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Federal and State Policies Targeting Immigrant Children at School Erode Decades of Progress in Education Access
New immigration policies targeting students threaten legal precedents and undermine equal access to U.S. education.
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How a SCOTUS Decision on Birthright Citizenship Could Impact Education Access
If constitutional protections are struck down by the court, about 255,000 U.S.-born children could begin life without citizenship every year.
For Children Whose Parents Are Detained or Deported, a Scramble for Safe Harbors
Children whose caretakers are detained or deported face not only the loss of their loved ones, but, oftentimes, removal from their homes and schools — abrupt upheavals that can land them in one of many places. Some, freshly pressed passports in hand, end up in their parents’ country of origin — even when it’s not […]
State Finds California District Failed to Handle Sex Abuse Allegations
Esser Pandemic Spending IS over. What Will Its Legacy BE?
Education finance experts say the effectiveness of relief funds is hard to measure — but schools would be worse off without the money.
Chicago Board of Education officially hires interim CEO Macquline King as schools chief
King has been Chicago Public Schools’ interim CEO since last June. She faces a new set of challenges for the upcoming school year, including a projected budget shortfall.
3 State Education Chiefs Share How They’re Leading Innovation Efforts
Leaders from Connecticut, Wisconsin and Alabama explain how partnering with stakeholders and staying the course through reforms can bring improvements.
2-3X Schoolwide High-Growth Learning Nationally, High Growth by Teaching Teams with Opportunity Culture® Staffing Design
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — New national data shows that schools using updated Opportunity Culture® staffing design standards achieved, on average, two to three times the rate of schoolwide high-growth learning of other schools in the same states in 2024-25. These...
East Ward Schools Need Repairs to Fix Old Infrastructure and Help Students
School buildings in Newark’s East Ward are, on average, a century old and infrastructure is in need of repairs. But finding land, state funding, and environmental concerns have complicated solutions.