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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
The Big Picture

Five Years On, ESSA鈥檚 Hallmark Flexibility May Be Undermining Equity, Report Finds

Kevin Mahnken
EDlection 2020

Former NEA Chief Eskelsen Garcia, Possible Education Secretary Pick, Under Scrutiny for Comments About Special-Needs Kids

Linda Jacobson
Best of 2020

Best Essays of 2020: The 15 Most Shared (and Debated) Columns About Students, Schools & Remote Learning We Published This Year

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EDlection 2020

Community Colleges Expected to Have Their Moment in Biden White House. But in Parting Salvo, DeVos Calls Ideas Like Free Tuition 鈥業nsidious鈥�

Greg Toppo
3 Minutes With...

Q&A 鈥� 3 Minutes With Charter School Founder Jessica Nauiokas on Helping Students Deal With Trauma and the Child Welfare System

Greg Richmond
Pandemic

Survey: Afterschool Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009, As Providers Seek Funding for Students During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

As COVID Vaccine Rollout Approaches, States Weigh Whether to Place Teachers Near the Head of the Line

Jo Napolitano
COVID Slide

Education Through the Pandemic: From Arizona Closing Classrooms Due to Staffing Shortages to Louisiana鈥檚 Showdown With Schools Over Quarantine Rules, 10 Ways States & Educators Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
Pre-K

Alabama First Class Pre-K: Setting the Standard Nationally for 14 Years 鈥� and Counting

K.C. Compton
Pandemic

After COVID, a College Enrollment Crisis? New Data From Texas Show Declining FAFSA Applications, Fewer Students Signing Up

Kate McGee
News

This 12-Year-Old Won Nation’s Largest Middle School Science Contest for Her Study of Color, Vision and the Human Brain 鈥� and $25,000

Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

States and Cities Lean Into Reopening Elementary Schools First As Data Affirm Lower Risk for Students, But Not Necessarily Teachers

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

New York City’s Homeless Students Top 100,000 Again, Advocates Say School Reopening Plan Leaves Them Behind

Zo毛 Kirsch
st. louis

Proposition R in St. Louis: Ballot Measure Creates First Public Funding Source for Education and Care for Children 0-5

Bryce Covert
Pandemic

NYC Releases Racial Breakdown for In-Person Student Learning

Zo毛 Kirsch
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74 Interview: Hosts of ‘Bored of Ed’ Podcast on Post-COVID School Reimagined for Justice

Asher Lehrer-Small
New Orleans

New Effort Pairs Educators and Housing Advocates to Tackle School Segregation

Brendan Lowe
Pandemic

As COVID Creeps into Schools, Surveillance Tech Follows

Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2020

As First Lady, Jill Biden to 鈥楤ring a Lot More Power鈥� to Helping Students in Military Families

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Photo Tour: Inside a Redesigned D.C. Elementary School, Partially Open For the First Time Since March

Taylor Swaak
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