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Katrina

No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans’ Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina forced the reboot of New Orleans' schools, academics and college-going are up, but racial divides persist.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
commentary
commentary
Katrina

Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans’ Education System One School at a Time

Hill: CRPE researchers were there at the start. The key lesson: Always be nimble in response to new educational challenges and possibilities.

Paul Hill
Author: Paul Hill
Analysis
Analysis
Katrina

7,000 New Orleans Teachers Lost Jobs After Katrina. Here’s How the City Rebuilt

The new episode of ‘Where the Schools Went’ spotlights how the redesigning of the school system sparked profound changes to the NOLA teaching force.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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cellphone bans

Support for Phone Bans in Schools Is Growing, but Is It Enough to Help Kids?

New York will implement one of the strictest bans on school technologies, but experts are split on if it will help mental health challenges.

Jessika Harkay
Author: Jessika Harkay

From Classroom Drudgery to Joyful Enrichment: The Evolution of Summer School

The pandemic supercharged summer school’s transformation from remedial academics to learning plus fun — and now there’s no going back, experts say.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
commentary
commentary

The Most Overlooked Classroom In Every District

Carone: Youth sports are considered just a physical outlet for kids. What we’re overlooking is the depth of learning and development happening there.

Jonathan Carone
Author: Jonathan Carone
education
education

Penny Schwinn Drops Out of the Running for Ed Department’s Deputy Role

Some viewed the former Tennessee education commissioner as a bipartisan pick for the post, but past controversies followed her.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
special education
special education

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?

State-level complaints over disputes with districts have never been as easy as intended. Now, they're all desperate families have left.

Lauren Wagner & Beth Hawkins

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Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years of Change in New Orleans Schools

A T74 series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, its effects, and the recovery of New Orleans’ schools. Read all our coverage and essays here.

Future of High School

future of high school
future of high school
Future of High School

The Race to Redefine the High School Learning Experience Is On

Schools are rethinking what students should know by the time they graduate, emphasizing tangible, employable skills, rather than test scores and GPAs.

Lauren Camera
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

With Welding Tools and a Time Clock, Giving New Mexico Kids Leg Up on the Future

Engineering the Future, Valley High School’s magnet program, has 6 career tracks that are a model for the district — and maybe for the entire state

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Internships
Internships
Future of High School

‘This Isn’t School’: Teaching Work Etiquette to Summer Interns

Kansas City teens learn 'soft skills' — communication, punctuality, teamwork — along with how to do jobs as ProX summer interns.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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commentary

We Shouldn’t Accept That Some Kids With Disabilities Just Won’t Learn to Read

Rodriguez: Teachers need evidence-based, structured, supplemental foundational curriculum to help struggling readers master challenges.

Kaci Rodriguez
Author: Kaci Rodriguez
commentary
commentary
Katrina

Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans’ Education System One School at a Time

Hill: CRPE researchers were there at the start. The key lesson: Always be nimble in response to new educational challenges and possibilities.

Paul Hill
Author: Paul Hill
commentary
commentary
The Big Picture

Why States Must Lead on Education R&D, How They Can Start Today

Joe, Bishop-Root and Colwell: To prepare students for the opportunities and challenges ahead, states must prioritize research and development.

Jilliam Joe, Sarah Bishop-Root & Leslie Colwell
commentary
commentary

Let’s Bring Project-Based Learning and Community Service Into the 21st Century

Inwood: It’s time to stop wasting students’ time with slide-deck projects and checkbox community service and let students engage in the real world.

Dvora Inwood
Author: Dvora Inwood
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California
California

Home-Based Child Care Providers Reach Tentative Deal with the State

Child Care Providers United, which represents family child care providers, reached a tentative deal with the state.

Elly Yu, LAist
Missouri
Missouri

Women Dropping Out of Missouri Workforce Is An Economic Red Alert. How to Fix It

Doyle: A recent drop in women’s workforce participation is a blinking red light for women and our economy.

Wendy Doyle
California
California

Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Book Club Fights Children’s Literacy Crisis and Trump

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner of California, formed a book club to address the children’s literacy crisis while saving libraries.

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
commentary
commentary

Florida District Leans Into Science of Reading Starting in Early Childhood

Hammond: Educators and nonprofits cannot overlook the fact that what children experience from birth to age 5 can make or break literacy instruction.

Barbara Hammond
Author: Barbara Hammond
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Lessons From the Military for Solving North Carolina’s Child Care Crisis

'The military understood very early the link between people getting to work and child care.'

Katie Dukes, EducationNC
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Teaching
Teaching

‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S.

Educators blame this ‘reverse Beatles effect’ on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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gender identity

Trump Officials Tell States to Strip Gender Identity from Sex Ed Program

Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
New Orleans

The 74 Explains: How Katrina Transformed New Orleans Schools

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Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Agreement with School District

Carly Sitrin
math

Some 15 Years After Disastrous Debut, Common Core Math Endures in Many States

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
The 74 Interview

On Katrina’s 20th Anniversary, Patrick Dobard Revisits NOLA Reboot

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
U.S. Department of Education

Trump Administration Takes on School Emails as Parental Rights Issue

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
U.S. Department of Education

Trump Penalties in Virginia Transgender Cases Offer Fodder in Governor’s Race

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Maine

Maine Schools Still Receiving Federal Funds, Despite Trump’s Threats Over Transgender Policy

Eesha Pendharkar
commentary

How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations

Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
commentary

The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
Texas

Beloved Texas School Programs Got Caught in the Middle of Federal Funding Cuts

Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune
michigan

Will the Detroit School District’s Enrollment Efforts Pay Off?

Hannah Dellinger, Chalkbeat
Pennsylvania

Why Philadelphia Teachers are Ready to Strike

Nadra Nittle, The 19th
learning loss

K-12 Chronic Absenteeism Rates Down From Peak, But Remain Persistently High

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
California

Report: L.A. County’s Failure to Educate Incarcerated Youth is ‘Systemic

Betty Márquez Rosales, EdSource
Teachers unions

Court Temporarily Blocks Ban on Bargaining by Defense Department Teachers Unions

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
Texas

Texas’ Ten Commandments Blocked in 11 School Districts

Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff & Alejandro Serrano
School Supplies

Parents, Teachers Go Into Debt for School Supplies

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Exploring the Evolution of New Orleans’ School System in the 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina
Podcast

Key Lessons from the Fight Over Which New Orleans Schools Would Reopen After Katrina — and Who Would Run Them
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