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Child Tax Credit
EDlection

Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties

Proposals to expand the benefit are coming from every corner as the election — as well as a harsh 2025 deadline — looms.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
apprenticeships
apprenticeships

What’s Behind the Explosion of Apprenticeships in Early Childhood Education?

As of last year, 35 states have programs for child care and early childhood education.

Emily Tate Sullivan, The 19th
english learners
attorney general

Immigrant Advocates Call on Massachusetts AG to Probe Enrollment Discrimination

Researchers looking at two other states — Oregon and Michigan — find English learners less likely to take essential core classes than their peers.

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
Indiana
food security

More Hoosier Kids Eating Free Summer Meals

A new Food Research & Action Center report shows rebounding numbers of summer breakfasts and lunches served in Indiana in 2023.

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

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

Alexander Castro

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

Jessika Harkay

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

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Missouri Standardized Test Scores Show Progress, Continued Challenges Statewide

Annelise Hanshaw

Study: Teacher Pay Increase in Arkansas Closed Rural Funding Gaps

Kevin Mahnken

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

Liam Niemeyer

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

Abraham Kenmore

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

Robin Opsahl

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

Dilpreet Raju

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

Claire Stremple

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

Greg Toppo

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

Chantal Brown

Delaware Schools Struggle to Fill Hundreds of Open Positions

Julia Merola

Who Wrote Texas’s Million Dollar, Bible-Infused Curriculum? The State Won’t Say

Linda Jacobson

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

Tara García Mathewson

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

Danielle J. Brown

Oklahoma Republicans Call for Impeachment Investigation into Walters

Nuria Martinez-Keel

8 Things to Know About Tim Walz, the Democratic Ticket’s Top Teacher

Beth Hawkins

This Fall, Arizona Voters Could Turn Their ESA Program Over to the Democrats

Kevin Mahnken

Three High School Students Who Struck Gold in Paris

Trinity Alicia
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