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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

The 25 Former Educators Poised to Win State Legislative Seats on Election Day

Asher Lehrer-Small
Best of the Month

The 11 Best Education Articles from October: The Search for Missing Students, New Data About COVID Learning Loss and How to Reverse It, History Curriculum as an Election Wedge Issue & More

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The Big Picture

Twelfth-Grade NAEP Scores Offer More Bad News for Reading, Stagnation in Math

Kevin Mahnken
News

WATCH: Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings Talks About the Challenges Facing Higher Education 鈥� and the Preparation of America鈥檚 Future Workforce 鈥� Amid the Pandemic

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EDlection 2020

社区黑料 Interview: Jeff Foster Taught Parkland Students the Power of Protests. Now He鈥檚 on a Mission to Inspire the Next Generation of Voters

Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2020

Too Young to Vote, Eager to Make Sure You Can: Meet the High School Students Keeping America鈥檚 Polls Open

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

Educators Wanted Vulnerable Students To Return First for In-Person Learning, But a Racial Divide Spoiled Their Plans

Bekah McNeel
News

Interactive: 455 Times the Education Department Has Been Sued Under Secretary Betsy DeVos

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Betsy DeVos

DeVos on the Docket: With 455 Lawsuits Against Her Department and Counting, Education Secretary is Left to Defend Much of Her Agenda in Court

Linda Jacobson
COVID Slide

Education Through a Pandemic: From Protests in Maryland Pitting Parents vs. Teachers Over Reopening to Oregon鈥檚 Revamped Attendance Policy, 9 Ways States and Schools Are Coping With COVID-19

Joshua Parrish
EDlection 2020

A Referendum on Race in Board Election for Gwinnett County, One of the Nation鈥檚 Largest and Most Stable School Districts

Linda Jacobson
3 Minutes With...

Q&A 鈥� 3 Minutes With Charter School Principal Stephen Lambert on Classical Education, Building Character and Saving Our Republic

Greg Richmond
EDlection 2020

In Alaska, an Education Activist is Trying to Unseat the House鈥檚 Longest-Serving Republican

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

D.C. Schools Set to Reopen in Less Than Three Weeks: Teachers and Principals Have 鈥楴o Idea鈥� If Buildings Are Safe or Who Is Staffing Them

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

Families of Some Special Education Students in Texas May Be Eligible For $1,500 in Aid to Offset Pandemic Challenges

Stacy Fern谩ndez
EDlection 2020

Politics, Not Science, is Driving School Reopening Decisions to a 鈥楻eally Dangerous鈥� Degree, Research Suggests

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Parents and Educators Hope the Rise of Online Learning Lives On After the Pandemic, Report Finds. But Researchers Say Privacy Protections Shouldn鈥檛 Be Sacrificed

Mark Keierleber
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社区黑料 Interview: Researcher Martin Kurzweil on Why More Data is Needed to Prevent Fraud and Confusion in the Non-Degree Credential Landscape

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

By Design, New Orleans School Board has Limited Power. November鈥檚 High-Stakes Election May Change That

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

Survey: More than Half of Teachers Felt Less Successful After COVID-19

Kevin Mahnken
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