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America’s Trillion-Dollar School System: 5 Trends Explain Where the Money Goes

Aldeman: Enrollment is down, spending has risen substantially and staffing has expanded, yet pay has stagnated and student outcomes remain uneven.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

As Costs Rise, Families With Young Children Are Feeling the Strain

Prices are up in America. For nearly half of families with young children, it鈥檚 becoming untenable.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
commentary
commentary

Gutting EPA Rules on Toxic Chemicals Puts Millions of Schoolkids at Risk

Browning & Palmer: More than 1 in 3 children go to school in a chemical disaster vulnerability zone. Easing protections would put them in even greater jeopardy.

Dominique Browning & Cynthia Palmer
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New York City

Bill Giving $10,000 Bonuses to NYC Paraprofessionals Heads to Mayor鈥檚 Desk

Since last year, the United Federation of Teachers has pushed for the extra pay to address a staffing shortage and $32,000 starting salary.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
commentary
commentary

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
commentary
commentary

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
New York
New York

鈥楳ath Wars鈥�: New York Wants To Reform Math Instruction, but Experts Disagree on How

On the heels of a 鈥淏ack to Basics鈥� reading effort, New York is launching a similar initiative for math.

Melissa Manno
Bright Spots
Bright Spots
Bright Spots

The Lexington Problem: Beating the Literacy Odds Without the Science of Reading

Aldeman: As Massachusetts implements a new literacy mandate, officials must not lose sight of the ultimate goal: helping more students learn to read

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

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Declaration at 250

Declaration at 250
Declaration at 250

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

Spotlight Oklahoma

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
commentary
commentary
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
Spotlight Oklahoma

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
Spotlight Oklahoma
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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commentary

Unjust Child Welfare System Targeted Buttegieg’s Family 鈥� Like Too Many Others

Bonilla L贸pez: False reporting, family separation policies & lack of access to lawyers victimize low-income parents who cannot defend themselves.

Viviana Bonilla-L贸pez
Author: Viviana Bonilla-L贸pez
commentary
commentary

Gutting EPA Rules on Toxic Chemicals Puts Millions of Schoolkids at Risk

Browning & Palmer: More than 1 in 3 children go to school in a chemical disaster vulnerability zone. Easing protections would put them in even greater jeopardy.

Dominique Browning & Cynthia Palmer
commentary
commentary

Screen Bans Can Be Education’s Dry January 鈥� Time for a Much-Needed Reset

Cohen: Transforming technology use in schools and classrooms is so hard that an intentional break may be the only way to truly adopt a better approach.

Liz Cohen
Author: Liz Cohen
commentary
commentary

Five Tips for Teachers on Bringing Homer to High Schoolers

Goodkin: The Odyssey and its hero, who does not behave in ways that conform with our modern understanding of heroism, is more relevant than ever.

Joe Goodkin
Author: Joe Goodkin
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Early Care and Education
Early Care and Education

As Costs Rise, Families With Young Children Are Feeling the Strain

Prices are up in America. For nearly half of families with young children, it鈥檚 becoming untenable.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
childcare
childcare

Hawaii鈥檚 Childcare Shortage Is One of the Nation鈥檚 Worst

The state has one of the nation鈥檚 biggest shortages of licensed childcare programs, according to a national study.

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
childcare
childcare

The Mismatch Between Childcare Policy and Parental Preferences

The childcare arrangements parents say they want aren鈥檛 always reflected in policy proposals 鈥� but that鈥檚 starting to change.

Elliot Haspel
Author: Elliot Haspel
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy

Nebraska Head Starts Use Vests With 鈥楾alk Pedometers鈥� to Boost Early Literacy

The Lena Grow program, which collects data on preschooler talk and trains teachers to increase conversations, has been linked to higher reading scores.

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
91涩漫 Interview
91涩漫 Interview
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Dana Suskind on How To Protect Childhood in the Age of AI

The pediatric surgeon and author discusses how artificial intelligence is shaping child development 鈥� and the skills kids will need most.

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
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Bright Spots
Bright Spots

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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Parent Poll: It鈥檚 the Economy 鈥斅燦ot Culture Wars 鈥斅燱orrying Them & Cellphones OK

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Podcast 鈥� Changing the Equation: How to Make Math Class More Meaningful

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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Americans Have Yet to Accept COVID鈥檚 Tragedy 鈥斅燗nd Are Taking It Out On Schools

Conor P. Williams
Author: Conor P. Williams
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Four Years After COVID, Former Superintendent Looks Back with Pride 鈥� and Regret

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Texas

Texas Places State Largest Charter School Network Under Conservatorship

Ikram Mohamed
Indiana

With Help, Indy Families Bring Home Books Kids Want to Read

Carley Lanich, Mirror Indy
STEM Superstars

WATCH: Philly Teen Gave Fruit Flies Anxiety to Understand What Makes Us Anxious

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
opinion

Keeping Learning Recovery Going When Federal Pandemic Funds Dry Up

Denise Forte
Arizona

GOP Bill Would Let AZ College Students to Appeal Grades Based on Political Bias

Caitlin Sievers , Arizona Mirror
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An Appreciation: How Don Shalvey Shaped the Charter School Movement

Louis Freedberg
Author: Louis Freedberg
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