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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

The Concerning Case of Cleveland鈥檚 No-Show Students: More Than 8,000 Kids Are Missing From City鈥檚 Online Classes as Absenteeism Rates Double

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Best of the Month

The 9 Best Education Articles from December: Student Surveillance Amid the Pandemic, Cities Demanding Refunds From Schools For Missing Kids, Inside Learning Pods & More

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Pandemic

A Glimmer of Hope in Pandemic for Nation鈥檚 Ailing Catholic Schools, But Long-Term Worries Persist

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pre-K

Las Vegas Takes Its Show on the Road to Provide Quality Pre-K to Child Care Deserts

K.C. Compton
COVID's Missing Students

New Homes, New Schools, Endless Delays. For Students in Foster Care, Pandemic Only Adds to the Chaos

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Research Shows Changing Schools Can Make or Break a Student, But the Wave of Post-COVID Mobility May Challenge the Systems in Ways We鈥檝e Never Seen

Kevin Mahnken
Best of 2020

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Thought About America鈥檚 Schools This Year

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

From Blue Light Glasses & Noise-Canceling Earphones to Tablets & Masks for Kids, a New World of Student Technology in the Age of COVID

Tim Newcomb
News

Racial-Justice War On Merit-Based Schools: It鈥檚 an Injustice Against Excellence, Critics Say

Vince Bielski
Pandemic

How Missing Zoom Classes Could Funnel Kids into the Juvenile Justice System 鈥� And Why Some Experts Say Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

Watch: How a Brooklyn School Reopens 鈥� With No COVID Cases 鈥� in the Pandemic

Jim Fields
Pandemic

鈥楴o One Taught Us How to Do This鈥�: As Families Face Evictions & Closed Classrooms, Data Shows 鈥楧ramatic鈥� Spike in Mid-Year School Moves

Linda Jacobson
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week鈥檚 ESSA News: California Commission Aims to Use Schools as 鈥榃ellness Centers鈥�, District of Columbia Claims Big Jump in Graduation Rate During Pandemic & More

Joshua Parrish
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74 Interview: Progressive Policy Institute鈥檚 David Osborne on Creating New Innovation Schools Guide at a Moment of Crisis

Mimi Woldeyohannes
California

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They鈥檝e Lost in Months of Online Instruction

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Poorest Students Avoided COVID Slide on NWEA Tests, Cleveland Data Show

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Pandemic

Under Pressure: As Mayor Insists Schools Go Five Days a Week, NYC Principals Receive Notice That They Owe Money for Missing Students

Zo毛 Kirsch
Pandemic

40,000-Person Iceland Study Finds Youth Under 15 Half as Likely to Catch and Spread Coronavirus

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

Disability Rights Groups Send Letter to Biden Transition Team Opposing Education Secretary Contender Eskelsen Garcia, Say Former NEA Chief Failed to Steer Union 鈥楾oward Equity and Access for Students With Disabilities’

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Pandemic

Teaching the ‘Roomers’ and the ‘Zoomers:’ No Small Task for Elementary School Teachers

Bekah McNeel
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