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ICYMI: Many parents value grades over test scores, missing signals to intervene
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Many Parents Value Grades Over Test Scores, Missing Signals to Intervene
Many parents don't think tests accurately reflect a child's knowledge, but a new report found not considering them can “leave skills on the table.”
https://www.the74million.org/article/many-parents-value-grades-over-test-scores-missing-signals-to-intervene/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parents+value+grades+over+test+scores+study
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Student View: School AI policies directly affect students’ outcomes and futures. To exclude them from the conversation is simply undemocratic
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More states are establishing standalone early care and education departments, creating changes that policy experts say are both symbolic and actual
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Why Are State Departments of Early Childhood Education So Trendy Right Now?
More states are establishing standalone early care and education departments, creating changes that policy experts say are both symbolic and actual.
https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/why-are-state-departments-of-early-childhood-education-so-trendy-right-now/
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a birthright citizenship case that, if decided in the government’s favor, could render thousands more children undocumented — and stateless.
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Supreme Court Justices Cast Doubt on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
The high court heard arguments in the closely watched case that immigrant advocates say could threaten thousands of children’s educational rights.
https://www.the74million.org/article/supreme-court-justices-cast-doubt-on-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scotus+justices+birthright+citizenship+order
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ICE raids caused enrollment to drop. Now districts are paying the price.
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ICE Raids Caused Enrollment to Drop. Now Districts Are Paying the Price
As leaders ask lawmakers to help fill budget gaps, conservatives escalate the debate over serving undocumented students.
https://www.the74million.org/article/ice-raids-caused-enrollment-to-drop-now-districts-are-paying-the-price/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ICE+raids+enrollment
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Brown: Education leaders must be willing to protect reading time, provide high-quality, grade-level materials and measure what actually matters
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The Real Culprit of Our Literacy Gap? Time.
Brown: Education leaders must be willing to protect reading time, provide high-quality, grade-level materials and measure what actually matters.
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-real-culprit-of-our-literacy-gap-time/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+literacy+gap
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Analysis: Which March Madness college delivers the best social mobility?
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Which March Madness College Delivers the Best Social Mobility?
Our interactive bracket looks beyond basketball to rank March Madness colleges by affordability, earnings and economic opportunity for students.
https://www.the74million.org/article/which-march-madness-college-delivers-the-best-social-mobility/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=analysis+march+madness+social+mobility
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Opinion: Four steps to minimize harm — and expand opportunity — through school closures
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4 Steps to Minimize Harm – and Expand Opportunity – through School Closures
Sceusi and Turner: With Atlanta and Philadelphia planning to shutter schools, it’s important to support student achievement and community cohesion.
https://www.the74million.org/article/4-steps-to-minimize-harm-and-expand-opportunity-through-school-closures/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+school+closures
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Opinion: Why social capital is the missing link in K-12 and college curriculum
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Why Social Capital Is the Missing Link in K-12 and College Curriculum
Manno: Opportunity flows through relationships. Schools that don't teach how to forge them risk producing graduates who are credentialed but stranded.
https://www.the74million.org/article/why-social-capital-is-the-missing-link-in-k-12-and-college-curriculum/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+social+capital
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For children whose parents are detained or deported, aa scramble for safe harbors
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For Children Whose Parents Are Detained or Deported, a Scramble for Safe Harbors
Despite their status — thousands are U.S. citizens — they end up anywhere from foster care to their parents’ home countries to being left alone.
https://www.the74million.org/article/for-children-whose-parents-are-detained-or-deported-a-scramble-for-safe-harbors/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=when+parents+are+detained+or+deported
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Opinion: We don't let babies play with electricity — why are we letting them play with AI?
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We Don’t Let Babies Play With Electricity — Why Are We Letting Them Play With AI?
Roche and Romeo: As developmental neuroscientists, we urge caution before exposing babies to generative artificial intelligence.
https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/we-dont-let-babies-play-with-electricity-why-are-we-letting-them-play-with-ai/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=early+childhood+ai+playtime
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Opinion: Communities want to help struggling schools, but districts don't make it easy
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Communities Want to Help Struggling Schools, but Districts Don’t Make It Easy
Aldeman: New survey across 7 states finds a desire for engagement in low-performing districts and offers some suggestions for making that happen
https://www.the74million.org/article/communities-want-to-help-struggling-schools-but-districts-dont-make-it-easy/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+communities+helping+struggling+schools
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Many parents value grades over test scores, missing signals to intervene
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Many Parents Value Grades Over Test Scores, Missing Signals to Intervene
Believing exams are biased, parents are resistant to tests, but a new report found not taking them into account can “leave skills on the table.”
https://www.the74million.org/article/many-parents-value-grades-over-test-scores-missing-signals-to-intervene/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grades+over+test+scores
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Opinion: Teaching protest in the age of ICE raids — through songs
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San Francisco brings back 8th-grade algebra to broader student group
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San Francisco Brings Back 8th-Grade Algebra to Broader Student Group
Critics of the school board’s 2014 decision to remove the course are optimistic but say pre-middle school math offerings should also be improved.
https://www.the74million.org/article/san-francisco-brings-back-8th-grade-algebra-to-broader-student-group/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=san+francisco+8th+grade+algebra
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Opinion: Political polarization starts as early as 6th grade. Here's how to combat that
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Political Polarization Starts as Early as 6th Grade. Here’s How to Combat That.
Hull: The leaders of today created the situation young people are struggling with. Adults must help tomorrow's leaders find a better path.
https://www.the74million.org/article/political-polarization-starts-as-early-as-6th-grade-heres-how-to-combat-that?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+how+to+combat+political+polarization
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Analysis: The AI behind Flourish microschools
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The AI Behind Flourish Microschools
AI-native microschool founder on reimagining teachers' roles and nurturing students' passions and ‘superpowers.’
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A year after deep cuts, can the Institute for Education Services remake itself?
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A Year After Deep Cuts, Can the Institute for Education Sciences Remake Itself?
Recommendations from a Trump administration report could reinvent the Education Department’s research branch. But staffing and legal hurdles loom.
https://www.the74million.org/article/a-year-after-deep-cuts-can-the-institute-for-education-sciences-remake-itself/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ies+cuts+one+year+later
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In 2024, nearly 2,000 apartments opened in former schools. Some see the conversions as a cure for neighborhood blight. Others fear gentrification
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As Enrollment Falls, Old Schools Find New Life as Apartments
In 2024, nearly 2,000 apartments opened in former schools. Some see the conversions as a cure for neighborhood blight. Others fear gentrification.
https://www.the74million.org/article/as-enrollment-falls-old-schools-find-new-life-as-apartments/
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Students at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, high school do projects for companies — and start their own businesses — to teach them the skills they need to thrive
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Building a Mindset: Amp Lab Makes Entrepreneurship, Work Skills Its Mission
Students at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, high school do projects for companies — and start their own businesses — to teach them the skills they need to thrive.
https://www.the74million.org/article/building-a-mindset-amp-lab-makes-entrepreneurship-work-skills-its-mission/
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Asian teaching candidates are more likely to boast an advanced degree, but less likely to get a job offer, according to a study of hiring data
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Sanchez: Language access, cultural understanding and parent partnership are foundational, not supplemental, for special education systems
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After years of dutifully funneling millions of extra dollars into state's beleaguered teacher pension plan, policymakers are considering scaling back
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Oklahoma Has Led the Way on Teacher Pension Funding. Can It Keep It Up?
After years of dutifully funneling millions of extra dollars into state's beleaguered teacher pension plan, policymakers are considering scaling back.
https://www.the74million.org/article/oklahoma-has-led-the-way-on-teacher-pension-funding-can-it-keep-it-up/
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Haspel: Mississippi and its neighbors are improving literacy — and their early childhood investments deserve more credit
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Noah: We can’t begin with distant history — the 13 colonies, ancient Egypt or Persia — and expect students to figure out why world news matters
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As states turn to waitlists as a tool to cut child care costs, parents and providers pay the price
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The former education secretary still remains hopeful, however, saying student advocacy groups will play a large role in repairing schools post-Trump
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Nearly three-fourths of homeschoolers would use public funds for education if they could, new Rand data shows
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The district, which has cooperated with the investigation, is working to improve transportation services, a spokesman said
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Hartney: Teachers are pressing districts to commit to more expensive labor contracts even as funding remains tied to the number of students
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Windsor Park Elementary in Corpus Christi motivates young readers with a Millionaires Club that has kids clamoring to get in
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AI ‘slop’ is flooding children’s media. Parents should be very alarmed
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Manno: The disconnect between public confidence and student opinion reflects concerns about costs, as well as students’ actual experience on campus
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Many school attendance zones in New York City, upstate New York, Westchester and Long Island are similar to 1930 redlining maps, the report shows
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https://www.the74million.org/article/report-schools-across-new-york-are-the-most-segregated-in-the-u-s/
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: Practical guide offers concrete tips and embedded QR codes that link to videos of teachers putting those strategies into practice
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New Book Helps Teachers Implement Science of Reading in Their Classrooms
Aldeman: Practical guide offers concrete tips and embedded QR codes that link to videos of teachers putting those strategies into practice.
https://www.the74million.org/article/new-book-helps-teachers-implement-science-of-reading-in-their-classrooms/
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Cohen: In a country increasingly pitted against itself, tutoring is one of the last remaining policies that has a chance to pull us back together
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https://www.the74million.org/article/widespread-tutoring-is-here-to-stay-now-lets-make-it-universal/
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Inequalities in learning between high-achieving students and their lower-performing classmates have grown dramatically, a new study finds
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Most of us remember from school that the symbol equates to 3.14, with a whole lot of other numbers following. But here are three things to know about Pi Day, celebrated annually on March 14
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Cute: Watch a 4th Grader Explain Why Thursday Is Both ‘Dress for STEM’ & Pi Day
On this 15th official anniversary of Pi Day, more people are planning to wear purple for #DressforSTEM Day, celebrating women in the profession π
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Opinion: The kids could determine the future of democracy
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The Kids Could Determine the Future of Democracy
Pineda: Nine million students who are now 16 or 17 years old will be voting for president in 2028. What are we doing to prepare them?
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-kids-could-determine-the-future-of-democracy/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+future+of+democracy
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Head Start providers fight to claw back protections from ICE enforcement.
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Head Start Providers Fight to Claw Back Protections from ICE Enforcement
As Democrats demand stricter controls on DHS, Head Start leaders representing 100K young learners look to bar federal agents from their centers.
https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/head-start-providers-fight-to-claw-back-protections-from-ice-enforcement/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=head+start+providers+vs+ice+enforcement
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DiMarco: Attendance overall has improved since COVID, but statewide averages mask huge gaps between Black & Latino students and their white peers
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Chronic Absenteeism Trends in 27 States by Income, English Learner Status & Race
DiMarco: Attendance overall has improved since COVID, but statewide averages mask huge gaps between Black & Latino students and their white peers.
https://the74million.org/article/chronic-absenteeism-trends-in-27-states-by-income-english-learner-status-race/
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The 2021 federal Child Tax Credit reduced poverty and improved child well-being. Can states match this success with programs of their own?
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Valentine: America needs more teachers, but the crisis among men and boys highlights how much America needs more male teachers, in particular
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States Step up to Bring in Male Teachers, Support Young Men and Boys
Valentine: America needs more teachers, but the crisis among men and boys highlights how much America needs more male teachers, in particular.
https://www.the74million.org/article/states-step-up-to-bring-in-male-teachers-support-young-men-and-boys/
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The AI chatbot deal, the consultant who called the meeting and her close friend, L.A. schools chief Albert Carvalho, are now all linked to FBI probe
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To get even more high school students to participate, groups are asking the state to explore funding sources and take financial burden off districts
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Analysis: Is a new teacher better off in Mississippi than in New York?
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Yglesias: Is a New Teacher Better Off in Mississippi than in New York?
Why generous school spending doesn’t always deliver results for kids.
https://www.the74million.org/article/is-a-new-teacher-better-off-in-mississippi-than-in-new-york/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new+teacher+analysis
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TODAY: At
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, attend a screening of Left Behind: a documentary following mothers fighting to open the first public school for students with dyslexia in New York City, where 200,000 children lack needed support
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SXSW EDU Cheat Sheet: 26 Sessions for 2026
A curated look at the key panels, workshops and sessions to check out at SXSW EDU 2026 in Austin, March 9-12.
https://www.the74million.org/article/sxsw-edu-cheat-sheet-26-sessions-for-2026/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sxsw+edu+cheat+sheet+session+march+10
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Lake: Artificial intelligence, done right, can bring to classrooms the same focus, individualization, urgency and care doctors use in saving lives
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Precision Learning Has the Potential to Do What Personalized Learning Could Not
Lake: Artificial intelligence, done right, can bring to classrooms the same focus, individualization, urgency and care doctors use in saving lives.
https://www.the74million.org/article/precision-learning-has-the-potential-to-do-what-personalized-learning-could-not/
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