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906More young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic
The lower test scores show the long tail of pandemic learning loss.
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865Kansas public schools relying on blueprint for literacy to build reading skills
Kansas law now mandates implementation of evidence-based reading science strategies to increase reading skills.
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444College essays: How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last years affirmative action ruling
Selected individual essays below published with students’ permission. Read the complete story — How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last...
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2.1KHow did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative action ruling?
How students present themselves in their essays has become of even greater consequence.
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832COVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too?
Schools on average planned to spend 18% of the COVID aid package on facilities.
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987A school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism — and now frustration
Tennessee joined eight other states in allowing school employees to carry guns on K-12 campuses.
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676Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response
These are the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for school shooting response.
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1.2KAbortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
Most U.S. adolescents now live in a state with restricted or no abortion access.
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702New partnership will boost agricultural education for Arizona Indigenous students
Lessons and project-based topics include origins, traditions, leadership, and plant science within Indigenous communities.
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613Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down Catholic charter school
Catholic leaders say they will explore “all legal options” moving forward.
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1.2KPublic schools violate their sacred mission when they turn students away
Our states needs more legal oversight of public k-12 school and district enrollment policies.
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621Older immigrant students say high school admission bettered their lives in U.S.
And others long for what they could have accomplished with a H.S. diploma.
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1.8KHundreds of high schools wrongfully refused entry to older, immigrant student
High school enrollment requirements for these students are arbitrary and unpredictable — with no oversight.
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1.4KThree states have warned against sending students to an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.
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1.3KWant to close America’s learning gaps? First, strengthen students’ relationships
SEL is not a distraction from academics, but a tool that helps build relationships.
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1.8KBanning tech that will become a critical part of life is the wrong answer for education
Banning tech that will become a critical part of life is the wrong answer for education
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848Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused
Hundreds of schools across New York City have instituted cell phone bans.
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1.0KWhy expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights
Math literacy is a requirement to earning a living wage in modern society.
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735As teacher layoffs loom, research evidence mounts that seniority protections hurt kids in poverty
Losing young faculty also undermines efforts to recruit more Black and Hispanic educators.
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777How Illinois’ hands-off approach to homeschooling leaves children at risk
Homeschooled children lose the protection of mandatory reporters — teachers, counselors, coaches, nurses, bus drivers.
