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Arkansas
Reviving Pine Bluff

Arkansas’ Shrinking City: A Charter Network Transforms Schools in Pine Bluff

With an emphasis on Black teachers, the 7-school charter network is pushing to rejuvenate Arkansas’ once highly-educated Black metropolis.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
skills for the future
Carnegie Unit

Reinventing Report Cards: Reading, Writing, Collaboration and Other Work Skills

Five states and the creator of a mastery report card join an ETS and Carnegie effort to ditch A-F grades and highlight work skills with academics

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
North Carolina
AI

National Conference Convenes Education Leaders Around ‘Future-Focused Schools’

What are future-focused schools?

Hannah Vinueza McClellan
Maryland
Maryland

Maryland May Join Other States to Retain Third Graders With Low Reading Proficiency

Public comment on proposed literacy policy open until July 19.

William J. Ford, Maryland Matters
Artificial Intelligence
AI

Was Los Angeles Schools’ $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

The vision for what the much-hyped chatbot could do is ‘really not possible with where the technology is today,’ one insider says.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Oklahoma Supreme Court Knocks Down Bid for Virtual Catholic Charter School

Greg Toppo

Virginia’s New School Accountability System is Taking Shape

Nathaniel Cline

Gen Z’s End of Year Report Card: ‘Less than Stellar’ Grades For Schools

Joshua Bay

Iowa State University Students, Instructors Chase Storms Across Tornado Alley

Brooklyn Draisey

National Group Seeks to Help Defend Arkansas School Voucher Program

Mary Hennigan

Homeschoolers Embrace AI, Even As Many Educators Keep It at Arms’ Length

Greg Toppo

West Virginia Permanently Bars Failed Microschool from Receiving State Funds

Linda Jacobson

U.S. Senate Hearing Says ‘Extremely Low Pay’ Is Main Reason for Teacher Shortage

Shauneen Miranda

‘Astonishing’ Absenteeism, Trauma Rates Root of Academic Crisis

Marianna McMurdock

Parents Invoke ‘Brown’ in Lawsuit over Closure of RI School for English Learners

Ciara Meyer

Backlash Against DEI Spreads to More States

Erika Bolstad

More Weapons Showing Up in Washington’s Schools

Grace Deng

New Partnership Will Boost Agricultural Education For Arizona Indigenous Students

Shondiin Silversmith

Cornell College Instructors Injured During China Visit Return to Family, Travel

Brooklyn Draisey

Texas Democrats to Target GOP’s Record on Education this November

Jasper Scherer

For Child Care Workers, State Aid For Their Own Kids’ Care Is ‘Life-Changing’

Elaine S. Povich

All About LAUSD’s Iconic Coffee Cake: A Sweet Tradition Dating back to the 1950s

Jinge Li

This Child Care Provider is Working To Ensure ‘An Invisible Workforce’ is Seen

Liz Bell

Washington State Schools Missed 8,500 Kids for Special Ed Referrals During COVID

Beth Hawkins

La Admisión a la Escuela Secundaria Mejoró sus Vidas en EE. UU, Dicen Estudiantes Inmigrantes Mayores

Jo Napolitano
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