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AI Tutors Are Praising Instead of Teaching. Here鈥檚 Why That鈥檚 Hurting Students

Austria: Researchers call it sycophancy: when an AI system flatters, agrees with or validates a user even when a correction would be more truthful.

Davis Austria
Author: Davis Austria
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Note to Democrats: Supporting Unions Isn’t the Same as Supporting Education

Elorza: The logic of 'Stand with unions, stand with teachers; stand with teachers, stand with students' is simple and convenient. It鈥檚 also wrong.

Jorge Elorza
Author: Jorge Elorza
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Want Federal Tax Credit Money for Public Schools? Here鈥檚 What to Do Now

Roza & Cicco: How much of the new federal scholarship money will flow to school districts depends almost entirely on how actively leaders pursue it.

Marguerite Roza & Maggie Cicco
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Settling Scores: Experts Debate Why AP Performance Has Soared

Since the College Board began changing its grading criteria for Advanced Placement exams, scores have climbed rapidly.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
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New NAEP Report Shows Learning Progress Has Stalled. Here’s What to Do About It

Rafal-Baer: Reversing decades of stagnation takes engaging learning opportunities, evidence-based approaches, meaningful data & the will to use it.

Julia Rafal-Baer
Author: Julia Rafal-Baer
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Children Are Drowning. It’s Time We Bring in the Teachers

Student鈥檚 View: There is no substitute for learning to swim. But classroom instruction can protect millions of children who never get swim lessons.

Kate Casciato
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President Trump

In First School Visit, President Urges Atlanta Crowd to Support 鈥楾rump Accounts鈥�

Several cabinet members joined the president Wednesday in suburban Atlanta to urge families to participate in the child saving account program.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Artificial Intelligence

The End of Homework? Teachers Grapple With Cheating in the Age of AI

Teachers say generative AI is forcing them to rethink one of school's oldest institutions.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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At 250, the Declaration of Independence Still Sparks Hard Questions in Class

Teachers say debates over citizenship and equality are reshaping how students read the declaration today.

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma

Tulsa Charter Network Begins to Bounce Back From Pandemic Decline

Elsie Urueta Pollock founded Tulsa Honor Academy more than decade ago and now works to encourage more Latinos to open charter schools.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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Spotlight Oklahoma

Three Schools, One Direction: Combining High School, College and CTE Work

Student鈥檚 View: I found an ocean of opportunity at my three schools 鈥� and a community of people who believed in me.

Caleb Phillips
Author: Caleb Phillips
Spotlight Oklahoma
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Aquatic Robots, Drones and Power Tools: STEM Spans All Grades in Oklahoma School

With computer science beginning in kindergarten and a character education curriculum, Dove Schools charter network has a 100% college acceptance rate.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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Spotlight Oklahoma
Spotlight Oklahoma

How the 鈥楽outhern Surge鈥� Passed Oklahoma By

Tyner: Educational decline can happen slowly, almost invisibly, until it becomes impossible to ignore. Other states should take note.

Adam Tyner
Author: Adam Tyner
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Note to Democrats: Supporting Unions Isn’t the Same as Supporting Education

Elorza: The logic of 'Stand with unions, stand with teachers; stand with teachers, stand with students' is simple and convenient. It鈥檚 also wrong.

Jorge Elorza
Author: Jorge Elorza
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AI Tutors Are Praising Instead of Teaching. Here鈥檚 Why That鈥檚 Hurting Students

Austria: Researchers call it sycophancy: when an AI system flatters, agrees with or validates a user even when a correction would be more truthful.

Davis Austria
Author: Davis Austria
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Want Federal Tax Credit Money for Public Schools? Here鈥檚 What to Do Now

Roza & Cicco: How much of the new federal scholarship money will flow to school districts depends almost entirely on how actively leaders pursue it.

Marguerite Roza & Maggie Cicco
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National Surveys Showed Most Americans Saw Fauci as Dr. No on Reopening Schools

Hartney: While he says he opposed prolonged school closures during COVID, my research suggests that most U.S. adults never received that message.

Michael Hartney
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These New Exams Will Test California 4-Year-Olds鈥� English Fluency With Playful Games

The California Department of Education approved two language screeners to replace the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC).

Zaidee Stavely, EdSource
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

Trump Overhaul Could Gut Head Start Standards, Leaving States to Set the Rules

The proposed changes would replace more than 100 pages of regulations with a much shorter version, leaving specifics to state and local laws.

Moriah Balingit, The Associated Press
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Who Decides Which Stories Children Get to Read?

Jan Lacina, editor of a textbook that helps teachers select children鈥檚 books, discusses censorship and why access to diverse literature matters.

Mark Swartz
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Say It鈥檚 Time to Rethink America鈥檚 Fragile Childcare System

In 38 states, the average cost of childcare outpaces the cost of in-state college tuition.

Kevin Hardy, Stateline
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New Mexico Features in National Discussion on Childcare Challenges

Lack of adequate daycare facilities, cost identified as top hurdles nationwide.

Joshua Bowling, Source New Mexico
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Is Your School Beating the Odds in Reading?

Using new national data from over 40,000 schools, this interactive map identifies the schools beating the odds in teaching kids to read.

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Are ‘Good’ Schools Good for All Students? The Answer Seems to Be Yes

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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Former Florida Teachers Union Leader Pleads Guilty in $2.6 Million Fraud Scheme

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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Ongoing Federal Shutdown Threatens Head Start Access for Over 65K Children

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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When the Outside World Feeds Fear, Student Peer Support Becomes a Lifeline

Raven Jones-McKinney
Author: Raven Jones-McKinney
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$200 Rent, District Supe as Landlord: Affordable Teacher Housing Is on the Rise

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
North Carolina

Science of Reading Training, Practice Vary, New Research Finds

Liz Bell, EdNC.org
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In Arguing Over the Right Age for Gifted Testing, G&T Gatekeepers Miss the Point

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Missouri

Nearly All State Funding for Missouri School Vouchers Used for Religious Schools

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent
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How a San Diego Preschool Serves Kids After Trauma

Adriana Heldiz & Adam Ashton
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Indiana Fiscal Policy Panel Weighs Salary Gaps, Educator Shortage

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle
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