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Young Students in Majority Black Charleston Schools Face Greater Suspensions

Stark racial disparities in harsh discipline found in a comparison study of South Carolina district’s elementary schools that include pre-K programs.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Uncommon Courses
biology

Love for Cats Lures Students into this Course, Which Uses Feline Research to Teach Science

Cats are on the syllabus, not in the classroom, for this course.

Jonathan Losos, The Conversation
research
4Fams

A 25-Year Study Reveals How Empathy is Passed from Generation to Generation

The longitudinal study traced how empathy is passed from parents to teens to their future children.

Jessica A. Stern & Joseph P. Allen
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Girl Scouts

New Indiana All-Girls STEM School Offers Robotics, Aviation — and Scout Badges

Indianapolis’ new Girls IN STEM Academy launches with a rare mission: Helping elementary-age girls’ science hopes take flight.

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
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2024 presidential election
EDlection 2024

Teen Activist Rhea Maniar on the Power of Abortion to Turn Out Young Voters

With Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket and abortion ballot measures in eight states, Maniar sees a potentially record-breaking youth turnout.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
Analysis
education reform

New Microschools for a New School Year

As parent demand for more individualized education options grows, everyday entrepreneurs are stepping up to meet that demand by launching microschools

Kerry McDonald
EDlection 2024
delaware
EDlection 2024

Can Delaware’s Next Governor Fix a Jim Crow-Era Funding Formula?

25 years of commissions & task forces have created broad agreement that unfair school finance system must go. But is there a political roadmap?

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
School (In)Security
school (in)security
School (In)Security

10 Charts That Explain How Schools Have Grown Less Violent Since COVID

Even as student mental health challenges soared after the pandemic, the most recent federal data show a drop in campus crime.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

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cellphone ban
cellphone ban

So Your School Wants to Ban Cellphones. Now What?

Whether they use Yondr to secure devices or send students to their lockers, educators are finding that setting policy is easy. Enforcement is hard.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

School (In)Security

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privacy laws
School (In)Security

No Post-COVID School Crime Spike, CA Privacy Law Ruled Unconstitutional

There’s an innate tension between school safety and students’ civil rights. The 74’s Mark Keierleber keeps you up to date on the news you need to know

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
School (In)Security
school (in)security
School (In)Security

Bill to Protect Kids Online Could Buoy a Far-Right Push Against Trans Youth

Civil rights groups warn new safety rules for kids could lead to censorship, block access to vital information — particularly for transgender youth.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
AI chatbot
School (In)Security

The Key Investors Who Once Touted L.A. Schools’ Failed $6M AI Chatbot Go Silent

A minor AllHere investor — the only one to speak publicly — is now questioning if her firm was misled after the ed tech company’s sudden collapse.

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
school (in)security
AI
School (In)Security

School (in)Security Newsletter: Kamala’s Student Discipline Fail; School Ransomware Costs Surge to $3.75M

There’s an innate tension between school safety and students’ civil rights. The 74’s Mark Keierleber keeps you up to date on the news you need to know

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
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Career and Technical Education

3 Strategies to Help College Students Pick the Right Major the First Time Around and Avoid Some Big Hassles

About 1 in 3 college students changes majors.

Rachael Cody
Artificial Intelligence
AI

Verifying Facts in the Age of AI – Librarians Offer 5 Strategies

Here are five techniques based to help readers determine news facts from fiction.

Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Elaine Watson & Memo Cordova
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Arkansas

What Happened When Arkansas Let Districts Raise the Minimum Pay for Teachers

Zamarro: A year into the program, changes are making hard-to-staff schools more attractive. But questions about raises, seniority & experience remain.

Gema Zamarro
Author: Gema Zamarro
Opinion
leadership

To Be the Leaders of Tomorrow, Students Need to Learn Essential Skills — Today

Meuers: Service learning gives young people the chance to address real community issues and make needed change with curiosity, creativity and empathy.

Amy Meuers
Author: Amy Meuers
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Arts education
Arts education

The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists performed for Ozzy Osbourne, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin promoted their YouTube cover of ‘Kashmir.’

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Video
Bronx

WATCH: When Noma Makes School Lunch for New York City Students

Denmark’s Noma Projects, by the World’s Best Restaurant, made lunch for nearly 600 K-8 students. Here’s what happened.

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
STEM superstars
Canada
STEM Superstars

WATCH: Canada Teen Has a Way to Treat Postpartum Depression With AI and an App

Shanzeh Haji is developing an app to help new moms track their postpartum journeys so they can coordinate treatment with their healthcare providers.

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
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EDlection 2024
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EDlection 2024

Harris Could Set Democrats’ K–12 Agenda By Reviving Ideas from 2020

Her Thursday AFT speech sparked some déjà vu, but also highlighted how much the pandemic altered the K–12 landscape since she last ran for president.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken

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Rhode Island

Ed Commissioner Ponders Next Steps for Control of Providence’s Public Schools

Alexander Castro
Connecticut

Connecticut’s ‘Disconnected Youth’ Commission Taking First Steps Toward Strategy

Jessika Harkay
Oklahoma

Ryan Walters Urges Oklahoma House to Start His Impeachment ‘Immediately’

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
commentary

50 Years after FERPA’s Passage, Ed Privacy Law Needs an Update for the AI Era

Ariel Fox Johnson
Author: Ariel Fox Johnson
Missouri

Missouri Standardized Test Scores Show Progress, Continued Challenges Statewide

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent
The Big Picture

Study: Teacher Pay Increase in Arkansas Closed Rural Funding Gaps

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Kentucky

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Stop States from Blocking Title IX Changes

Liam Niemeyer
Analysis

Hey, Students: Want a Good Job? Become a Teacher

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
South Carolina

South Carolina Ed Board Tentatively Approves Model for Banning Phones in Schools

Abraham Kenmore, South Carolina Daily Gazette
4Fams

How Letting My Kid Fail Empowered Her — & Forced Her School to Fix Its Failures

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Iowa

Injunction Lifts on Iowa Law Restricting Books in K-12 School Libraries

Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Opinion

How to Get Your Kids Ready to Go Back to School Without Stress

Shannon Pickett, The Conversation
Illinois

Illinois Now Has Blueprint for K-12 Schools to Teach Dangers of Overdose

Dilpreet Raju, Capitol News Illinois
Alaska

Alaska Schools Got a One-Time Funding Boost. It Came Too Late for Many Teachers

Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon
EDlection 2024

Veep, Candidate, brat: Kamala Harris Fires Up Gen Z on Social Media

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
North Carolina

Education is Key to the North Carolina Economic Innovation, New Report Says

Chantal Brown, NC Newsline
Staff Shortage

Delaware Schools Struggle to Fill Hundreds of Open Positions

Julia Merola, Spotlight Delaware
EDlection 2024

Young People Get Voting. They Are Less Sure About How to Exercise Their Voice

Stephanie J. Hull
California

Web Filter Refined: Teen Builds His Own, More Nuanced Tool

Tara García Mathewson
Maryland

More Parents Using Religious Exemption to Opt Kids Out of School Vaccinations

Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
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