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Bright Spots

This Superintendent Couldn’t Read as a Kid. Now He Wants to Ensure Every Kid Can

Providence Public Schools鈥� Javier Monta帽ez taps into his personal experience to help his district beat the odds when it comes to third grade literacy.

Jessika Harkay
Author: Jessika Harkay
extreme weather
extreme weather

Heat, Fires, Hurricanes, Floods: How Climate Change Is Keeping Kids From School

From California to Maine, extreme weather is disrupting student attendance and, ultimately, their achievement.

Wayne D鈥橭rio
leadership
leadership

Superintendent Churn Comes With a Cost for Students

The ILO Group鈥檚 analysis of the top 500 districts in the U.S. shows the first significant decline in superintendent turnover since the pandemic.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
student health
student health

Kids Are Back in Classrooms. Health Misinformation Could Shape the School Year.

Health officials and medical experts worry that declining vaccination rates will lead to more children getting infected with preventable diseases.

Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th
Texas
Texas

Austin Mayor Releases Plan to Prevent Texas from Taking Over the School District

Kirk Watson, a former state legislator, says a parent petition could stop the Texas Education Agency from taking over Austin ISD.

Acacia Coronado
Author: Acacia Coronado
Pandemic

A 鈥楶lan B鈥�: D.C. Sees Strong Interest in Adult Ed Programs During Pandemic as Many Seek Jobs or Help With Kids鈥� Virtual Learning

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

The Concerning Case of Cleveland鈥檚 No-Show Students: More Than 8,000 Kids Are Missing From City鈥檚 Online Classes as Absenteeism Rates Double

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Best of the Month

The 9 Best Education Articles from December: Student Surveillance Amid the Pandemic, Cities Demanding Refunds From Schools For Missing Kids, Inside Learning Pods & More

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Pandemic

A Glimmer of Hope in Pandemic for Nation鈥檚 Ailing Catholic Schools, But Long-Term Worries Persist

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pre-K

Las Vegas Takes Its Show on the Road to Provide Quality Pre-K to Child Care Deserts

K.C. Compton
COVID's Missing Students

New Homes, New Schools, Endless Delays. For Students in Foster Care, Pandemic Only Adds to the Chaos

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Research Shows Changing Schools Can Make or Break a Student, But the Wave of Post-COVID Mobility May Challenge the Systems in Ways We鈥檝e Never Seen

Kevin Mahnken
Best of 2020

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Thought About America鈥檚 Schools This Year

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

From Blue Light Glasses & Noise-Canceling Earphones to Tablets & Masks for Kids, a New World of Student Technology in the Age of COVID

Tim Newcomb
News

Racial-Justice War On Merit-Based Schools: It鈥檚 an Injustice Against Excellence, Critics Say

Vince Bielski
Pandemic

How Missing Zoom Classes Could Funnel Kids into the Juvenile Justice System 鈥� And Why Some Experts Say Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

Watch: How a Brooklyn School Reopens 鈥� With No COVID Cases 鈥� in the Pandemic

Jim Fields
Pandemic

鈥楴o One Taught Us How to Do This鈥�: As Families Face Evictions & Closed Classrooms, Data Shows 鈥楧ramatic鈥� Spike in Mid-Year School Moves

Linda Jacobson
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week鈥檚 ESSA News: California Commission Aims to Use Schools as 鈥榃ellness Centers鈥�, District of Columbia Claims Big Jump in Graduation Rate During Pandemic & More

Joshua Parrish
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74 Interview: Progressive Policy Institute鈥檚 David Osborne on Creating New Innovation Schools Guide at a Moment of Crisis

Mimi Woldeyohannes
California

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They鈥檝e Lost in Months of Online Instruction

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Poorest Students Avoided COVID Slide on NWEA Tests, Cleveland Data Show

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Pandemic

Under Pressure: As Mayor Insists Schools Go Five Days a Week, NYC Principals Receive Notice That They Owe Money for Missing Students

Zo毛 Kirsch
Pandemic

40,000-Person Iceland Study Finds Youth Under 15 Half as Likely to Catch and Spread Coronavirus

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Disability Rights Groups Send Letter to Biden Transition Team Opposing Education Secretary Contender Eskelsen Garcia, Say Former NEA Chief Failed to Steer Union 鈥楾oward Equity and Access for Students With Disabilities’

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