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immigration
immigration

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.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Texas
Texas

Mental Health Programs Could Bear the Brunt of $600M Federal Cuts to Texas Schools

Federal cuts and a lack of dedicated mental health funding from the state could erode programs to address chronic absenteeism, crises and more.

Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune
Department of Education
Department of Education

Trump鈥檚 Education Department Leaves Mountain of Public Records Requests Unaddressed

A review by 社区黑料 of FOIA logs shows the department has fulfilled 3% of them 鈥� some only in part.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Big Picture
Big Picture
The Big Picture

Contrary to Common Belief, The Poorest School Districts Outspend The Wealthiest

The against-the-grain result was cited by Brookings researchers who analyzed school spending by poverty level and race over the past 50 years.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
California
California

ICE Has Detained More Than 650 Kids in California Under Trump Deportation Crackdown

The number of children who are in in ICE detention nationally is 10 times higher during the first year of Trump鈥檚 second term compared to the last year of Biden鈥檚 term.

Emma Gallegos, EdSource
Pandemic

App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities

Tim Newcomb
New Mexico

New Mexico On Verge of Securing State Constitutional Change to Ensure Stable Funding for Children Zero to Five

Bryce Covert
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week鈥檚 ESSA News: Enrollment Soars at Washington State Charters During Pandemic, Wyoming Hits Pause on Accountability, a Growing Divide in Idaho鈥檚 Graduation Rate & More

Joshua Parrish
The Big Picture

Study: Income Segregation Increasing in Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Charter School Advocates, San Diego NAACP Raise Objections to Biden鈥檚 Pick for Number Two Spot at Education Department

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2020

With an Eye Toward Equity, Biden Unveils Plan to Reopen Many Schools in First 100 Days

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

How Texas Teachers Are Prioritizing Basic Skills as Instruction Time Gets Crunched During the Pandemic

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Rural Schools Have Battled Bad Internet, Low Attendance and Academic Decline Through the Pandemic. Now the Push Is On to Return Students to Classrooms 鈥� Safely

Peter Cameron
Rural Education During the Pandemic

As High School Students Are Forced to Juggle School, Jobs and Child Care During the Pandemic, One Rural Oregon District Experiments With Evening Tutoring

Sergio Olmos
Rural Education During the Pandemic

Meet the Iowa Educators Helping A District Endure

John Naughton
Rural Education During the Pandemic

With Learning Loss Threatening to Derail New Mexico鈥檚 Educational Gains, a State-Sponsored Coaching Program Aims to Reach 30,000 Disengaged Students

Shaun Griswold & Trip Jennings
Pandemic

Cleveland Pledges to Reopen Schools March 1: Vaccine Shortages Complicate Return to Classrooms

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Rural Education During the Pandemic

鈥楴o One’s Fighting for Us鈥�: How One Rural School on Nevada鈥檚 Walker River Reservation Is Striving to Keep Native Students On Track Through the Pandemic

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez & Jackie Valley
News

On His First Day in White House, Biden Dissolves Trump鈥檚 1776 Commission on U.S. History

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Biden Expected to Make Narrowing Digital Divide an 鈥楨arly, Urgent Priority鈥� to Help Students During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
社区黑料 Interview

74 Interview: Researcher Angela Duckworth on Psychology, Parenting and Great Teachers 鈥� and Why 鈥業t鈥檚 More Important to Be Honest than To Be Gritty鈥�

Kevin Mahnken
News

For the Second Time In Less Than Two Years, Miguel Cardona is Set to Prove Himself on a Much Larger Stage. Is He Ready for the 鈥楶olitical Headwinds鈥� He鈥檇 Face as U.S. Education Secretary?

Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

Education Through the Pandemic: From NJ Schools Innovating With Evening Kindergarten to Colorado鈥檚 Push to Reconnect With 29,000 Missing Students, 10 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

Jordan鈥檚 Story: Isolated, Anxious and Failing His Online Classes, an 11-Year-Old Texas Boy Considered Suicide

Aliyya Swaby
Pandemic

Biden鈥檚 Rescue Plan Includes $130 Billion for K-12, But Some Members of Congress Might 鈥楤alk at the Size鈥�

Linda Jacobson
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