Assistant Teachers Key to Early Education, Yet State Policies Don’t Reflect That Two-thirds of states lack basic credential or training requirements for assistant teachers, report finds — reinforcing low pay and limiting mobility.

Report: Most states don’t meet minimum recommended qualifications for assistant teachers

Culatta: Bills forbidding use of technology in the classroom will deny students essential skills and train them for a world that no longer exists www.the74million.org/article/some...

What will life be like after the Education Department? Look at what came before bit.ly/4esML7J

Jeb Bush: Sometimes the most important things are the least glamorous. Assessment and accountability rarely make headlines but are key to academic success bit.ly/3QsZLAo

D.C. made national news with a groundbreaking pay equity program for early educators. Now the program may be cut, leaving thousands in limbo www.the74million.org/zero2eight/p...

Student’s View: Presenting Latin as an equity tool rather than a classical tradition can change curricula and who sees themselves as a Latin student www.the74million.org/article/lati...

Maryland District Sheds Remedial High School Math Courses, Sees Students Soar Calvert County Public Schools reports major gains in kids successfully taking Algebra II, especially among Black students and those with disabilities.

Calvert County Public Schools reports major gains in kids successfully taking Algebra II, especially among Black students and those with disabilities www.the74million.org/article/mary...

Polly: Summer program gives African-American college and high school students real classroom experience at 4 Philadelphia schools and online www.the74million.org?post_type=ar...

In a pair of new reports, researchers examine how heightened immigration enforcement activities are impacting young children and their caregivers www.the74million.org/zero2eight/t...

Teachers find themselves caught in the middle of a growing opt-out push www.the74million.org/article/pare...

Benjamin-Gomez, Jean-Charles and Pineda: Let’s give high school students, not just a seat at the table, but a vote www.the74million.org/article/empo...

Child Advocate Envisions ‘Game-Changing’ Windfall From Social Media Settlements Children’s Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines said verdicts could remedy a 'rough decade' for young people.

Q&A: Child advocate envisions 'game-changing' windfall from social media settlements. @gtoppo.bsky.social reports

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@chadaldeman.bsky.social: Nationwide, states' high school graduation rates far exceed the percentage of their students who are proficient in math, by up to 50 points www.the74million.org/article/the-...

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.

@lrj417.bsky.social's recent story looks at the trend: www.the74million.org/article/as-e...

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In this webinar, speakers will explore what happens when schools are repurposed and brought back for community use.

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Support staff won 24% raises just hours before scheduled strike. Teachers, principals reached deals earlier but planned to walk out in solidarity www.the74million.org/article/l-a-...

Three nonprofit education heavyweights are coming together to create an affordable undergraduate institution for the AI era. Here's the lowdown www.the74million.org/article/five...

Meriden is Connecticut’s lowest funded school district — and seven of its eight elementary schools are beating the odds in literacy scores www.the74million.org/article/high...

Valentine: Investing early in the lives of young men and boys with dedicated mentors and male educators will pay dividends in the future www.the74million.org/article/real...

In the Push to End Plyler, a Blurring of the Truth About English Learners Williams: Congressional Republicans challenging students’ right to a free public education regardless of immigration status conflate the cost factors.

Opinion: Congressional Republicans challenging students’ right to a free public education regardless of immigration status conflate the cost factors

Still operating in 21 states, Hazel Health has recently endured two rounds of layoffs www.the74million.org/article/k-12...

Liusik: What begins as a participation gap becomes an opportunity gap, and over time the system names what it helped create bit.ly/47S9uWS

The cost of ICE raids: Fewer students, less money and missing parents bit.ly/4t4f5lD

These Texans want better schools for Black students. They disagree on vouchers as the answer. Via @texastribune.org

Principal's view: What a hallway sprint taught me about chronic absenteeism

In America’s First Solar-powered Town, Education Options Abound McDonald: The innovative Florida community offers an assortment of public education, homeschooling and micro-schooling opportunities.

McDonald: The innovative Florida community offers an assortment of public education, homeschooling and micro-schooling opportunities

Report: Outcomes based contracting puts both vendors and school districts on the hook for results www.the74million.org/article/scho...