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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

Illinois Governor Signs Bill Creating New Department of Early Childhood

Peter Hancock

Teens Don’t Trust Ads for Financial Aid. Why California Is Polishing Its Pitch

Mikhail Zinshteyn

‘I Can’t Wait to Be Sued’: Louisiana Ten Commandments Law Not Just About Schools

Beth Hawkins

Whistleblower: L.A. Schools’ Chatbot Misused Student Data as Tech Co. Crumbled

Mark Keierleber

Black Leaders Provide Roadmap To Reparations In California

Sharmarke Holif

Bonuses Imminent For 3,000 Arkansas Educators Under New Program

Mary Hennigan

Stabenow Rolls out Free Summer Meal Expansion for Michigan Kids

Lucy Valeski

Oklahoma Schools Ordered to Use Bible in History Teaching

Nuria Martinez-Keel

How North Carolina Community Colleges Provide Child Care Support

Liz Bell

NYC Bets New, Uniform High School Math Curriculum Will Boost Student Test Scores

Jo Napolitano

Cox Signs Bill Blocking Utah’s Compliance with New Title IX Regulations

Alixel Cabrera

Maryland Ed Boards Approve Goals: Test Scores, Absenteeism, Teacher Diversity

William J. Ford

Bill of Rights Adopted for Colorado Students Involved in Criminal Justice System

Lindsey Toomer

Turmoil Surrounds Los Angeles’ New AI Student Chatbot; Tech Firm Furloughs Staff

Ben Chapman

Future of High School: How California Growers Are Training Teens the Trade

The 74

New Indiana ‘Checkpoint’ Tests To Give Mid-Year Snapshots of Student Progress

Patrick O’Donnell

Anderson County Grade Fixing Scandal Takes Down Principal, Football Coach

Anita Wadhwani

New Stats: When School Cops Prey on Students

Mark Keierleber

Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough To Make Up for Lost Learning

Kevin Mahnken

The 74 Names Nicole Ridgway New Editor in Chief of National Education Newsroom

The 74
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