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A District, a Diagnostic and a Drive for AI Readiness
Picture this: Tomorrow’s graduates walk into workplaces where AI tools are as common as email — diagnosing patient symptoms, analyzing market trends, ...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:
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A week of breaking news in education research
When I was covering education research in the Before Times, I rarely worried about following the latest news. But the Trump administration has upended my beat. Last week was one of the busiest I’ve had in my 14 years at The Hechinger Report. Some highlights: a bewildering email, contradictory court rulings and a missed deadline. […] The post A week of breaking news in education research appeared first on The Hechinger...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education?
Montessori schools were once the hottest pre-K trend. Is it still the 'it' thing?
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:New Jersey sends kids with disabilities to separate schools more than any other state
New Jersey students with disabilities are the least likely in the nation to spend their days surrounded by peers without disabilities. One underlying reason: a sprawling network of separate schools that allows districts to outsource educating them. New Jersey has more than a hundred private schools, plus eight county-run districts specifically for students with disabilities. […] The post New Jersey sends kids with...
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Education researchers lose to Trump administration in first round of court challenge
The courts have pushed back against much of President Donald Trump’s agenda, but he did win a small victory this week in a dispute with education researchers. On June 3, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., denied a request by four education research trade associations for a preliminary injunction, which means that the Education Department […] The post Education researchers lose to Trump administration in first round...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Young kids with and without disabilities can learn side by side. One state has instead kept them apart for years
CINNAMINSON, N.J. — Terri Joyce believed that her son belonged in a kindergarten classroom that included students with and without disabilities. The year before, as a 4-year-old, he happily spent afternoons in a child care program filled with typically developing children, without any extra support. Like other kids his age, her son, who has Down […] The post Young kids with and without disabilities can learn side by...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Emergent Bilingual Students Find Their Voice With Real-Time Translation
As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of ...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:What Can We Do About Chronic Absenteeism? Ask Detroit.
“Schools were not designed to solve a problem like chronic absenteeism,” say two researchers who studied Detroit’s school system for seven years, ...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:School Counselors Worry About Students’ Misguided Use of Social Media
With social media, “we need to teach our kids what’s their agenda, what are they ultimately trying to sell?” warns Jamie Nunez of Common Sense Media — ...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Education Department misses key deadline for delivering statistics report
UPDATE: After this story was published, the Education Department updated its website late Monday afternoon, June 2, explaining that the new Report on the Condition of Education would no longer be a “singular report” and instead update indicators on a rolling basis. Thedepartment published a sparsePart I highlights reporton five topics. For nearly 160 years, […] The post Education Department misses key deadline for...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI
On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late to the first community of practice session. She explained she was ...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Report: For First Time in Years, Home-Based Child Care Programs Are on the Rise
Some states are seeing a spike in child care programs — but experts worry it’s not enough to outrun rising child care costs.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:A museum takes students on flights to the stars. Future trips are in question
HAYTI, S.D. — “Are we actually in space?” The kindergartners of South Dakota’s Hamlin County are, in fact, in space. To be specific, they are on planet Earth, near the geographic center of North America, sitting crisscross applesauce inside an 11-foot-high inflatable planetarium set up in their school gym. The darkness is velvety. Childish whispers […] The post A museum takes students on flights to the stars. Future...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:OPINION: Educators have the tools but not the training or ethical framework to use AI wisely. And that’s a problem
The Trump administration wants to bring artificial intelligence into K-12 classrooms. At first glance, this isn’t a terrible idea. Used well, AI can be a patient tutor. It doesn’t get frustrated. It doesn’t lose focus. It doesn’t roll its eyes, check the clock or give up. AI could help personalize learning, diagnose learning disabilities, ease […] The post OPINION: Educators have the tools but not the training or...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Teachers From Mexico Give English Learners a Boost in Small Texas School District
Mexican teachers on J-1 visas offer new avenues of learning for Spanish-speaking students in a small school district in south Texas.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs?
When Molly Lane was a school social worker, walking down the hall with colleagues sometimes turned into impromptu therapy sessions. Parsing education ...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Has the Supreme Court Resolved the Charter School Identity Crisis?
Does the recent Supreme Court decision ease the charter school movement’s identity crisis?
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:So much for saving the planet. Climate careers, and many others, evaporate for class of 2025
Grace Veenstra has spent her life marveling at the volcanoes, glaciers and forests in her native Alaska. As a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, she worked for an institute that monitors ice floes, fires and other activity on the state’s vast landscape with satellites operated by the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […] The post So much for saving the planet. Climate careers, and...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Five-decade study: Black girls build on preschool success, while Black boys struggle in some measures
Decades before the Trump administration forbade using federal funding for research into the topic, Craig Ramey wondered if high-quality early education for Black children in North Carolina might improve their life outcomes. Armed with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Ramey established the Abecedarian Project at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. […] The post Five-decade study: Black girls...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:How Bold Leadership Builds Personalized Pathways
If you’ve ever watched a student light up after cracking a tough problem or finally connecting the dots, you know learning is personal. Every classroom ...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Researchers Turn to AI to Help Diagnose Children’s Speech Disorders
In some parts of the country, speech language pathologists are scarce, even as more children need support with verbal communication. Researchers are ...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change
With six new fellows entering the fellowship program for the 2025-2026 academic year, we hope to continue to publish stories where fellows are not only ...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea
Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have been going about it all wrong. These critics say that instead of drilling students on the main idea (similar to […] The post What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea appeared first on The...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:OPINION: A big reason why students who are anxious about math underperform — they just don’t do enough of it
Math anxiety isn’t just about feeling nervous before a math test. It’s been well-known for decades that students who are anxious about math tend to do worse on math tests and in math classes. But recently, some of us who research math anxiety have started to realize that we may have overlooked a simple yet […] The post OPINION: A big reason why students who are anxious about math underperform — they just don’t do...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Clean energy workforce training hub a ‘gamechanger’ in this struggling factory town
Decatur, Illinois, has been losing factory jobs for years. A training program at a local community college promises renewal and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities This story is part ofa collaborationbetween theInstitute for Nonprofit News’Rural News NetworkandCanary Media,South Dakota News Watch,Cardinal News,The Mendocino VoiceandThe Maine Monitor, with support from Ascendium Education...
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:Clean energy workforce training hub a ‘gamechanger’ in this struggling factor town
Decatur, Illinois, has been losing factory jobs for years. A training program at a local community college promises renewal and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities This story is part ofa collaborationbetween theInstitute for Nonprofit News’Rural News NetworkandCanary Media,South Dakota News Watch,Cardinal News,The Mendocino VoiceandThe Maine Monitor, with support from Ascendium Education...
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:College Board cancels award program for high-performing Black and Latino students
The College Board this month changed the criteria for its National Recognition Program awards in a move that could shift tens of thousands of scholarship dollars from Black and Latino students to white students. Léelo en Español Colleges used the awards to recruit and offer scholarships to high-performing students from groups underrepresented in higher education. […] The post College Board cancels award program for...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:In South Dakota, colleges partner with clean energy industry to meet growing demand for workers
This story is part of a collaboration between the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Rural News Network and Canary Media, South Dakota News Watch, Cardinal News, The Mendocino Voice and The Maine Monitor, with support from Ascendium Education Group. It is reprinted with permission. MITCHELL, S.D. — Matthew Pearson found a successful career in the wind […] The post In South Dakota, colleges partner with clean energy industry...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Career Education Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It’s Adapting for Future Jobs
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national ...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out
If schools want to boost student achievement and engagement, they’re going to have to start by making sure the people at the head of the classroom are ...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:They crossed the border for better schools. Now, some families are leaving the US
For the last two months of their life in the United States, José Alberto González and his family spent nearly all their time in their one-bedroom Denver apartment. They didn’t speak to anyone except their roommates, another family from Venezuela. They consulted WhatsApp messages for warnings of immigration agents in the area before leaving for […] The post They crossed the border for better schools. Now, some families...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:For new grads, landing a job may be hard. Navigating the workplace may be harder
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ally Wilkinson did not plan to spend her senior year at Wake Forest University doing something strikingly stressful: juggling a full-time job with a global consulting firm while also taking classes to finish her degree. But like many in her generation, Wilkinson demands that her job allow for life balance and overall […] The post For new grads, landing a job may be hard. Navigating the workplace...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:University students offload critical thinking, other hard work to AI
Tech evangelists may be dazzled by the promise of AI, but two well-designed new studies — one in China and one by a leading AI company — signal trouble ahead. The two studies were conducted by a team of international researchers who studied how Chinese students were using ChatGPT to help with English writing, and […] The post University students offload critical thinking, other hard work to AI appeared first on The...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Facing Cuts to Vital Online Resources, School Librarians Look to States for Help
An Oval Office executive order threatens access to trusted databases used by thousands of students in public libraries. “People are angry,” says Deb ...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:OPINION: School principals play a unique role in setting the tone for their schools. We should all pay attention
In the never-ending quest to improve our country’s education system, we often turn to policymakers, researchers and district administrators for solutions. While their contributions are undoubtedly valuable, we tend to overlook a critical source of insight and expertise: school principals. School principals navigate firsthand evolving district, state and federal policies, gaining a deep understanding of […] The post...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: