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Future of High School

A Restored Detroit Rail Station Looks to the Future, Offering Training for Teens

Michigan Central Station, long a symbol of decline and decay, is now an innovation hub with workshops and cutting edge equipment for youth.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
commentary
commentary

The College Cost Fog Machine: We Need a New Transparency Compact

Manno: High school students and parents need more information before committing to colleges. The cost fog has become a public trust problem.

Bruno V. Manno
Author: Bruno V. Manno
teachers union
teachers union

Princess Moss Elected NEA President With Votes From 50% of Assembly Members

The former music teacher, who previously served as the union's vice president, narrowly avoided a run-off in July 5 election.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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college and career
college and career

What Today鈥檚 College Students Need That Previous Generations Didn鈥檛

College degrees don鈥檛 guarantee good jobs anymore, so students must build resumes and AI skills in high school and college, experts say.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
commentary
commentary

New NAEP Report Shows Learning Progress Has Stalled. Here’s What to Do About It

Rafal-Baer: Reversing decades of stagnation takes engaging learning opportunities, evidence-based approaches, meaningful data & the will to use it.

Julia Rafal-Baer
Author: Julia Rafal-Baer
commentary
commentary

Children Are Drowning. It’s Time We Bring in the Teachers

Student鈥檚 View: There is no substitute for learning to swim. But classroom instruction can protect millions of children who never get swim lessons.

Kate Casciato
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Survey: Young People Turn to AI to Be 鈥楾heir Real, Unfiltered Selves鈥�

New research shows 1 in 3 young people use AI for personal, relational support or engaging intimately with characters and personas.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Analysis
Analysis

There Are 2 Types of Grade Inflation. Students’ Learning & Earnings Are at Risk

Aldeman: New research finds giving a D rather than an F can help. But pumping up averages lowers graduation rates, college attainment & future income.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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Declaration at 250

Declaration at 250
Declaration at 250

At 250, the Declaration of Independence Still Sparks Hard Questions in Class

Teachers say debates over citizenship and equality are reshaping how students read the declaration today.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Spotlight Oklahoma

Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma

Tulsa Charter Network Begins to Bounce Back From Pandemic Decline

Elsie Urueta Pollock founded Tulsa Honor Academy more than decade ago and now works to encourage more Latinos to open charter schools.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
commentary
commentary
Spotlight Oklahoma

Three Schools, One Direction: Combining High School, College and CTE Work

Student鈥檚 View: I found an ocean of opportunity at my three schools 鈥� and a community of people who believed in me.

Caleb Phillips
Author: Caleb Phillips
Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma

Aquatic Robots, Drones and Power Tools: STEM Spans All Grades in Oklahoma School

With computer science beginning in kindergarten and a character education curriculum, Dove Schools charter network has a 100% college acceptance rate.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma

How the 鈥楽outhern Surge鈥� Passed Oklahoma By

Tyner: Educational decline can happen slowly, almost invisibly, until it becomes impossible to ignore. Other states should take note.

Adam Tyner
Author: Adam Tyner
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Opinion

Opinion
Opinion

Former Republican Special Ed Chiefs Warn Against Shifting Oversight to HHS

VanderPloeg and Lee: The move won鈥檛 reduce bureaucracy but could lead to confusion, duplicative processes and hurdles, and inconsistent guidance.

Laurie VanderPloeg & Stephanie Smith Lee
commentary
commentary
Future of High School

We Asked Students What They Needed. Then We Built Around the Answer

Cafferata: With a community school grant, we redesigned our alternative school to not just meet basic needs but also provide career pathways.

Chantelle Cafferata
Author: Chantelle Cafferata
commentary
commentary

The College Cost Fog Machine: We Need a New Transparency Compact

Manno: High school students and parents need more information before committing to colleges. The cost fog has become a public trust problem.

Bruno V. Manno
Author: Bruno V. Manno
commentary
commentary

While Washington Debates Screen Time, Many Students Lack Access Altogether

Jackson: Schools that lack meaningful access to technology risk locking students out of the opportunities that define the modern workforce.

Waymond Jackson, Ed Farm
Author: Waymond Jackson
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early childhood education
early childhood education

Elementary Principals Are Getting a Crash Course in How Young Kids Learn Best

Young children need different conditions than older students to thrive. Some school leaders are adapting their practices to reflect that reality.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
early education
early education

New Report Finds Five-Year Drop in Preschool Enrollment, but COVID鈥檚 Effects Loom

Providers in states that saw the biggest enrollment declines say COVID alone does not explain why the data show fewer 3- and 4-year-olds in school.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
childcare
childcare

This Childcare Program Is 100% Employee-Owned. Will It Help Retain Workers?

At Imagine Early Learning Centers, all staff own a portion of the company. Could this model be part of a solution to retaining childcare providers?

Andrea Steffes-Tuttle
Author: Andrea Steffes-Tuttle
Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut Schools Double Down on Early Detection to Help Reading Scores

Screeners aligned with the science of reading dig into children鈥檚 fundamental skills to spot literacy delays early.

Theo Peck-Suzuki, The Connecticut Mirror
technology
technology

In 鈥楾oy Story 5,鈥� Tech 鈥業nvades鈥� Playtime. It Also Threatens Human Connection.

Disney's latest animated favorite depicts technology as displacing real peer-to-peer interactions. Experts weigh in on how much that mirrors reality.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
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Bright Spots

Bright Spots
Bright Spots

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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charter schools

Indianapolis Tries to Shape a 鈥楪rand Bargain鈥� for Charters, District

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Department of Education

To Ease Civil Rights Backlog, McMahon Orders Back Staff She Tried to Fire

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
commentary

The Hidden Cost of Children’s Book Bans

Kamye Hugley
Author: Kamye Hugley
school leadership

Finance Poses Top Concern for Superintendents This Year, Survey Shows

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
2025 Year in Review

Vax Rates, ESAs, and Cell Phone Bans: 12 Charts That Defined Education in 2025

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
English language

Kansas English Language Teacher Earns Surprise $25,000 Milken Award

Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
Maryland

Maryland Gov. Moore Announces Grants for $19 Million Teacher Recruitment Program

William J. Ford, Maryland Matters
Opinion

Better Schools Start with Better School Board Elections

David Griffith & Jill Hoppe
commentary

When Public Service Becomes Financially Impossible, We All Lose

Verna Williams
Author: Verna Williams
Analysis

Is a Master’s in Education Really Worth It? Probably Not, Research Shows

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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