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A lot of hope was pinned on after-school programs — now some are shutting their doors
CLEVELAND — In a public school cafeteria here, 6- and 7-year olds were taking turns sketching their ideas for a building made of toothpicks and gummy bears. Their task: to design a structure strong enough to support a single subject notebook. It was a challenge meant to test their abilities to plan ahead, work as […] The post A lot of hope was pinned on after-school programs — now some are shutting their doors appeared...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:
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Why Career Exploration Shouldn’t Wait Until High School
From the time we’re kids, we’re asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a big question — one that many students struggle to answer. ...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training?
With natural disasters becoming more common, should schools double down on efforts to prepare teachers for handling trauma? With federal uncertainty, ...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back
Here’s a true story from North Carolina. Two elementary school children under the age of 10 waited for their parents to come home. We know they cleaned the dishes; the house was immaculate when someone finally came. The children did not attend school for a number of days. After three days, someone from their school […] The post OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans
Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agency’s decision to pull books that ...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep climate change education alive as federal government defunds it
This past fall, at an event in New York City’s National Museum of the American Indian, a packed room of educators and federal employees applauded the release of a document titled “Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change.” The 52-page document, released at Climate Week NYC, laid out principles for improving young […] The post COLUMN: Teachers, states stepping up to keep...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:OPINION: America’s promise of free education should include all children, regardless of immigration status
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded key protections limiting immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations, a move that overturned long-held policy and created widespread fear among immigrant families. This reversal now threatens a fundamental American promise: that every child has the right to an education. The impact is already […] The post OPINION: America’s promise of...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches
This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by making school meals more nutritious. Two years later, the Department of Agriculture updated its guidance for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, […] The post Whole, skim or soy? The congressional...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
When you’re looking for research on four-day school weeks or how to teach fractions, or trying to locate an historical document, such as the landmark Coleman Report of 1966, you might begin with Google. But the reason that high-quality research results pop up from your Google search is because something called ERIC exists behind the […] The post A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat appeared...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.
“I think that they are going to, in the next four years, do all they can to try to dismantle the Head Start program,” says Joel Ryan, executive ...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools
The Supreme Court over the next two weeks will hear two cases that have the potential to erode the separation of church and state and create a seismic shift in public education. Mahmoud v. Taylor, which goes before the court on April 22, pits Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox families, as well as those […] The post Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools appeared...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back
Patricia McGuire has always been an outspoken advocate for her students at Trinity Washington University, a small, Catholic institution that serves largely Black and Hispanic women, just a few miles from the White House. She’s also criticized what she calls “the Trump administration’s wholesale assault on freedom of speech and human rights.” In her 36 […] The post COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:OPINION: For our republic to survive, education leaders must remain firm in the face of authoritarianism
I know something about standing up to the authoritarian impulses of the MAGA movement. I resigned as Kentucky’s commissioner of education in late 2023 rather than enforce the GOP-dominated state legislature’s shameful law aimed at erasing and marginalizing LGBTQ+ students. The Trump administration has escalated these attacks from hostile rhetoric directed toward students and K-12 […] The post OPINION: For our republic...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT
The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 changed the world. A chatbot could instantly write paragraphs and papers, a task once thought to be uniquely human. Though it may take many years to understand the full consequences, a team of data scientists wanted to study how college writing might already be affected. The researchers […] The post International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:STUDENT VOICE: I’m thriving in my dual-enrollment program, but it could be a whole lot better
Taking college courses through dual enrollment has been the most rewarding part of my high school experience so far. As a teenager at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, I get to explore my interests in public relations and communications by taking courses at a nearby community college, Valencia. Dual enrollment in college classrooms is […] The post STUDENT VOICE: I’m thriving in my dual-enrollment program, but it could...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Demand Remains High, but Afterschool Programs Worry for Their Futures
Afterschool programs have grown, with many increasing their capacity well above their numbers before the pandemic — and about half say still more kids ...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Helping Educators Reimagine AI’s Role in Transformational Learning
From customer service chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence has become integral to our daily lives. Mainstream ...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Federal Cuts Threaten Student Data
Have federal cuts made protecting student data tougher?
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Schools relying on digital surveillance find security still takes a human touch
The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, Idaho Education News, The Post and Courier in South Carolina, and The Seattle Times. RIGBY, Idaho […] The post Schools relying...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Down the hall, culinary students chop and saute in the school’s commercial kitchen, and in another room, cosmetology students snip mannequin hair to prepare for the state’s natural hair […] The post A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?
Elementary school teachers aren’t set up for math. But can changing teacher prep programs help?
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students
RIVER FOREST, Ill. — When she began to check out colleges as a high school student, Jacqueline Quintero noticed something many seemed to have in common. “I don’t like saying it, but they all looked so white,” said Quintero, whose parents came to the United States from Mexico. “I just didn’t feel a sense of […] The post As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students appeared first...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district
SPOKANE, Wash. — During lunch on a Thursday, five dozen students rummaged through fishing lines and hooks, spreading reels and rods across desks in a science lab at Ferris High School for their weekly crash course in angling. At least one angler later practiced tumbles and routines with the varsity cheerleading team, which, with nine […] The post Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It’s not
In this era of extreme partisan divide, there’s very little that unites conservatives and liberals. But both sides have long backed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is also called the Nation’s Report Card. Now even this test, touted as the “gold standard” among all assessments, is in jeopardy. Mass layoffs, funding disruptions, […] The post NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, was supposed to be...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?
Today, nearly halfway between its passage at the ballot box and its deadline to reach universality in 2030, Multnomah County’s Preschool for All ...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:OPINION: We have a crisis in public school leadership: Our leaders are overwhelmed, overworked and lack the training they need
As we studied the results of our educational research from 2019, a colleague turned to me with a conclusion that mirrored my own personal experience: “School leaders are a mess!” Of course, my colleague’s comment carried a hint of humor, but the data suggested a reality that was anything but funny, following my own physical […] The post OPINION: We have a crisis in public school leadership: Our leaders are overwhelmed,...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Tribal colleges win reprieve from federal staff cuts
After weeks of uncertainty, two tribal colleges have been told they can hire back all employees who were laid off as part of the Trump administration’s deep cuts across the federal workforce in February, part of a judge’s order restoring some federal employees whose positions were terminated. Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas and Southwestern […] The post Tribal colleges win reprieve from federal staff cuts...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Better Design Might Be the Next Frontier in Getting Students Back to Campus
“You need to be able to make spaces … that people want to be in,” says Christina Delgado, project manager on a $65 million construction and renovation ...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Tech Groups Have Long Encouraged Girls to Pursue STEM. Could the Anti-DEI Wave End That?
The Trump administration’s aggressive policies against diversity, equity and inclusion have successfully gotten major tech companies to roll back or ...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:How Open Standards Are Breaking Down Data Barriers
Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet ...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:As EPA pulls back, advocates warn it’s schoolchildren who face the steepest risks
This story was produced by Floodlight and republished with permission. President Donald Trump and his administration have called it the “Great American Comeback.” But environmental advocates say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s reversing course on enforcing air and water pollution laws is more of a throwback — one that will exacerbate health risks for children […] The post As EPA pulls back, advocates warn it...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Bright morning sun is streaming through her home’s windows as Sandra Dill reads a picture book about penguins to a room full of busy toddlers. While listening, the kids blow kisses, plop in a visitor’s lap, then get up to slide down a small slide. Dill has been running a family […] The post Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61 appeared first on The Hechinger...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:OPINION: With higher education under siege, college presidents cannot afford to stay silent
Higher education is under siege from the Trump administration. Those opposing this siege and the administration’s attacks on democracy would do well to heed the wise advice of Benjamin Franklin given just prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang […] The post OPINION: With higher education under siege, college presidents cannot...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Some Child Care Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can't They Get Relief Money?
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT: Several dozen childcare providers lost everything in California's Eaton wildfire. Two months later, many are still without housing ...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Special education and Trump: What parents and schools need to know
President Donald Trump has pledged to shutter the Department of Education but also promised that students with disabilities will keep getting the services they need. Special education advocates, school district officials and teachers say mass federal layoffs mean that too few people are left to carry out a complicated law intended to protect some of […] The post Special education and Trump: What parents and schools...
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