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Want to Close America’s Learning Gaps? First, Strengthen Students’ Relationships

Aaliyah Samuel

COVID & Schools: How England Is Researching the Pandemic’s Deep Impact on Kids

Jake Anders

‘Hamilton’ Education Competition Brings Low-Income Youth to Broadway

Marianna McMurdock

For Stronger Readers in Third Grade, Start Building Knowledge in Preschool

Susan B. Neuman & Lily Wong Fillmore

How Is Camden’s Innovative School System Moving the Needle for Students?

Laura Waters

Closing Campuses: How Much Money Does It Save School Districts, Anyway?

Marguerite Roza & Aashish Dhammani

What the End of ‘College for All’ Means for the Future of America’s High Schools

Chelsea Waite

40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Fixing Our Classrooms Through School Funding

Eric Hanushek

Improving America’s Schools: Why It’s Long Past Time to Rethink Curriculum

Robert Pondiscio

Improving Our Schools: How Have Standards-Based Reforms Succeeded (and Failed)?

Michael J. Petrilli

‘We Are in a Different Place’: CDC Lifts 5-Day Isolation Guidelines for COVID

Helena Oliviero & Stephanie Lamm

Reforming Schools and Helping Students: Key Lessons From Newark, New Jersey

Cami Anderson

Why the Adult Education World Is Overdue In Embracing the Science of Reading

Larissa Phillips

A Surge of Parents Seeking Child-Centered Schooling Alternatives in Philadelphia

Kerry McDonald

High-Impact Tutoring: Inside the Efforts to Combat COVID Learning Loss

Kevin Huffman

How Schools Are Unlocking Resources for Students By Building Smarter Schedules

Misty Rieber

Key to Improving America’s Schools: Rethinking School Staffing & Teacher Quality

Thomas S. Dee

Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Redesign the New American High School

Robin Lake

‘A Nation At Risk’ Turns 40: How America Can Reinvigorate Its Teacher Workforce

Michael Hansen

Archery Training at School: 5 Reasons Congress Was Right to Free Federal Funds

Tommy Floyd

Helping Teens Succeed: We Must Blur the Lines Between HS, College & Careers

Jared Polis

National School Choice Week: Experts Discuss America’s Evolving Education System

The 74

40 Years of School Choice: How American Education Is Being Reshaped

John D. Singleton

10 Education Entrepreneurs Offer Advice To New Founders in 2024

Kerry McDonald

Supporting the ‘Whole Child’ at School, in the 40 Years since ‘A Nation at Risk’

Maria D. Fitzpatrick

6 Ways Schools Can Better Engage Parents Worried About COVID Learning Loss

Keri Rodrigues

Teaching Kids to Read: New Tool Goes Beyond Standards to Identify Top Curriculum

Susan Pimentel

40 Years After ‘A Nation at Risk’: The Imperative for High-Quality Pre-K

Deborah Stipek

A Nation At Risk, 40 Years Later: How Have (and Haven’t) Schools Changed?

The 74

Closing Education’s ‘Honesty Gap’: Greater Transparency for Parents After COVID

Aimee Guidera

Confronting Chronic Absenteeism: Why Parents Are Picking New Schools For Kids

Kerry McDonald

Longtime Newsroom Leader Steve Snyder Named CEO of Education News Outlet The 74

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A New Chapter for The 74

Jim Roberts

10 Teens Talk Mental Health, AI & What It’s Like to Be a Student in 2023

Cara Pangelinan

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten

Moms for Liberty Launches First New York City Chapter in Queens

Marianna McMurdock

Fentanyl is Poisoning Arizona’s Teens. Students Are Reducing Overdoses, One PSA at a Time

Marianna McMurdock

Not-Back-To-School Time For Homeschoolers

Kerry McDonald

Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo

Q&A: Lessons from a Decade of Battling Racial Inequity in the K-12 Workforce

Marianna McMurdock

New ‘Anxious Nation’ Documentary Offers Intimate Portrait of Teen Anxiety

Marianna McMurdock

From Textiles to Tech: How Rural South Carolina Trains Students for New Industry

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Due Process, Undue Delays: NYC’s Decades-Long Special Ed Bottleneck

Beth Hawkins

Tutoring Groups in 20 States Receive Grants to Expand & Help More Kids Catch Up

The 74

Former NJ Schools Chief: Lower Passing Scores a Parlor Trick That Hurts Students

Chris Cerf

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

Mark Keierleber

Douglas County Schools Pays $832K to Fired Chief Who Claimed Retaliation

Jo Napolitano

A Nation At Risk: Amid COVID Learning Loss, Concerns About Students Left Behind

The 74

Book Excerpt: When Schools Flush With Cash Are Also Flushing Cash Down the Drain

Connor Boyack & Corey A. DeAngelis

Teacher’s New Graphic Novel Captures COVID’s Impact on His Students

The 74

How Standards-Based Grading Is Empowering Students to Own Their Education

Jillian Kuhlmann & Shelby Taylor

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

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

COVID Learning Loss: Missouri Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance

Joshua Parrish

Religious Public Schools? A Looming Legal Showdown Over Faith-Based Charters

Andy Smarick

Teen Mental Health Crisis Pushes More School Districts to Sue Social Media Giants

Marianna McMurdock

Less Classroom Time For Students? New Washington Bill Would Trim 4 Hours a Week

Joshua Parrish

Iowa Schools Cutting Budgets, Bracing for 2024 Financial Pain as COVID Aid Ends

Joshua Parrish

Mastery Learning Backers Launch New HS Transcript to Help Grads Apply to College

Patrick O’Donnell

What the Oscar Nominees Have to Say About Kids, Parents & the Pain of Growing Up

Martin Tsai

COVID’s Missing Kids: How Connecticut Is Successfully Reengaging Absent Students

Joshua Parrish

Book Review — Are Education Leaders Mismeasuring Schools’ Vital Signs?

David Osborne

16 Under 16 in STEM: California Teen Harnesses His Anxiety for the Greater Good

The 74

Parents’ ‘Profound Dissatisfaction’ With Schools Amid COVID Reshapes Ed Politics

The 74

Missing an Opportunity: Ed Dept. Criticized by GAO for Teacher Shortage Strategy

Marianna McMurdock

2022 Midterms: 16 Key Education Races That Could Impact Schools & Students

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Watch: 4 Midterm Votes to Watch If You Care About Schools & Education Politics

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New Learning Loss Scorecard Shows Parents How Pandemic Impacted Their Schools

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Nation’s Declining Report Card Mirrors Drops in State Standardized Test Scores

Bella DiMarco

Youth Sports Teach Valuable Skills But Robotics Helps Every Kid Go Pro

Chris Moore

Can Afterschool Programs Help Students With Learning Recovery, Mental Health?

Joshua Parrish

WATCH — Experts Warn ‘Swatting’ Hoaxes at U.S. Schools Appear Coordinated

The 74

WATCH — Jurors Recommend Life Sentence for Parkland Gunman Who Killed 17

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Amid Regional Shortages, US Schools Employing 160,000 ‘Underqualified’ Teachers

Marianna McMurdock

COVID & School Recovery: Washington Hopes New Science Curriculum Will Boost Student Engagement

Joshua Parrish

Pandemic Brief: Some Scientists Now See COVID as Less Risky Than the Flu

John Bailey

Outside UN Building, UNICEF’s ‘Learning Crisis Classroom’ Sounds School Warning

Steve Snyder

Inside GameCon: New Convention Celebrates ‘Gameschooling’ & Making Learning Fun

Tim Newcomb

16 Under 16 in STEM: NJ Teen Employs Tech for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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1 in 10 Teachers Say They’ve Been Attacked by Students

Charles Bell

16 Under 16 in STEM: A New York Teen Advocates for New-Age Farming Through Film

The 74

New Book Spotlights 4 Families Who Established Rights for Undocumented Students

Jessica Lander

16 Under 16 in STEM: A Teen Inventor Aims to Get More Girls Into STEM Careers

The 74

16 Under 16 in STEM: California Teen’s Medical Focus Inspires Care For Neighbors

The 74

STEM Takes a Village: A Tulsa Group’s Free Curriculum & Aid Is Expanding Access

Kristi Eaton

A Wave of New Political Polls Is Raising Red Flags for Democrats on Education

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Education Dept’s R&D Arm Faces a Dire Budget Shortfall — Just as We Need It Most

Kumar Garg

COVID & College: Indiana Enrollment Declines, as Only 53% of HS Grads Continue

Joshua Parrish

COVID & Schools: Michigan Aims to Invest $280 Million in Large-Scale Tutoring Plan

Joshua Parrish

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Idaho to Offer Learning Loss Grants Directly to Parents to Help Kids Rebound

Joshua Parrish

‘One Education Under Desks’: Amanda Gorman Tweets New Poem in Wake of Texas School Shooting

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4-Day School Week? Rural Districts Adjusting to Teacher Burnout, Low Attendance

Joshua Parrish

Q&A: David Brooks on Schools, Society’s Divides & How ‘Weavers’ Can Heal America

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Why Schools in One State Are Asking Students For Ideas on Best Way to Use Funds

Joshua Parrish

Panic in Pennsylvania Schools Amid Declining Teaching Candidates & Applications

Joshua Parrish

One Key Tool For Schools in Confronting COVID Learning Loss: Peer Tutors

Meg McIntyre

Analysis: For America’s Future, Key STEM Skills Won’t Be Learned in Classrooms

Stephanie J. Hull, Jim Clark, Jennifer Sirangelo, Suzanne McCormick & Ron Ottinger

One Year After States Received $122B for K-12, Districts Struggle to Spend It

Linda Jacobson

Biden: Parents Should Insist Schools Use Relief Funds to Confront Learning Loss

Steve Snyder

New Education Law Would Require Measuring of Student Learning Loss Due to COVID

Joshua Parrish
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