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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
mississippi
mississippi

In a Mississippi School District With Strict Gender Rules, Trans Students and Families Push to Be Heard

The first year of Pride Graduation was organized by advocates after Harrison County schools students faced gender-norm-based dress codes.

Anna Hu, Mississippi Today
Author: Anna Hu
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
special education
special education

Students With Disabilities Are Spending More Time in Mainstream Classrooms

Plans to shift special education services to HHS could reverse decades of progress toward including more students.

Kate Rix
Author: Kate Rix
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
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
Pandemic

How Schools Are Keeping Families Afloat During the Pandemic: COVID Shut Cleveland鈥檚 Classrooms, But Not the Wraparound Services So Essential For Both Parents and Students

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Pandemic

Lost Learning, Lost Students: COVID Slide Not as Steep as Predicted, NWEA Study Finds 鈥� But 1 in 4 Kids Was Missing from Fall Exams

Beth Hawkins
Providence

A Test Case in Providence: Can Majority-White Teachers Unions Be Anti-Racist?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Every Student Succeeds Act

This Week鈥檚 ESSA News: Greater School District Transparency for New York Parents, Backlash in Kentucky Over Unuseful School Spending Data, DC Concerns That Covid Will Derail Accountability & More

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

New Requirement to Publish Per-Pupil Spending Data Could Help Schools Direct Funding to the Neediest Students. But Even in the Face of Budget Cuts, State Implementation Lags

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

With NYC Preschool Families Facing Disparities as Some Classrooms Are Closed, America鈥檚 Largest District Announces Return of 5-Day Instruction for Youngest Learners

Zo毛 Kirsch
Pandemic

Hunger Pains: Keeping Kids Fed During the Pandemic Stretches the Limits of Bureaucracy

Bekah McNeel
youth homelessness

鈥楾en Birthday Cakes? We鈥檒l Take Care of It鈥�

K.C. Compton
Best of the Month

The 10 Best Education Articles from November: Fears Over Disengaged Students Dropping Out, 48 Election Night Verdicts That May Reshape Education, 455 Times DeVos Has Been Sued & More

社区黑料
Pandemic

As California鈥檚 New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Drive-Thru Thanksgiving: California District Offers Immunizations, Groceries and Turkeys to More than 200 Students

Laura Fay
Pandemic

Photos: New York City Parents Protest Outside City Hall to #KeepNYCSchoolsOpen; Ask de Blasio Why Can We ‘Go to the Gym But Not School?鈥�

Meghan Gallagher
Pandemic

School Reopening 鈥楥hurn鈥� Distracting District Leaders from Focusing on Improved Remote Education & Student Engagement, Researchers Find

Beth Hawkins
The Big Picture

Report: District-Charter Funding Gap Grows to 33 Percent Less Per Student; 12 Cities Provide 鈥楢 Trivial Amount鈥� or 鈥楴o Funding鈥� for Charters

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Mayor Closes New York City Schools as COVID Cases Climb and Parents Protest

Zo毛 Kirsch
News

LISTEN: Without Sports, Band or Drama, How to Keep Students Engaged? New EWA Podcast Spotlights 74 Contributor Greg Toppo on the Risk of Kids Losing Interest 鈥� and Dropping Out

社区黑料
Pandemic

D.C. Public Schools Welcomes Hundreds to School Hoping to Expand After Thanksgiving; Advocates Ask that Safe, Clear Transportation Plans be Top of Mind

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

Fearful of Covid Lawsuits, Jittery School Officials Buy New 鈥� and Frequently Costly 鈥� Insurance Policies

Jo Napolitano
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