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School (In)Security

Trump’s Massive Deportation Database Puts Students at Risk, Advocates Warn

An executive order could compel schools to hand over sensitive information that ICE could weaponize against immigrant students and their families.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
commentary
commentary

The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Wong: With violent episodes increasing and natural disasters intensifying, schools need more proactive safety measures in place.

Marleen Wong
Author: Marleen Wong
commentary
charter schools

A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion

Kahlenberg: Changing laws to require charters to teach American democratic values would weed out parochial schools — and some secular ones as well.

Richard D. Kahlenberg
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District Finances

Interactive: School Spending vs. Teacher Pay — See Trends in 8,900 Districts

Aldeman: Teacher salaries have been flat for a long time, lagging behind not only per-pupil spending, but earnings of other college-educated workers

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
special education
Americans with Disabilities Act

SCOTUS to Rule in Case That Could Upend Enforcement of Disabled Students’ Rights

During contentious oral arguments, school district argues that families should have to prove school systems intended to deny children accommodations.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
analysis
analysis

Beyond Test Scores: 186 Innovative Educators on How to Know a School Is Good

Waite: Respondents to Canopy project point to student presentations & portfolios, school culture and attendance among indicators of real quality

Chelsea Waite
Author: Chelsea Waite
special education
ABA

Arizona Autism Charter School Founder Tapped as Ed Dept. Special Education Chief

Diana Diaz-Harrison’s schools use a controversial intervention. She wants to use her new position to help others launch more like them.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
school (in)security
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Ed Dept. Axes $1B Mental Health Program Designed to Thwart School Shootings

The grant program, which helped train school counselors, is the latest target in Trump’s war on DEI.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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literacy

Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

Aldeman: High-poverty Rust Belt district is exceptional at teaching kids to read — and has been for more than a decade

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

Pandemic

Pandemic
education
Pandemic

Five Years Later: How COVID Triggered a School Choice Renaissance

Dissatisfaction with schools, and a supercharged conservative movement, allowed ESAs to take a leap since the pandemic.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
school (in)security
Chronic Absenteeism
Pandemic

Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed

Dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism. While some focus on supports and incentives, others look to leverage punishments.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Child Nutrition
child hunger
Pandemic

New Food Security Threats 5 Years After COVID-Era Effort to Feed All Kids

Pandemic emergency aid drove food insecurity to an all-time low, but many say a string of federal cuts will now leave millions more kids hungry.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Pandemic
pandemic
Pandemic

Remote Learning Was Supposed to Make Snow Days Obsolete. But Did It Really?

Five years after classes went virtual during COVID, some districts shift online when weather strikes. But others still can't quite make it work.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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Colorado

Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed

Saslow: 53 school leaders agree that data is key in areas ranging from daily instruction and extra help to absenteeism and family engagement.

Rianna Saslow
Author: Rianna Saslow
commentary
commentary

The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Wong: With violent episodes increasing and natural disasters intensifying, schools need more proactive safety measures in place.

Marleen Wong
Author: Marleen Wong
commentary
charter schools

A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion

Kahlenberg: Changing laws to require charters to teach American democratic values would weed out parochial schools — and some secular ones as well.

Richard D. Kahlenberg
commentary
Career and Technical Education
Future of High School

Amid Chaos, There’s Still Plenty of Good News on the Path to Higher Education

Litow: Career pathways represent a bipartisan approach to supporting students through high school to college and the workforce.

Stanley Litow
Author: Stanley Litow
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Altadena Girls

Teens Provide Sense of Normalcy in the Face of the L.A. Fires

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STEM
education

How To Teach STEM? Make It Explosive

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Arts education
Arts education

The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists performed for Ozzy Osbourne, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin promoted their YouTube cover of ‘Kashmir.’

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
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education reform

education reform
commentary

12 Truths and No Lies: Guiding Principles for the Future of American Education

Aldeman: Knowledge is good; education is better. Teachers & tests are important. Parents deserve honest info. School choice doesn't guarantee results

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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School (In)Security

Trump’s Deportation Database Puts Students at Risk

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Oklahoma

Oklahoma Governor Signs Mandatory One-Year School Cellphone Ban Into Law

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
Hawaii

Progress Report: Hawaiʻi’s Working Families Need More Support

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
Maryland

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Take Back Pandemic-Era Relief Funds for Schools

William J. Ford, Maryland Matters
California

How Head Start Dodged Trump’s Budget Cuts

Carolyn Jones
Trump Administration

Trump Executive Order Seeks to End Undocumented In-State Tuition Programs

Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat
Indiana

‘A Giant Leap Backwards’: Indiana Opts Out of Summer Program for Hungry Schoolchildren

Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle
school (in)security

PowerSchool Paid Off Hackers After Huge Breach — Now They’re Extorting Districts

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Early Childhood

Community Health Workers Can Play a Key Role in Keeping Families Healthy

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
Artificial Intelligence

An Antidote to Plagiarism: New App Uses AI to Help Students Think Critically

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Inspiring

2025 National Teacher of the Year: Ashlie Crosson
Cleveland

Cleveland Ends Year-Round Schooling Citing No Meaningful Gains After 15 Years

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
webinar

Watch Live — Charters at a Crossroads: Navigating Era of Legal Change for Public Education

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commentary

The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Is Long Overdue for Reform

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
analysis

AI Shows Racial Bias When Grading Essays — and Can’t Tell Good Writing From Bad

Kennedy Smith
Author: Kennedy Smith
Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year Asks Rural Students to Tackle Big Global Topics With Empathy

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
Chicago

Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan Under Investigation Over DEI

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
video

Child Care: A New Amenity in Luxury Apartments

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Texas

Private School Vouchers Are Now Texas Law. Here’s What to Know.

Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune
AI

Technologists Welcome Executive Order on AI in Schools But Say More Detail is Needed

Paige Gross
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