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Bright Spots
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
Spotlight Missouri
Spotlight Missouri
Spotlight Missouri

Rural Missouri Literacy Coaching Program Boosts Scores, Inspires Statewide Model

From feedback to finger lasers, mentors help 50 teachers in 5 districts turn learning to read from 'pulling teeth' to a fun activity for young kids.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
school choice
school choice

Bid for Better District 鈥� Charter School Collaboration in Indianapolis Has a Setback

Indianapolis Public Schools withdrew from a single enrollment system for all schools, even as the district and charters are supposed to cooperate more.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
parents
parents

Parents Are Beginning to Grasp the Reality of Grade Inflation, New Data Shows

Grades can give the false impression that students are on track. A Learning Heroes survey suggests parents are beginning to question what schools tell them.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
declining enrollment
declining enrollment

Fewer Students, Too Many Schools: Communities Confront Closures, Consolidations

More than 1,000 public schools closed nationwide in the 2025-26 school year, according to preliminary National Center for Education Statistics data.

Robbie Sequeira, Missouri Independent
The Big Picture

What鈥檚 the Racial Breakdown of America鈥檚 Public School Teachers?

Laura Fay
The Big Picture

How Many Hispanic Students Are in the Public School System?

Laura Fay
The Big Picture

What鈥檚 the Racial Breakdown of America鈥檚 Public School System?

Laura Fay
Building Integrated Classrooms

The State of America鈥檚 Student-Teacher Racial Gap: Our Public School System Has Been Majority-Minority for Years, but 80 Percent of Teachers Are Still White

Laura Fay
Inspiring

Incredible! This Arkansas Teen Just Aced All 8 of His Advanced Placement Tests. Now, He鈥檚 Off to the London School of Economics

Meredith Nelson
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: 3 out of 4 IL Kids Aren鈥檛 Ready for Kindergarten, State Data Show; TX Must Come Up With $3.2 Billion for Special Ed 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
News

Arne Duncan: 鈥業鈥檓 Not Convinced This President Wants to Have the Best-Educated Citizenry in the World鈥�

Taylor Swaak
Los Angeles

Closing the 鈥楶erception Gap鈥�: With 3 in 5 Teachers Saying Students Are Not at Grade Level on First Day of School, New Digital Tool Offers Parents a 鈥楻eadiness Check鈥�

Esmeralda Fabi谩n Romero
社区黑料 Interview

74 Interview: NewSchools Venture Fund鈥檚 Stacey Childress on 20 Years鈥� (and $300 Million) Worth of School Breakthroughs & What She鈥檚 Learned About Supporting Education Innovation

Kate Stringer
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: Hurricane Harvey Trauma Lingers in TX Schools; Carvalho Texts Offer No Clue He鈥檇 Back Out of NYC Schools Chief Job 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week in ESSA: New Ways of Thinking About Turning Around Struggling Schools, Smarter Balanced Gets the Thumbs-Up in Nevada & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
News

Puerto Rico鈥檚 Supreme Court Throws Out School Choice Lawsuit, Paving Way for Charter Schools to Open in the Coming Weeks

Mark Keierleber
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: Support Builds for CA Data System to Track Student Progress; TX State Ed Chief Urges More Pay for Higher-Performing Teachers 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
investigation

Inside the $3 Billion School Security Industry: Companies Market Sophisticated Technology to 鈥楬arden鈥� Campuses, but Will It Make Us Safe?

Mark Keierleber
The Big Picture

New Finding: Most States Don鈥檛 Test New Teachers on 鈥楽cience of Reading鈥�

Kevin Mahnken
News

6.7% of Students Skip School out of Fear. Worry Over School Shootings Is Up. Yet School Violence Is Down. What Does This Mean?

Kate Stringer
EduClips: Today's Top Education News

EduClips: Metal Detectors Ineffective at LAUSD Schools, Report Says; WY Educators Debate Merits of Arming Teachers 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts

Andrew Brownstein
News

Even as California鈥檚 Student Suspensions Fell 46% Over the Past 6 Years, the 鈥楧iscipline Gap鈥� for Black Children Remained as Wide as Ever

Mario Koran
News

鈥業 Feel Happy to Enter Classes Again鈥�: One Migrant Teen鈥檚 Perilous Journey From El Salvador to High School in the U.S.

Brendan Lowe
Inspiring

12-Year-Old Scuba Diver & Activist Purges Plastic Straws From Her California School District 鈥� and She鈥檚 Just Getting Her Feet Wet

Meredith Nelson
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