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The 74 interviews the top thinkers, policymakers and leaders in American education
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The 74 Interview

Rhode Island’s Ed Chief on Charters, Enrollment Loss and Providence’s Future

Facing halting improvement and potential closures in Providence, the state chief warned of the dangers of ‘sliding backwards.’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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74 Interview: Why Many ‘High-Achieving’ Students Don’t Become Teachers

Students are exposed to messaging — both explicit and subtle — that teaching is not a desirable career. Harvard’s Zid Mancenido wants to fix that.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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The 74 Interview

Psychologist Warns: Lack of Playtime, Excessive Adult Oversight, Is Hurting Kids

The Boston College professor praises unstructured playtime & challenges the conventional wisdom about screen time and youth anxiety

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Brown v. Board of Education
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74 Interview: Shep Melnick on Brown at 70 and Integration’s Failure in the North

Undefined goals and lack of guidance from Washington stalled the movement’s progress, the political scientist writes in his latest book.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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The 74 Interview

Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4

Piney Woods President William Crossley talks about the importance of Black institutions — and how his survived at the height of the Jim Crow era.

Sierra Lyons
Author: Sierra Lyons

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Brown v. Board of Education

Q&A: Civil Rights Lawyer Erika Wilson on How to Reignite Desegregation Efforts

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Financial Aid Reform Was His Legacy. Now, Lamar Alexander Calls it ‘a Big Mess’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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74 Interview: Minnesota’s Groundbreaking Push for Teacher Training on Ableism

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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5 Million Kids in Poverty: As Funds Expire, a Fresh Call to Confront the Crisis

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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74 Interview: USC’s Morgan Polikoff on New Poll Data & the ‘Purple Classroom’

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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74 Interview: Janice Jackson on Tutoring, Free College and Choice in Chicago

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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School Finance Data ‘Sucks.’ Rebecca Sibilia’s New Org is Offering $ to Fix It

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride — and Regret

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Journalist Natasha Alford on Race, Identity & Her New Memoir, ‘American Negra’

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Ohio’s Dept of Education & Workforce: New Name Signals New Student Priorities

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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High-Impact Tutoring CEO on New Jersey’s Steady Learning Loss for K-8 Students

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the ‘Burbs

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Experts on Kids & Social Media Weigh the Pros and Cons of ‘Growing Up in Public’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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74 Interview: Why Social Media is Being Blamed for the Youth Suicide Crisis

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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As Students Struggle With Math, One Indiana High Schooler Refinds Her Footing

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Maryland

The 74 Interview: Mohammed Choudhury on Stepping Down as Maryland Schools Chief

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Exiting Charter Leader Nina Rees Says ‘the Center Still Holds’ on School Choice

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Never Stop Trying: Dream Town Author on Shaker Heights’s Quest for Racial Equity

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Q&A: How Liberal ‘Elitism’ Is Hurting Equity at America’s Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
family structure

The 74 Interview: Melissa Kearney on ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — And Why Parents Should Care

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Steven Van Zandt on Rock, History & Our ‘Antiquated’ Approach to School

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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The 74 Interview: Cara Fitzpatrick on ‘The Death of Public School’

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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74 Interview: Time ≠ Learning — Tim Knowles on Scrapping the Carnegie Unit

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

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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Harvard Ruling Will Put Spotlight on College Elitism, Georgetown Economist Says

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Why Curiosity Matters: 2 Experts Talk Schools & Sparking Student Engagement

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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‘We Can’t Stay Where We Are’: The Democrat Behind the Houston Schools Takeover

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Former Parkland Principal Calls For Wellness Centers in Every School

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Student Mental Health: From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
The 74 Interview

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

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Interview: Researcher Anthony Bryk on Chicago Schools’ ‘Radical’ New Direction

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

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Idaho’s 18-Year-Old School Board Member on Youth Voice And Right-Wing Extremism

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Houston

‘We Stole 5 Years from Kids’: A Houston Board Member on Looming State Takeover

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
mental health

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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Former Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza New Head of Democrats for Education Reform

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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Q&A: Rocketship Schools Co-Founder Reflects on 15 Years of Empowering Parents

Richard Whitmire
Author: Richard Whitmire
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How Bridges to Science Aims to Close the Diversity Gaps in STEM Education

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Q&A: Education Expert on Tutoring, Learning Recovery & Schools’ Staffing Woes

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
design-based education

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

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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74 Interview: New KIPP CEO Shavar Jeffries on Students’ Post-Pandemic Needs

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

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Elliot Regenstein on Writing an Ed Reform Book That Doesn’t Alienate Teachers

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
Teaching History

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

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
National School Choice Week

Idaho’s New School Chief Lays Out Her Bold Plan to Change ‘Literally Everything’

Alan Gottlieb
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74 Interview: Meet Minneapolis’s First Autistic School Board Member

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Former Dallas Supe Hinojosa Speaks Out on COVID Fights & His Political Future

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Meet Skye, the 12-Year-Old Reporter Covering Georgia’s Runoff Election

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
School (In)Security

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2022

There Are Just 90 LGBTQ School Board Members. Half Were Threatened, Harassed

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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School Improvement Guru Justin Cohen on Teacher-Led School Innovation

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Torn Apart: 13-Year-Old Author Estela Juarez on New Book & Mother’s Deportation

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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Ending ‘Child Poverty Surveillance’: NYU Professor On Schools & Child Welfare

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
STEM Superstars

Video — Florida Teen Invents World’s First Sustainable Electric Vehicle Motor

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
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Watch: ‘Corn Kid’ Creator Talks Lessons Learned via Hundreds of Child Interviews

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The 74 Interview

Beyond It’s Corn: ‘Recess Therapy’ Creator on the Secret of Following Kids’ Joy

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Author Richard Reeves on the Boys’ Education Problem We Don’t Like to Talk About

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Q&A: TED Fellow Heejae Lim on Using Tech to Strengthen Family-School Engagement

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay
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The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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Harvard Professor Martin West on This Week’s Harrowing NAEP Results

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2022

Former COVID Data Whistleblower, Now Congressional Candidate With Bold K-12 Plan

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

74 Interview: Seeing the Nuances Behind the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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School Gunmen Don’t Just ‘Snap,’ Says Author Who Urges Better Threat Assessment

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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‘Provider of Last Resort’: Superintendent’s Last Plea for Help for Her Students

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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74 Interview: 3 Generations, One Navajo Family’s Indian Boarding School Legacy

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

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Q&A: Jonathan Chait on Democrats' Divide Over Education, School Innovation

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Charter School Co-Founders on Dual Language for All

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Mike Magee Leaving Chiefs to Be New Minerva University President

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Interview: Howard’s Daryl Scott on the Wars over Teaching American History

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

AZ’s Beth Lehr on a ‘Vilified’ Teachers and Other Pandemic Fallout

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

'Beyond Our Control': What the Pandemic Taught a College Freshman About Empathy

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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FReadom Fighters Co-Founder on Why School Librarians Matter

Megan McGibney
Pandemic

Parent Liaison Toni Baker on Pandemic Loneliness, Cherishing ‘the Little Things’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Nashville Parent Advocate Sonya Thomas Asks ‘What Has Changed?’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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LA's New School Chief on COVID Learning Recovery & Reversing Plunging Enrollment

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Black Astronaut Bernard Harris on ‘Terrestrial Mission’ to Boost STEM Education

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Q&A: School Chief Talks 700 Days of COVID Disruptions, Decries Failed Leadership

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
The 74 Interview

UFT’s Mulgrew on the Fighting City Hall and How the Pandemic ‘Made us Stronger’

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School Chief Recalls Pandemic Fights with Texas Governor and Chicago Union

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Interview: Robin Lake on Preparing for a ‘Decade of Work Ahead’ Post-Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Roza on the ‘Awakening’ in Parents and Struggles of Being a ‘Data Person’

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Interview: Pollster David Paleologos on School Politics in 2022

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Aaliyah Samuel on Getting ‘Back to the Middle’ on Social-Emotional Learning

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Sr. White House Advisor on Accessing School COVID Testing Amid ‘Supply Crisis’

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Interview: Andrew Rotherham on the Virginia Governor’s Race

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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Moms for Liberty Co-Founder on Parent ‘Warriors’ Who Challenge School Boards

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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Superintendent Michael Thomas on Changing a White School System

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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TX Valedictorian on Viral Speech, New Book on Ignored Abortion Stories

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
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