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Creating Communicators and Critical Thinkers: Soon There Will Be A Test For That

鈥楽oft鈥� or 鈥榙urable鈥� skills are becoming more important for students, but there's been little effort to define what makes someone good at them 鈥� until now.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
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Accountability Is the Broccoli of Education Reform. States Must Eat More of It

Bush: Sometimes the most important things are the least glamorous. Assessment and accountability rarely make headlines but are key to academic success.

Jeb Bush
Author: Jeb Bush
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Assistant Teachers Key to Early Education, Yet State Policies Don鈥檛 Reflect That

Two-thirds of states lack basic credential or training requirements for assistant teachers, report finds 鈥� reinforcing low pay and limiting mobility.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
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Why This Connecticut District鈥檚 Reading Scores Are Outstripping Expectations

Meriden is Connecticut鈥檚 lowest funded school district 鈥� and seven of its eight elementary schools are beating the odds in literacy scores.

Jessika Harkay
Author: Jessika Harkay
Early Childhood
Early Childhood

Kids Who Were Babies During COVID Are Now Struggling With Reading and Math

NWEA data shows that while kindergarten achievement is steady, first and second graders' math and reading skills remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
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California鈥檚 Kitchen Nightmare: Union Demands Rise as Enrollment Falls

Hartney: Teachers are pressing districts to commit to more expensive labor contracts even as funding remains tied to the number of students.

Michael Hartney
Author: Michael Hartney
student's view
student's view

Latin is Not Dead Yet. Here鈥檚 How We Keep It Alive

Student鈥檚 View: Presenting Latin as an equity tool rather than a classical tradition can change curricula and who sees themselves as a Latin student.

Charlie Friedman
Author: Charlie Friedman
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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AI 鈥楽lop鈥� Is Flooding Children鈥檚 Media. Parents Should Be Very Alarmed.

Low-quality, mass-produced video content is a 鈥渕onster problem鈥� for child development, with few guardrails in place to stop it.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan

Future of High School

Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Inside 5 Rural Texas Districts That Together Set Students on Path to the Future

High schoolers travel to districts up to an hour away to attend academies in welding, teaching, nursing, robotics 鈥� and earn college credit.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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Future of High School

How D.C. Public Schools Elevate Student Voice to Drive Change

Ferebee: To scale school-level innovation, D.C. is codifying promising practices and shifting policies to follow the lead of its innovative schools.

Lewis D. Ferebee
Author: Lewis D. Ferebee
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Building a Mindset: Amp Lab Makes Entrepreneurship, Work Skills Its Mission

Students at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, high school do projects for companies 鈥� and start their own businesses 鈥� to teach them the skills they need to thrive.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
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future of high school
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Groups Seek Funding Fix to Help Michigan Grow Dual Enrollment Even More

To get even more high school students to participate, groups are asking the state to explore funding sources and take financial burden off districts.

Martin Slagter
Author: Martin Slagter
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Why Blue State Governors Should Sign Up for New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

Bradford: Refusing to join the program won't stop it, and it can't be regulated to meet political aims. But state execs can steer where the money goes.

Derrell Bradford
Author: Derrell Bradford
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School Vouchers Fail the Civil Rights Test. The Federal Program Is No Exception

Advocates鈥� View: Public dollars should expand civil rights, not shrink them. Public education is the backbone of equal opportunity.

Jenny Mu帽iz, Nicole Fuller, Ashley Harrington & Hal Smith
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Some States Are Banning Much More Than Phones in Schools. That’s a Huge Mistake

Culatta: Bills forbidding use of technology in the classroom will deny students essential skills and train them for a world that no longer exists

Richard Culatta
Author: Richard Culatta
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commentary

Accountability Is the Broccoli of Education Reform. States Must Eat More of It

Bush: Sometimes the most important things are the least glamorous. Assessment and accountability rarely make headlines but are key to academic success.

Jeb Bush
Author: Jeb Bush
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Boston
Boston

Head Start Programs Face Funding Squeeze

鈥業t has been an incredibly unpredictable year, from both policy changes to funding instability鈥�

Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Assistant Teachers Key to Early Education, Yet State Policies Don鈥檛 Reflect That

Two-thirds of states lack basic credential or training requirements for assistant teachers, report finds 鈥� reinforcing low pay and limiting mobility.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina Home-Based Head Start Program Supports Kings Mountain Child Care

Grow Early Learning serves farmworkers鈥� children in new ways through Head Start.

Liz Bell & Sophia Luna
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Pay Equity Fund for D.C.鈥檚 Early Educators Faces Possible Elimination

D.C. made national news with a groundbreaking pay equity program for early educators. Now the program may be cut, leaving thousands in limbo.

Rebecca Gale
Author: Rebecca Gale
immigration
immigration

Trump鈥檚 Immigration Crackdown Is Harming Young Children and Their Caregivers

In a pair of new reports, researchers examine how heightened immigration enforcement activities are impacting young children and their caregivers.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
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Is Your School Beating the Odds in Reading?

Using new national data from over 40,000 schools, this interactive map identifies the schools beating the odds in teaching kids to read.

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California Schools Face Budget Cuts as Enrollment Drops by 74,961 Students

Diana Lambert, Lasherica Thornton, John Festerwald & Daniel J. Willis
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Standard-Based Grading Offers a Different Model of Assessing Student Learning

Jerrid Kruse, Drake University
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California Students Author New 鈥楧igital Wellness鈥� Bill, Say Phone Bans Fall Short

Vani Sanganeria, EdSource
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What Will Life Be Like After the Education Department? Look at What Came Before

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Why Some NYC Schools Are Embracing International Baccalaureate

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Indiana Teachers Union Staff File Unfair Labor Charges After Alleged Retaliation

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Author: Lauren Wagner
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Dolly Parton’s Reading Initiative Hits Snag in California

Adam Echelman, CalMatters
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Education Department Dissolving Federal Office Serving English Learners

Erica Meltzer
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Maryland District Sheds Remedial High School Math Courses, Sees Students Soar

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Nebraska

Lincoln Mother Continues Fight for Nebraska Literacy, Dyslexia Awareness

Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
immigration

States Change Custody Laws to Keep Kids of Detained Immigrants Out of Foster Care

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
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Rebuilding the Black Teacher Pipeline, for the Benefit of All Students

Arthur Polly
Author: Arthur Polly
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Parents, Schools Clash Over Movement to Abolish Screens

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Texas

Texas Gives First OK to Required Reading List With Bible Material

Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune
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Threats over DEI Weaken Local School Leaders McMahon Says She Wants to Empower

Maureen Tracey-Mooney & Thomas Toch
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Child Advocate Envisions 鈥楪ame-Changing鈥� Windfall From Social Media Settlements

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Empowering Student Voice In New York City Starts With a Vote

Arlen Benjamin-Gomez, Marsha Jean-Charles & Jordan Pineda
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The Graduation Gap: When Students Earn a High School Diploma But Still Can’t Do Math

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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