

DeVos: Texas Violated Rights of Tens of Thousands of Students With Disabilities

Mark Keierleber

January 11, 2018

As Low-Income, Minority Schools See Fewer Resources, Civil Rights Commission Calls on Congress to Act

Mark Keierleber

January 11, 2018

Teacher v. Trump: How an Educator’s Lawsuit (Temporarily) Halted the President’s DACA Repeal

Mark Keierleber

January 10, 2018

Infamous ‘Sheriff Joe’ Arpaio to Run for Senate in AZ, With Implications for Undocumented Students

Mark Keierleber

January 9, 2018

#MeTooK12: One Daughter’s Trauma, and a Family’s Quest to Prevent School-Related Sexual Violence

Mark Keierleber

January 8, 2018

MS-13 Gang Lawsuits Force New York Schools Into Balancing Act Between Safety and Civil Liberties

Mark Keierleber

January 3, 2018

Our Year’s Most Memorable Interviews: 11 Conversations That Shaped How We Think About Education in 2017

Mark Keierleber

December 27, 2017

Schools Could See Higher Bills, Less New Educational Software After Net Neutrality Vote — but Most Teachers Don’t Know It Yet

Mark Keierleber

December 17, 2017

Exclusive: Middle Schoolers Without Broadband Access Feel Set Up for Failure, New Survey Finds

Mark Keierleber

December 11, 2017

Teachers Urge DeVos Not to Scrap School Discipline Rules, as Civil Rights Commission Holds Hearing on Bias Against Disabled Students of Color

Mark Keierleber

December 10, 2017

Thousands of Puerto Rico Students Fled to Florida Schools. Now, District Wants Waivers So They Can Graduate

Mark Keierleber

December 10, 2017

Thousands of Miami Students Could Be Ousted From U.S. as Trump Ends Protections for Haitians

Mark Keierleber

December 5, 2017

Appeals Panel Hears Arguments in Contentious Lawsuit That Could Reshape Tenure Protections for New York Teachers

Mark Keierleber

November 30, 2017

Deep in South Carolina’s ‘Corridor of Shame,’ Teachers at New Tech Network Strive for a Big Turnaround

Mark Keierleber

November 28, 2017

New York Student Caught Up in Gang Dragnet Is Freed After 5 Months in Immigration Detention

Mark Keierleber

November 27, 2017

Is DeVos Near Ending School Discipline Reform After Talks on Race, Safety?

Mark Keierleber

November 20, 2017

In Puerto Rico, the Hurricane Tore Their Lives Apart. In Florida, The Storm Brought Them Together

Mark Keierleber

November 14, 2017

Counselors Offer Clarity, Support to Young Classmates of Victims of Sutherland Springs Rampage

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2017

Feds Award $8 Million in Emergency Aid to Hurricane-Struck Districts — Puerto Rico Ed Secretary Says Recovery Will Cost $1 Billion

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2017

DeVos Pledges $2 Million in Federal Money to Help Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Storm-Wrecked Schools

Mark Keierleber

November 8, 2017

3 Students Killed, 6 Injured in Texas Church Shooting; Schools Provide Grief Counseling, Extra Security

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2017

Terror in Manhattan: 2 Students, 2 Staff Members Injured in NYC Terror Attack That Killed 8

Mark Keierleber

November 1, 2017

Amid Hurricane’s Devastation, Puerto Rico’s Education Secretary Sees an Opportunity for Reform

Mark Keierleber

October 30, 2017

A Half-Million U.S. Kids Attend School in Mexico. Educators Are Working Together Across The Border to Help Them Learn

Mark Keierleber

October 25, 2017

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: DACA-mented California Teacher on What Trump’s Immigration Policies Will Do to Undocumented Kids

Mark Keierleber

October 25, 2017

Florida Releases New Numbers Showing 58,000 Puerto Ricans Have Already Arrived Since Hurricane Maria, 2,000 of Them Students

Mark Keierleber

October 19, 2017

A Month After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Misses ‘Ambitious Target’ for Reopening Schools

Mark Keierleber

October 18, 2017

New Data Show Nearly 700 Students Displaced by Hurricanes Have Enrolled in One Florida School District

Mark Keierleber

October 16, 2017

Florida Schools Ask for More Funds From State, Feds to Handle Influx of Displaced Students From Puerto Rico

Mark Keierleber

October 16, 2017

One Day at a Time: How a Miami School Psychologist Helped Puerto Rico Educators Prepare for Student Trauma

Mark Keierleber

October 11, 2017

Puerto Rico Teachers Fleeing Hurricane Maria Arrived at Orlando’s Airport With Nothing. They Left With Jobs

Mark Keierleber

October 10, 2017

Trump Administration Targets Unaccompanied Minors in Negotiations to Replace DACA

Mark Keierleber

October 9, 2017

Students and Colleagues Mourn Teachers & School Staffers Killed in Las Vegas Massacre

Mark Keierleber

October 3, 2017

Are Student Athlete Protests Fair Game Under 1st Amendment, Or Can Schools Cry Foul? It’s ‘Murky,’ Expert Says

Mark Keierleber

September 29, 2017

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

Mark Keierleber

September 28, 2017

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

Mark Keierleber

September 28, 2017

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

Mark Keierleber

September 27, 2017

The Big Picture

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

Mark Keierleber

September 27, 2017

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

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 22, 2017

State Weighing the Future of Struggling Houston Schools After Hurricane Harvey Disrupts District Calendar

Mark Keierleber

September 17, 2017

Deal or No Deal? Trump Contradictions on DACA Deal With Democrats Leave Ann Coulter Saying ‘You’re Fired’

Mark Keierleber

September 14, 2017

Broad Coalition of Education Leaders Calls on Teachers to Resist Trump on DACA

Mark Keierleber

September 13, 2017

Child Psychologist Picked to Replace Divisive Buffalo School Board Member Carl Paladino

Mark Keierleber

September 12, 2017

Congress Postpones DACA Hearing to Focus on Hurricane Relief Efforts as Bannon Predicts GOP ‘Civil War’

Mark Keierleber

September 12, 2017

Personalized Learning. Budget Cuts. Grizzly Bear Protests? 5 Things to Know for DeVos’s Wyoming Visit

Mark Keierleber

September 11, 2017

6 Education Secretaries — From Both Sides of the Aisle — Urge Congressional Action to Protect DACA Recipients

Mark Keierleber

September 8, 2017

As Trump Turns His Back on DACA Students, School in a Small Iowa Town Opens Its Doors to Immigrants

Mark Keierleber

September 7, 2017

DeVos Vows to Overhaul Title IX Rules on Campus Sexual Assault, Stressing Protections for Accused

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 7, 2017

At Risk Under Decision to Repeal DACA: 20,000 K-12 Teachers — and the Schools Where They Are Teaching

Mark Keierleber

September 6, 2017

‘Erasing Their Lives’: Education Advocates Slam Trump’s Decision to End DACA

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

September 5, 2017

Armored Vehicles & Grenade Launchers: Trump Revives Program That Gave Heavy Weaponry to School Cops

Mark Keierleber

August 28, 2017

How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Traumatizing Students Across the U.S. — Including Many Born Here

Mark Keierleber

August 23, 2017

Immigration Agents Inside Schools? Why Some Activists Are Warning Undocumented Students About Trump’s Policy Shifts

Mark Keierleber

August 22, 2017

As Immigrant Students Worry About a New School Year, Districts & Educators Unveil Plans to Protect Their Safety (and Privacy)

Mark Keierleber

August 21, 2017

‘No One Is Above the Law’: Divisive Trump Surrogate Carl Paladino Removed From Buffalo School Board

Mark Keierleber

August 17, 2017

Overshadowed by the College Sexual Assault Debate, 154 Open Title IX Investigations at K-12 Schools

Mark Keierleber

In Minnesota — and School Districts Across the Country — Last In, First Out No Longer the Rule for Teacher Layoffs

Mark Keierleber

New Report Shows That Fears About Immigration Enforcement Could Hinder Students’ Future Employment

Mark Keierleber

What Bullying Looks Like in Today’s Classrooms: 3 New Charts That Explain Changes in School Violence

Mark Keierleber

Undocumented Students Arrested and Locked Up in New York as Trump Cracks Down on Immigrant Gangs

Mark Keierleber

Minnesota Educators Approve ‘Toolkit’ to Protect Transgender Youth From Discrimination at School

Mark Keierleber

President Trump Donates $100,000 of His Salary to Education Department; Still Wants $9B Cut to ED Budget

Mark Keierleber

Teacher Raises, Bathrooms, Vouchers: Texas Lawmakers Take Up Big School Fights in Special Legislative Session

Mark Keierleber

DeVos Hears of Sex Attacks at Colleges & K-12 Schools as Feds Weigh Changes to Title IX Evidence Rules

Mark Keierleber

Lawsuit Charges Chicago Teacher Was Fired for Speaking Out About Poor Special Education Services

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Catherine Lhamon Takes On Trump With Probe Into Cutbacks on Student Civil Rights

Mark Keierleber

Georgia High Court Rejects Challenge to School Tax Credit Program as Private School Choice Debate Rages

Mark Keierleber

New Study Ranks States on How Well They Help Homeless Students. Where Does Your State Rank?

Mark Keierleber

When Communities Secede From School Districts, Inequity & Segregation Follow. But 30 States Let It Happen Anyway

Mark Keierleber

Success Academy Launches Online ‘Education Institute’ to Share Curriculum, Professional Development

Mark Keierleber

Education Department Sued for Records of Investigations of Sexual Harassment In Colleges & K-12 Schools

Mark Keierleber

Baltimore Teachers Union Files Grievances Over Layoffs of 60 Educators and School Librarians

Mark Keierleber

Amid Baltimore’s Budget Crisis, 300 School Employees Could Lose Their Jobs

Mark Keierleber

NYC Chancellor, Union Boss Cry Foul Over Immigration Agents Visiting Queens School Seeking 4th-Grader

Mark Keierleber

Why the 10th Birthday Is Critical for Predicting the Career Paths of Immigrant Students

Mark Keierleber

Reaching 90% Grad Rate Unlikely Without an Acute Focus on Low-Income, Minority Kids, Report Finds

Mark Keierleber

How Republicans’ Bill to Replace Obamacare Could Cut Billions of Dollars From America’s Schools

Mark Keierleber

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Denver, Texas, NYC: Meet the 3 Finalists for This Year’s $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

Mark Keierleber

Arne Duncan’s Next Mission: Helping the Young Men at the Center of Chicago’s Gun Violence Epidemic

Mark Keierleber

Immigration Fears in California Schools: Report Shows 1 in 8 Students Have Undocumented Parents

Mark Keierleber

Arne Duncan Says Don’t Believe the Hype on SIG Failure; Obama Program Has Lessons for DeVos

Mark Keierleber

Bill Clinton Highlights Undocumented Students, Diversity in Speech at America’s Promise Summit

Mark Keierleber

Nevada Bill Seeks Cameras in Special Ed Classrooms, Just as Texas Reworks Its First-in-the-Nation Law

Mark Keierleber

Colin Powell on Education, Opportunity & Immigrant Students Ahead of America’s Promise 20th-Anniversary Gala

Mark Keierleber

What If All Public Schools Had an Authorizer? A New Proposal to Give More Autonomy — for More Accountability

Mark Keierleber

Update: Md. Lawmakers Override Veto of Bill to Limit School Accountability And Education Reform

Mark Keierleber

Baltimore’s New Mayor Proposes $288 Million in Education Spending to Save City’s Schools

Mark Keierleber

Race & Class: Chicago Schools Sue State, Claim Minority Kids See 78 Cents Per Dollar Sent to White Schools

Mark Keierleber

Supreme Court Sets New Standard for Special Ed, Unanimously Rejects Minimal School Progress

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

Q&A: Why Miami’s Superintendent, Once an Undocumented Immigrant, Is Banning ICE From His Schools

Mark Keierleber

Claiming Sanctuary: Inside the Schools Now Actively Resisting President Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Anne Holton on Desegregation, Working the Clinton Campaign, and Fixing Virginia’s Schools

Mark Keierleber

Texas Lawmakers Push New Rules to Fight Back Against a Surge in Teacher Sexual Misconduct Cases

Mark Keierleber

Supreme Court Sends Transgender Case Back to Lower Court; Gavin Grimm Vows to Continue His Fight

Carolyn Phenicie & Mark Keierleber

The 74 Interview

74 Interview: John King on His Year as Ed Secretary, the Trump Administration, His New Role at Ed Trust

Mark Keierleber

10 Kids + 1 Teacher = The Smallest School in the Tiniest District in America’s Least Populated State

Mark Keierleber

February 22, 2017

At Philadelphia’s Mastery Charter Network, Culture Is Key to Turning Around Failing Schools

Mark Keierleber

February 20, 2017

Clean Sweep: How Washers in Schools Boost Attendance and Improve Day-to-Day Life for the Neediest Students

Mark Keierleber

February 15, 2017

As Immigration Battles Heat Up Across the U.S., California District Faces Its Own Refugee Crisis

Mark Keierleber

February 14, 2017

First Amendment Is Strong at Nation’s High Schools: 91% of Students, 95% of Teachers Back Free Speech

Mark Keierleber

February 9, 2017

The 74 Interview

Korman: I Was a Lawyer Volunteer at Dulles Airport When Trump’s Immigration Ban Took Effect

Mark Keierleber

February 8, 2017

Nebraska Lawmaker Seeks More Physical Restraint of Students in School — Even by Other Students

Mark Keierleber

February 6, 2017

What Trump’s Ban Means for 17,000 Students From 7 Nations — and the Future of the U.S. Tech Industry

Mark Keierleber

January 31, 2017

Five Surprising Facts About Jason Botel, Trump’s Pick for Senior White House Adviser on Education

Mark Keierleber

January 30, 2017

Photos: Parents Took Their Kids to the Immigration Protests — and Created a Teachable Moment

Steve Snyder, Naomi Nix & Mark Keierleber

January 29, 2017

Homecoming: After Three Years Living in a Shelter, Darius and His Mom Get Apartment of Their Own

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2017

What John King and Other Education Leaders Who Signed Petition Want Trump to Know About DACA

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Dozens of Indianapolis Schools, One Application: Nonprofit Aims for Easier, More Equitable Enrollment

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Maryland Education Reform Talk Heating Up as State Leaders Debate Vouchers, Charter Schools, ESSA

Mark Keierleber

January 23, 2017

Republican Lawmakers in Wisconsin, Feeling Shut Out of State ESSA Decisions, Vow to Grab Greater Control

Mark Keierleber

January 19, 2017

Paladino Under Fire Again, but Racist Comments Are Nothing New for Buffalo School Board Member

Mark Keierleber

January 5, 2017

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

Mark Keierleber

December 9, 2016

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

Mark Keierleber

December 8, 2016

School Bullying, Civic Engagement and the First Amendment in Donald Trump’s America

Mark Keierleber

November 27, 2016

Indiana Flashback: New to Team Trump, Education Secretary Pick DeVos Has Long Been on Team Pence

Mark Keierleber

November 23, 2016

Success Academy Leader Eva Moskowitz Doesn’t Want Ed Secretary Job, Defends Trump Platform

Mark Keierleber

November 17, 2016

School Bullying After the Election: Students and Parents Recount Rising Anxiety and Intimidation

Naomi Nix & Mark Keierleber

November 14, 2016

Candidate Trump Talked Tough on Crime. Does That Signal an End to School Discipline Reform?

Mark Keierleber

November 13, 2016

Massachusetts Voters Say No to Charter School Expansion

Mark Keierleber

November 9, 2016

Poll Results Diverge as $38M Campaign Over Massachusetts Charter Cap Hits Ballot Tuesday

Mark Keierleber

November 6, 2016

SCOTUS to Hear Virginia Transgender Case With Big Implications for Ed Policy and Beyond

Carolyn Phenicie, Naomi Nix & Mark Keierleber

October 27, 2016

Divisive Trump Surrogate Draws Boos at Education Conference

Mark Keierleber

October 24, 2016

Naloxone in Schools: Why School Nurses Are Jumping Into the Fight Against Heroin Overdoses

Mark Keierleber

October 23, 2016

The Last Cut: Buffalo Teachers Agree to Contract After 12-Year Stalemate

Mark Keierleber

October 20, 2016

Guidance Counselors Seeking Guidance: Inside the Movement to Improve College Advising

Mark Keierleber

October 19, 2016

NYC’s Homeless Student Population Reaches a New ‘Disturbing’ High: 105,445, or 1 in 10

Mark Keierleber

October 18, 2016

The Homeless Student Population Is Exploding. Will New Focus on Performance Save Them?

Mark Keierleber

October 16, 2016

An Autistic Girl in the Cumberland Mountains: One Family’s Brutal Fight for Meaningful Special Ed

Mark Keierleber

October 10, 2016

Why Advocates Hope the Supreme Court Will Save Special Education

Mark Keierleber

October 5, 2016

Some Teens Commit Crime So They Can Eat: New Reports

Mark Keierleber

September 21, 2016

ITT Tech Isn’t Just a College Scandal. It Also Ran Charter Schools — and Left Teens Scrambling

Mark Keierleber

September 12, 2016

Donald Trump Is Visiting a Failing Charter School in Ohio — Why? 4 Things to Know

Mark Keierleber

September 8, 2016

Pa. Governor Orders Up New Charter Oversight Office to Focus on Virtual Schools—but That’s Not All

Mark Keierleber

September 1, 2016

The 74 Interview

74 Q&A: ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed Talks About His Arrest, How It Factors Into School Discipline Debate

Mark Keierleber

August 17, 2016

‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed Sues, Citing Bias in Texas Schools — and Has the Stats to Prove It

Mark Keierleber

August 16, 2016

Exclusive Videos: What Top GOP Leaders Told Us About Their Education Priorities

Mark Keierleber

What SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action Ruling Means for Minority College Applicants

Mark Keierleber

The Prison-to-Food Truck Pipeline: How Two Organizations Are Dishing Up Jobs for At-Risk Youth

Mark Keierleber

As PA Teens Protest Cop’s Use of Force, a Reminder: There’s No Federal Law for Training School Officers

Mark Keierleber

Inside Hillary Clinton’s Latest Push to Improve Early Childhood Education: Home Visits

Mark Keierleber

National Charter Schools Week

6 Innovative School Leaders Who Are Disrupting Traditional Education

Mark Keierleber

The Confident Man: Kriner Cash Says He Can Fix Buffalo’s Broken Schools. Should We Believe Him?

Mark Keierleber

Is Milwaukee’s School Voucher Program Keeping Kids Out of Jail? These Researchers Think So

Mark Keierleber

How a Summer Camp to China Hopes to Reinvent Student Enrichment

Mark Keierleber

Scoop: The Data Security App You Didn’t Know Your School Was Using to Create ‘Badges’ for Youngest Kids

Mark Keierleber

5 New Yorkers Sound Off on the Education Issues They Want Clinton and Sanders to Debate in Brooklyn

Mark Keierleber

WATCH: DFER President Shavar Jeffries Talks Clinton, Sanders, the Future of Education Reform

Mark Keierleber & Mareesa Nicosia

‘Give Us Safer Schools’: 11 NYC Parents Decry City’s ‘Indifference’ to School Violence, File Federal Suit

Mark Keierleber & Mareesa Nicosia

Remedial Courses Come With Steep Price Tag — And Low-Income Students Aren’t The Only Ones Footing the Bill

Mark Keierleber

The 74 Exclusive: Ed Reform Groups StudentsFirst and 50CAN to Merge

Mark Keierleber

Funny Or Trump: Watch the Hilarious Online Spoof That Calls Out GOP Rhetoric on Common Core Standards

Mark Keierleber

Congress Confronts a Balancing Act Between Education Research Data and Student Privacy Rights

Mark Keierleber

A New Class of Charter School Leaders Is Pushing Back Against Suspensions, and Rethinking Discipline

Mark Keierleber

The Wallace Foundation is Handing Out $47 Million to Make Principals Better at their Jobs. Here’s Why

Mark Keierleber

In the Shadows of Wyoming’s Oil and Coal HeyDey, An Education Funding Crisis

Mark Keierleber

The ‘Diplomas Now’ Way: Better Identify At-Risk Kids, Do Whatever It Takes to Get Them to Graduation Day

Mark Keierleber

7 Days of Genius

The Maker Movement Is About More Than Science and Math — But Is All This Tinkering Really Effective?

Mark Keierleber

Video of Baltimore Cop Slapping Student Reignites Big Questions About Child Training for School Cops

Mark Keierleber

7 Days of Genius

The Tiny School Project Is About to Get Even Smaller: 4.0 Schools’ New Plan to Reach Edu Entrepreneurs

Mark Keierleber

Transgender Students

S.D. Governor Hands Victory to Transgender Students, Vetoes Controversial Bathroom Bill

Mark Keierleber

February 29, 2016

NYC Pro-Charter Group Sets Sights on Abusive Teachers

Mark Keierleber

February 25, 2016

On the Campaign Trail

Why Donald Trump Loves the ‘Poorly Educated’

Mark Keierleber

February 24, 2016

WATCH: Desperate Nevada Parents Hope Courts Uphold Education Savings Accounts

Mark Keierleber

February 18, 2016

3 Things Every Parent Must Know About USA Today’s Jaw-Dropping Teacher Discipline Investigation

Mark Keierleber

February 16, 2016

School Choice 2016

School Choice Week: 5 Inspiring Neighborhood Schools that are Rewriting the Rules

Mark Keierleber

January 28, 2016

AP Overload, Padded Resumes, Suicides: Why Harvard Is Pushing Elites to Rethink College Admissions

Mark Keierleber

January 20, 2016

JPMorgan’s $75M Push for Career Technical Education Boosts 2016 Ed Philanthropy to $1.2 Billion

Mark Keierleber

January 19, 2016

How a Months-Long Delay on Test Scores Could Be the Final Blow for Indiana’s ISTEP Test

Mark Keierleber

January 13, 2016

Star Wars 101: How 3 Teachers Are Using The Force to Teach Politics, Myths and Monsters

Mark Keierleber

December 15, 2015

Google Outsells All Others (Combined) in the EdTech Battle — But the War Is Just Beginning

Mark Keierleber

December 8, 2015

Transgender Students

Last-Minute Deal With Feds Over IL Transgender Student’s Locker Room Access Divides Advocates

Mark Keierleber

December 3, 2015

A Civics Lesson in Social Change: Charter School Rally in Connecticut Demands Fair Funding

Mark Keierleber

November 10, 2015

No Excuses on Transgender Student Rights: DOE Doubles Down, Warns IL District It Could Lose Funds

Mark Keierleber

November 8, 2015

The Lost Kids: New Report Exposes Startling Lack of Education Standards at Juvenile Justice Facilities

Mark Keierleber

November 5, 2015

‘Got to Go’ List Shines a Light on Evolving Debate Over How to Discipline Students

Mark Keierleber

November 2, 2015

Armed But Untrained: Why So Many School Cops Are Unprepared for the Classroom

Mark Keierleber

November 1, 2015

Inside Mississippi’s Confusing, Controversial and Deceptive Ballot War Over School Funding

Mark Keierleber

October 25, 2015

Inside the NYC Rally for Education Equality, as Teachers’ Voices Join the Chorus for Choice

Mark Keierleber

October 21, 2015

VIDEO: Meet the NYC Parents Who Marched Across the Brooklyn Bridge in Support of School Choice

Naomi Nix & Mark Keierleber

October 9, 2015

Can This Tech Startup Change the Way Schools Get Financed?

Mark Keierleber

October 2, 2015

I’m Not Abandoning Our Parents: A Washington Charter Leader Reflects on Two Tumultuous Weeks

Mark Keierleber

September 21, 2015

#IStandWithAhmed: 11 Tweets That Rallied the Internet to the Defense of a 9th Grade Texas Inventor

Mark Keierleber

September 16, 2015

Laurene Powell Jobs Announces $50 Million Race to Rethink American High Schools

Mark Keierleber

September 14, 2015

Success Academy’s Virtual Tour Open Doors to its Innovative Teaching Approach

Mark Keierleber

September 8, 2015

NOLA Schools — 10 Years After Katrina

Photo History: After Katrina, Devastation and Renewal Inside New Orleans’ Schools

Mark Keierleber

August 25, 2015

How the Currency of the Future — Bitcoin — is Making its Way into School Finances

Mark Keierleber

August 13, 2015

Inside New Hampshire’s Innovative Push to Change the Way We Test Students

Mark Keierleber

August 10, 2015

How Are This Year’s Spelling Bee Champs Spending Their Summers? Not Spelling, That’s for Sure

Mark Keierleber

Transgender Students

New York Issues New School Guidelines in Bid to Protect Privacy of Transgender Students

Mark Keierleber

6 Reasons Why Singapore Math Might Just Be the Better Way

Mark Keierleber

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