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Guns in America

Student fatally shot in apparent murder-suicide at rice university.

Education secretary promises changes after botched financial aid overhaul dents college enrollments

California school resource officer pleads no contest in 2021 fatal shooting of 18-year-old

California school district superintendent is terminated after rooftop desk prank, bullying allegations

MIT's Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Oakland school district says it failed to properly warn parents about lead in water

Supreme Court

Supreme court temporarily rejects biden administration request that would expand title ix protections, education videos.

What's the hold up with financial aid?

Louisiana gov. to parents against Ten Commandments in classrooms: ‘Tell the child not to look’

A look inside the criminal probe that targeted Texas librarians

Nashville museum sending artifacts back to Mexico

Video shows Texas constable's investigation of school librarians

School district responds as Virginia governor bans cellphones in schools

$1B donation covers tuition for most Johns Hopkins medical students

Trump could announce running mate this week, sources say

LA schools ban cellphones as experts warn of social media impact

Louisiana law requires Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms

LGBTQ students speak out on North Carolina's so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law

Vermont police apologize for 'mock shooting' during high school visit

New program tackles literacy challenges in classrooms

Virginia school addresses 'segregation game' targeting Asian American student

Satanic Temple fighting for representation in schools

New book looks at political tension in school districts like Southlake, Texas

College commencements face pro-Palestinian disruptions

Duke students walk out of graduation as protests continue nationwide

Protests and arrests continue on college campuses as graduation season begins

Virginia school board votes to return names of Confederate figures to schools

Transgender Kids

Transgender girls sue new hampshire officials over sports ban.

Idaho school district now needs parental consent for Band-Aids and other basic first aid

Florida college dumps hundreds of books, many on sexuality, race and feminism

Israel-Hamas war

Columbia university president resigns months after israel-hamas war protests roiled campus.

UCLA can't allow protesters to bar Jewish students from campus, judge rules

Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names

Oklahoma school leaders reject top official’s plan to track ‘burden’ of illegal immigration

Two years since the CHIPS Act, the race heats up to train tens of thousands of workers

Bloomberg gives $600 million to Black medical schools’ endowments

Louisiana governor to parents against Ten Commandments in school: 'Tell your child not to look'

TIAA pushes costly investment products on clients to cover losses elsewhere, whistleblower says

Florida school staffer suspended for allowing trans daughter on girls volleyball team, live updates, election 2024: harris details 'frank and constructive' talk with netanyahu; trump campaign won't commit to debating harris.

Alabama universities shutter DEI offices and open new programs to comply with new state law

Child labor

Labor practices at private-equity-owned firms may endanger teachers' pensions, says report.

A Texas school that was built to segregate Mexican American students becomes a national park

Appeals court refuses to lift order blocking rule meant to expand protections for LGBTQ students

The president of Florida’s only public HBCU resigns after donation debacle

Southern California school district sues governor over new transgender law

California bans school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change

Free tuition recipient due to Bloomberg donation at Johns Hopkins University expresses relief

Civil rights groups ask feds to investigate police response to campus protests

Kansas' largest school district was discriminatory in its discipline, Justice Department says

Politics News

Judge halts further student loan forgiveness under part of biden's new repayment plan.

After being accused of stealing AirPods in high school, a woman files a federal civil rights lawsuit

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Judge extends temporary order for transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer, hears arguments

Fair-goers scorched by heartland heat wave take refuge under misters as some schools let out early

Alabama high school football player who died after suffering game injury is remembered

Texting on phones or afraid to be ‘canceled,’ students are quiet in class. Schools are fighting back

Not all schools are complying with Oklahoma’s new Bible mandate as students return to class

The pandemic’s missing students.

These kids never returned to school after the pandemic – because of paperwork and a broken phone

More education news, football player dies of head injury received in practice at west virginia middle school.

Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Asa Hutchinson to join University of Arkansas law school faculty next year

U of Wisconsin regents agree to ask Gov. Tony Evers for $855 million budget increase

Jury sides with pennsylvania teacher in suit against district over jan. 6 rally.

Sudden fame for Tim Walz’s son focuses attention on challenges of people with learning disabilities

Usm removed the word ‘diverse’ from its mission statement. faculty reps weren’t consulted.

Paramount extending ‘go shop’ period by 15 days so it can review Bronfman offer

University of maine system to study opening state’s first public medical school.

School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools

Education official announces last-ditch spending strategy for federal covid-19 funds.

‘The fever is breaking': DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida

Kentucky’s new education chief promotes ambitious agenda

School employee kills at least 3 people in a Bosnian town, police say

Incumbents beat desantis-backed candidates in florida school board races.

University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation

Expelled Yale student sues women’s groups for calling him a rapist despite his acquittal in court

North Carolina elections board OKs university ID on phones for voter access this fall

Prospect of player pay another wrinkle for HBCU schools, where big NIL deals still taking root

More california schools are banning smartphones, but kids keep bringing them, how nevada aims to increase vocational education.

Iran shuts down the last language institute recognized by the German Embassy

Desantis-backed school board candidates face off in florida.

‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools

University of missouri student group ‘heartbroken’ after it was told to rename its welcome black bbq, university of wisconsin president wants $855 million in new funding to stave off higher tuition, a south texas school district received a request to remove 676 books from its libraries.

Bus vendor cancellations create chaos as school opens in St. Louis

Got cold symptoms? Here’s when kids should take a sick day from school

Lawsuit: kansas school employee locked teen with down syndrome in closet, storage cage.

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A new poll reveals the worries of Gen Z kids — and how parents can support them

August 27, 2024 • A recent Gallup poll offers parents fresh insights into the emotional landscape of Gen Z youth, just in time for the new school year and all the changes it may bring.

How to help your Gen Z kid cope with their back-to-school emotions

Pro-Palestinian supporters on the campus of Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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The fine line between providing campus security and allowing for free speech.

August 23, 2024 • College students are trickling back onto campuses for the fall semester, just months after protests exploded across the U.S. over Israel's war in Gaza.

Most community college students plan to get 4-year degrees. Few actually do

August 22, 2024 • Community college is often touted as an affordable start for students who want to earn bachelor’s degrees. But according to federal data, only 13% of students actually reach that goal.

[WFYI] Community college transfer numbers 

Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students

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Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the 46th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

Year of Global Elections

Tim walz made an impression in china, students and teachers say.

August 20, 2024 • Vice President Harris’ running mate has lived in China and traveled there many times. His relationship with the country has been under scrutiny, especially from Republicans.

Democratic VP nominee Walz gets flak from the right for his relationship with China

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Transforming braille education could help millions of visually impaired Americans

August 19, 2024 • For blind and low vision adults, the ability to read braille can be life-changing. Braille literacy is directly linked to higher rates of academic success and better employment outcomes for them. But there's a problem. The U.S. is facing a national shortage of qualified braille teachers and there's a lack of scientific research around braille overall. An interdisciplinary team led by linguist Robert Englebretson wants to change that.

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Here's back-to-school advice from elementary to high school students.

August 18, 2024 • NPR asked elementary to high school students heading back to school to weigh in on what they're doing to prepare for the upcoming school year. They answered the call with advice for their peers.

A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe, listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption

Goats and Soda

Many afghan men believe in women's rights. but they're afraid to speak out.

August 16, 2024 • Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after 'period of turmoil'

August 14, 2024 • Shafik is the third Ivy League university president to leave her job following criticism over how she has handled campus protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war. She held the job for 13 months.

COLUMBIA'S PRESIDENT RESIGNS

Police and security stand outside the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in early November, after antisemitic threats left the community on edge. Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images hide caption

A former Cornell student is sentenced to 21 months for threatening to kill Jews

August 13, 2024 • Patrick Dai admitted to posting anonymous threats against Jews on campus in October. His lawyer argued it was a "misguided attempt to highlight Hamas’ genocidal beliefs and garner support for Israel.”

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Snuggles, pep talks and love notes: 10 ways to calm your kid’s back-to-school jitters

August 12, 2024 • Teachers, pediatricians and child development experts share loving, creative advice on how to ease children (and their parents!) into a new school year.

Pro-Palestinian students and activists face police officers after protesters were evicted from the library at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., in May. John Rudoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

With a new semester, colleges brace for more antiwar protests from students

August 12, 2024 • The Israel-Hamas war has prompted some of the most volatile campus protests in decades. This summer, student organizers are rethinking strategies, as are counter-protesters and college administrators.

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3 Columbia deans resign over texts that 'touched on ... antisemitic tropes'

August 8, 2024 • The three deans were texting sarcastic and mocking messages about students’ complaints of antisemitism during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May.

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The rollout for the updated FAFSA application has been delayed — again

August 8, 2024 • The availability of last year's application, and subsequently students' aid packages, was delayed several times while the Department of Education worked to update the form.

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In the face of global warming, students are dreaming up a better climate future

August 5, 2024 • With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.

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Columbia University threatened with subpoenas over U.S. House antisemitism investigation

August 1, 2024 • A Republican-led House committee says it would issue subpoenas to Columbia University to get documents it requested months ago for its investigation into reports of antisemitism on campus.

He has a badge and a gun — and he investigates school truancy

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30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

July 31, 2024 • In 1994 on the National Mall, thousands of American teens pledged abstinence until marriage. The movement it created has influenced sex education in schools to this day.

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'not a badge of honor': how book bans affect indigenous literature.

July 31, 2024 • For some authors, finding their book on a "banned" list can feel almost like an accolade, putting them right there with classics like The Bluest Eye and To Kill a Mockingbird. But the reality is, most banned books never get the kind of recognition or readership that the most famous ones do.

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July 19, 2024 • The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.

Here are the average U.S. test scores in math. Each year, they fluctuate a little.

From 2019 to 2022, test scores plunged: Students lost more than half a year of learning.

Students have now recovered about a third of what they lost in math, and even less in reading.

Students Are Making a ‘Surprising’ Rebound From Pandemic Closures. But Some May Never Catch Up.

By Claire Cain Miller ,  Sarah Mervosh and Francesca Paris

Elementary and middle-school students have made up significant ground since pandemic school closings in 2020 — but they are nowhere close to being fully caught up, according to the first detailed national study of how much U.S. students are recovering.

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Overall in math, a subject where learning loss has been greatest, students have made up about a third of what they lost. In reading, they have made up a quarter, according to the new analysis of standardized test score data led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard.

The findings suggest that the United States has averted a dire outcome — stagnating at pandemic lows — but that many students are not on pace to catch up before the expiration of a $122 billion federal aid package in September. That money — the single largest federal investment in public education in the country’s history — has paid for extra help, like tutoring and summer school, at schools nationwide.

Even with the federal funds, the gains were larger than researchers expected, based on prior research on extra money for schools. Recovery was not a given , judging from past unexpected school closures, like for natural disasters or teachers’ strikes.

Still, the gap between students from rich and poor communities — already huge before the pandemic — has widened.

“One of the big and surprising findings is there actually has been a substantial recovery,” said Sean F. Reardon, a professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford, who conducted the new analysis with Thomas J. Kane, an economist at Harvard; Erin Fahle, executive director of the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford; and Douglas O. Staiger, an economist at Dartmouth.

“But it’s an unevenly felt recovery,” Professor Reardon said, “so the worry there is that means inequality is getting baked in.”

Some children may never catch up and could enter adulthood without the full set of skills they need to succeed in the work force and life.

The students most at risk are those in poor districts, whose test scores fell further during the pandemic. Though the new data shows that they have begun to catch up, they had much more to make up than their peers from higher-income families, who are already closer to a recovery.

The result: Students in poor communities are at a greater disadvantage today than they were five years ago.

Yet there is significant variation. Some wealthy districts have barely improved. Some poorer districts have made remarkable recoveries, offering lessons for what has worked. In places like Durham, N.C.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Delano, Calif., students are now about fully caught up.

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The data does not include any progress students may be making this school year, which will be measured in state tests this spring.

But the study suggests that many students will still need significant support, just as federal aid is running out.

“We seemed to have lost the urgency in this crisis,” said Karyn Lewis, who has studied pandemic learning declines for NWEA, a research and student assessment group. “It is problematic for the average kid. It is catastrophic for the kids who were hardest hit.”

Why Inequality Has Widened

The analysis looked at test score data for third- through eighth-grade students in about 30 states — representing about 60 percent of the U.S. public school population in those grades. It examined pandemic declines from 2019 to 2022 , and measured recovery as of spring 2023. It offers the first national comparison of recovery at a school district level. (It did not include high school students.)

Test scores fell most in poor districts. School closures, though not the only driver of pandemic losses , were a major factor: Schools in poor communities stayed remote for longer in the 2020-21 school year, and students suffered bigger declines when they did .

But once schools reopened, the pace of recovery was similar across districts, the analysis shows. Both the richest and poorest districts managed to teach more than in a usual school year — about 17 percent more in math, and 8 percent more in reading — as schools raced to help students recover.

Yet because poor districts had lost more ground, their progress was not nearly enough to outpace wealthier districts, widening the gulf between them. The typical rich district is about a fifth of a grade level behind where it was in 2019. The typical poor district: nearly half a grade.

Another factor is widened inequality within districts.

When looking at data available in 15 states, researchers found that in a given district — poor or rich — children across backgrounds lost similar ground, but students from richer families recovered faster.

One possible explanation: Even within districts, individual schools have become increasingly segregated by income and race in recent years, said Ann Owens, a sociologist at the University of Southern California. When this happens, she has found, achievement gaps grow , largely because students from wealthier families benefit from a concentration of resources.

Schools made up mostly of high-income families attract more experienced teachers. High-earning parents are more likely to invest in tutors or enrichment outside of school.

Even when schools offered interventions to help students catch up, lower-income families might have been less able to rearrange schedules or transportation to ensure their children attended. (This is one reason experts advise scheduling tutoring during the school day, not after.)

Racial gaps in student scores have also grown, with white students pulling further ahead.

Black students, on average, are now recovering at a faster pace than white or Hispanic students, the analysis suggests — but because they lost more ground than white students, they remain further behind. The gap between white and Hispanic students has also grown, and Hispanic students appear to have had a relatively weak recovery overall. The analysis did not include Asian students, who represent 5 percent of public school students.

Where Students Are and Are Not Recovering

Another factor in recovery: where students live.

Take Massachusetts, which has some of the nation’s best math and reading scores , but wide inequality. The recovery there was led by wealthier districts. Test scores for students in poor districts have shown little improvement, and in some cases, kept falling, leaving Massachusetts with one of the largest increases in the achievement gap. (Officials in Massachusetts hope that an increase in state funding for K-12 schools last year, as part of a plan to direct more money to poor districts, will help close gaps.)

In states like Kentucky and Tennessee that have traditionally had more middling test scores, but with less inequality, poor students have recovered remarkably well.

In Oregon, test scores appeared not to recover. State officials pointed to investments they hope will show results in the future, including permanent funding for early literacy . “We are definitely not satisfied with where we are,” said Charlene Williams, director of the Oregon Department of Education. She added, “We need every minute of instruction we can get.”

Math scores in 2019,

2022 and 2023

Some states, including Mississippi , had strong recoveries.

Some states are excluded because of lower test participation rates, lack of sufficiently detailed public data or changes to their tests between 2022 and 2023. Source: Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford

Across the country, richer districts overall saw gains. But some have made little to no recovery, including Forsyth County on the outskirts of Atlanta, and Rochester, Mich., in suburban Detroit; and Lake Oswego, Ore., near Portland.

And some poorer districts did better than expected, including large urban districts like Chicago, Nashville and Philadelphia, which saw big drops during the pandemic, but have had above-average recoveries.

In the years before the pandemic, big-city school districts often outpaced the nation in learning gains , even as they served larger shares of poor students and more students learning English as a second language.

“We have had to be more innovative,” said Raymond Hart, executive director for the Council of the Great City Schools, which represents 78 large urban school districts.

Bright Spots: What Has Worked?

Birmingham, Ala., prioritized extra time for learning over school breaks. Mark Sullivan, the superintendent, said some parents initially balked, but have come to love the program.

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When it comes to success, no one strategy appeared to lead the way.

In interviews in a sample of districts with outsize recovery, educators described multiple approaches. Some focused on spending more federal dollars on academics — and less, for instance, on renovating school buildings . Some prioritized adding instruction time — via intensive tutoring , summer school or other sessions — which research shows can produce significant gains . Many experimented, coming up with new strategies to help students, including their mental health.

“I stopped looking for these silver bullets,” said Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent in Los Angeles, which has seen above-average recovery compared with the rest of California, including strong recoveries for Black and Hispanic children. “More often than not, it is the compound effect of good strategies.”

The $122 billion federal aid package has helped fund this effort, especially in poor communities. The poorest districts received about $6,200 per student in aid , compared with $1,350 for the most affluent districts.

But the law required only 20 percent of the money be spent on learning loss, with no mandate to invest in the most effective strategies and little national accounting of how the money was spent. That has made it hard to evaluate the impact of federal dollars nationally.

One strategy some districts used was spending much more than 20 percent of their funds on academic recovery.

For example, Weakley County, Tenn., a lower-income and mostly white rural district, allocated more than three-fourths. ( Tennessee gave districts incentives to spend at least half of their federal dollars on academics.) Today, Weakley County’s math and reading scores are fully recovered.

Its main focus was a tutoring program — students who are behind meet with experienced tutors in groups of three, twice a week. The district also hired instructional coaches, social workers and educational assistants who teach small groups in classrooms. “If you ask a teacher and say, ‘In a perfect world, if I have $30,000, what would you like me to buy?’ every teacher would say, ‘Another person in this classroom to help,’” said Betsi Foster, assistant director of schools.

Other districts focused on adding more hours of school, including Birmingham, Ala., a majority Black district where most students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

The superintendent, Mark Sullivan, said he first wanted to make school year-round, a dramatic solution that found little support among families and teachers. So he offered a compromise: The district would hold extra instructional sessions available to all students during fall, winter and spring breaks, in addition to summer school.

Mr. Sullivan said some parents initially balked, but have come to love the program, in part because it provides child care during school breaks. More than a quarter of students typically participate.

Combined with other tactics, like hiring local college students as tutors, Birmingham made up for its pandemic losses in math.

The pandemic also spurred educators to innovate.

Among other strategies, Durham, N.C., a racially and economically diverse district that is now fully recovered, asked its most effective teachers to teach summer school and paid $40 an hour, up from the usual $25 rate.

It is one example of setting high expectations, which the superintendent, Pascal Mubenga, said was integral to recovery. “We did not just give that opportunity to any person; we recruited the best,” he said.

In the Delano Union school district, which serves mostly poor Hispanic students in central California, employees began making daily visits to the homes of students who were frequently absent — a ballooning national problem since the pandemic. The district’s absenteeism rate has fallen under 10 percent, from 29 percent.

The district focused on student well-being as a prerequisite for academics. For example, teachers now ask students to write down how they are feeling each week, a simple and free strategy that has helped uncover obstacles to learning — a fight with a friend, money problems at home.

“If a child is not mentally OK, no matter how good my lesson is, my students will not learn,” said Maria Ceja, who teaches fourth grade.

Students in Maria Ceja’s fourth-grade class in Delano, Calif., with Rosalina Rivera, the superintendent. Since the pandemic, teachers have begun using hands-on tools during math lessons, a strategy they said is helping children after online learning.

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Despite the successes, the pace of national recovery has been “too little,” said Margaret Spellings, a former secretary of education under George W. Bush. “We’re slowly recovering, but not fast enough.”

Congress has shown little appetite to add more funding, and many districts will soon end or cut back programs.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Biden administration did not push for more federal dollars, and instead renewed its call for states to take a greater role, both in financing programs and tracking the number of students receiving intensive tutoring or summer school.

Professor Kane, one of the researchers, advised schools to notify the parents of all children who are behind, in time to sign up for summer school. Despite setbacks on standardized tests, report card grades have remained stable, and polling indicates most parents believe their children are on track .

And what if students never catch up?

While test scores are just one measure, lower achievement in eighth grade has real impact in adulthood. It is associated with lower lifetime earnings , as well as a higher risk of unemployment and incarceration, research has shown.

At this rate, the United States will have a less skilled work force in the future, leading to lower economic output, said Eric Hanushek, an education economist at the Hoover Institution.

The highest-achieving students are likely to be least affected, said Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University — perhaps fewer will study advanced math and science and enter rigorous professions like engineering.

Students in the vast middle — some who may otherwise have become nurses or electricians, for example — could lose opportunities to establish middle-class lives. Community college enrollment is down from 2019 .

And the lowest-achieving students may further disengage from school, making it harder to graduate from high school and hold down even low-wage jobs.

As the pandemic generation enters adulthood, they may face a lifetime of lost opportunities.

Update, Feb. 8, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect a change to the data from researchers at Stanford and Harvard. On Monday, the researchers removed Oregon from the data set because its test participation rates were slightly below their threshold of 94 percent in 2022 and 2023. This article previously said that test scores continued to decline there from 2022 to 2023. The researchers said even with the lower test score participation, the data showed that Oregon students, including in the Lake Oswego district, made a near-zero recovery. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University

Math and reading average test scores are calculated for students from third through eighth grade in about 30 states, which account for about 60 percent of the U.S. public school population in those grades.

Researchers excluded school districts in states that do not provide sufficiently detailed test data on their public websites, and in states for years where participation rates were below 94 percent. Some small districts and charter schools were also excluded due to insufficient data.

To develop a consistent scale across states and over time, researchers link test results with the results of a federal exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress . Since there was no NAEP test in 2023, researchers relied on the stability of state tests and proficiency definitions for recovery estimates; states that changed their exams between 2021-22 and 2022-23 were excluded from the 2023 data.

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Having students consider the motivations behind what’s included or omitted in learning standards can broaden their analytical skills, one educator suggests.

Common App data shows substantial rise in minority student college applications

A predicted decrease in minority applicants has not materialized after the Supreme Court’s decision overturning race-conscious admissions.

What do schools need to know about AI paraphrasing detection tools?

Detection software can now spot text that summarizes generative AI, but one expert cautions against disciplining based on results.

Birth rates continued to decline in 2023

While teen birth rates are also down, the overall decline since the Great Recession stands to impact school enrollment and budgets in the long-run.

29% of LGBTQ+ students attend school with anti-LGBTQ+ policies

Students in schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies report more negative experiences such as harassment and physical threats, Trevor Project data shows.

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From ESSER spending deadline extensions to a boost in Head Start teachers’ pay, what did you learn from our recent stories?

Education Department approves all requests to extend ESSER spending deadlines

States and districts with COVID relief spending extensions have an extra 14 months to liquidate funds.

Socioeconomic factors partially at play in racial achievement gaps

Educational policy solutions like adopting curricula that reflect diverse cultures could help narrow learning gaps, a Fordham Institute study concludes.

New school year, new challenges and opportunities

Educators are navigating legal hurdles, cell phone policies, artificial intelligence use and more as students head back to classrooms.

Houston ISD decreases F-rated schools by 66% under state leadership

If the “dramatic progress” announced Monday continues, the district could exit state takeover sooner than expected.

OCR says Michigan seeking to ‘shield itself’ from scrutiny for Section 504 noncompliance

The state has argued that it cannot be held accountable for missteps taken at the district level even if local school systems followed state guidance.

Supreme Court blocks partial enforcement of final Title IX rule

Justices rebuffed the Biden administration's emergency request to allow noncontroversial parts of the regulations to move forward in some states with injunctions.

Classroom tech needs guardrail process to ensure cybersecurity

The glut of digital learning tools on the market — free or otherwise — requires thoughtful vetting, a K-12 cybersecurity expert says.

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Most Head Start teachers to see $10,000 salary jump under new HHS rule

Boosts in pay and benefits would help put Head Start educators on par with public school preschool teachers, the agency said.

Oklahoma charter board severs contract with St. Isidore — for now

The unanimous vote comes nearly two months after the board was directed to rescind its contract with the nation’s first religious public charter school.

Districts hit high notes with music education partnerships

Tennessee school districts share how investments by a nonprofit organization led to greater capacity and appreciation for music performance.

Will Massachusetts’ school hiring surge improve student outcomes?

Schools in the state hired 10,000 new staff over four years. Now K-12 leaders have to prove the investment is delivering value for students, Edunomics Lab said.

How an Iowa district plans to embrace AI in the new school year

Starting this fall, Iowa City Community School District will pilot new AI guidelines governing how the technology is used in the classroom.

Texas lawmaker says new curriculum’s Bible references are ‘preaching’ rather than teaching

The content alleged to favor references to Christianity was developed under a new state law that also provides teachers Establishment Clause immunity.

How to unlock the power of schools to improve youth mental health

The leaders of AASA and The Jed Foundation offer seven recommendations for school and district leaders to address students’ needs and help them thrive.

From educators’ concerns about “pandemic babies” to a Title IX investigation’s settlement, what did you learn from our recent stories?

Signal lost: Why more school systems are saying no to cellphones

School systems nationwide are enacting bans on student cellphone use, and some are extending the cellular prohibitions to smartwatches and more.

San Diego Unified violated Title IX ‘more often than not’ over 3 years

A federal review of 253 cases found the district didn’t evaluate multiple sexual harassment reports it knew about, and it often involved or deferred to police.

How a California high school takes a team approach to boost attendance

Reedley High School relies on a network of teams to monitor attendance, engage students and plan individualized interventions.

What can be done about the ‘fragmented’ K-12 AI policy landscape?

To tackle gaps in K-12 AI use, CRPE recommends that AI initiatives target districts in low-income and historically marginalized communities.

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Schools try new approach to teach students to read

Many schools across the country are revamping the way they teach kids to read, as U.S. students are struggling to read at grade level. Brook Silva-Braga reports on the new method's benefits and drawbacks.

Teaching kids to be cyber safe

As it becomes more common for young children to have access to internet-connected devices, the risk of them being targeted by scams is increasing. One program outside Chicago is teaching kids from a young age how to stay safe on the internet. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

Ransomware attacks against schools on the rise

Data shows school districts have reported more than 1,600 cyber attacks across the U.S. over a 6-year span. More than 300 involved ransomware, which has been steadily on the rise since the pandemic. Ash-har Quraishi visits a Tucson school district to report on the high cost of cyber crime inside classrooms.

Bloomberg makes $600 million contribution to 4 Black medical schools

"This gift will empower new generations of Black doctors to create a healthier and more equitable future for our country," former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement.

How class and race impact economic mobility

A new Harvard study is checking in on how the U.S. is doing on economic mobility across race and class and examining which factors best predict success. The researchers discovered that earnings increased for white children in affluent families, but fell for those in poorer families. Benjamin Goldman, one of the study's authors, joins CBS News to unpack the findings.

Student test scores still lag from pandemic

New research from education testing company NWEA shows many students are falling behind in school nearly four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Karyn Lewis, director of research and policy partnerships at NWEA and lead author of the study, joins CBS News to discuss what's behind the widening learning gap and what can be done to fix the setbacks.

Biden's SAVE student debt repayment plan is blocked by appeals court

A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders reflects on RNC speech

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke on the second night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, recalling memories from her time as White House press secretary during the Trump administration. Sanders sat down with "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell on the third night of the RNC to reflect on her speech.

Philadelphia summer music camp helps develop female, trans and nonbinary composers

Wildflower Composers Festival in Philadelphia creates a space for female, trans and nonbinary composers to learn and grow in the craft.

U.K.'s most elite private school bans smartphones for incoming students

New students at Eton College, the most elite U.K. boarding school for boys, are being told to leave their smartphones at home.

3 Columbia University administrators ousted from posts over controversial texts

Three administrators have been "permanently removed from their positions" at Columbia College and "remain on leave" over texts they exchanged during an on-campus event about Jewish life at the school, Columbia University's president announced Monday.

Tulane University students design, build tiny home for man in need

For 10 months, students at Tulane University worked to design and build a tiny home for a member of their community in need. The home is just 440 square feet, but its impact is immeasurable.

Dancing crossing guard brings smiles to kids

Esther Bishop has been a crossing guard in Brooklyn, New York, for 15 years. Known as "Star," she dances at her intersection to make sure drivers notice her and to bring cheer to the kids crossing the street. CBS New York's Steve Overmeyer has the story.

Biden says "we must unite America again" in speech at Philadelphia church

President Biden spoke at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in northwest Philadelphia before traveling to Harrisburg Sunday afternoon.

Voters explain how they're making 2024 pick

CBS News polls consistently show that democracy and the American Dream itself are on the ballot this November, but why do voters think that? And how do their personal lives shape their views on our national conversations? CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto spoke with people from across America, including some who participated in our polls, to find out.

Gay teacher responds to LGBTQ backlash

The American Library Association found that 4,240 books were targets of censorship efforts in 2023, with about half of those books written by or including people of color and those from LGBTQ communities. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto spoke with Anthony Nicodemo, a gay teacher and basketball coach in Westchester County, New York, about his message to proponents of book bans.

How a South Carolina county is reimagining libraries

The Richland Public Library is pioneering an evolution in what libraries can offer their communities.

Louisiana governor signs Ten Commandments law

Louisiana became the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill into law Wednesday.

Dr. Fauci says long school closures amid COVID "was not a good idea"

The initial shutting down of schools amid the COVID pandemic was "the right thing," but the length of the closures "was the problem," Dr. Anthony Fauci said on "CBS Mornings."

How hydroponic gardens in schools bring fresh produce to students

Public schools in Wisconsin are turning to indoor gardens to get fresh produce to their cafeteria tables.

What went wrong with the new FAFSA rollout?

For students whose dreams of college hang on whether or not they can scrape together the money, federal aid is a key part of that dream. This year, many were met with frustration as improvements to the application caused a slew of technical glitches and processing delays. Liam Knox, admissions and enrollment reporter for Inside Higher Ed, joins CBS News to examine what went wrong.

How schools' long summer breaks started

Schools have breaks spread throughout the year, but none so long as summer vacation. The lengthy break dates back to the 19th century.

1,000 days after Taliban ban on girls in school, the resistance lives

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers bar girls over 12 from receiving a formal education, but some brave young women refuse to accept the draconian edict.

U.S. schools in disrepair desperate for infrastructure money

Congress passed over $1 trillion for infrastructure in 2021, but many aging schools are still waiting for funding.

Growing number of small colleges face closure

Last week, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia announced it would permanently shut down on Friday. It marks the latest closure among smaller arts and liberal arts schools. CBS News reporter Zak Hudak examines why the closures are happening.

Special counsel reindicts Trump with narrower set of accusations

The superseding indictment against Trump is based on a narrower set of allegations after the Supreme Court ruled Trump had some immunity from prosecution.

Ketanji Brown Jackson says she was "concerned" about Trump immunity ruling

Jackson suggested the ruling gives Trump special treatment compared to others in the criminal justice system.

Israel says hostage rescued in "complex operation" by troops in Gaza

Israel says troops have rescued a man taken hostage during Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in a "complex operation" in Gaza.

U.N. says polio vaccination to begin in Gaza amid humanitarian disaster

2 workers killed in blast at Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

Delta says it is working with authorities in probing an explosion in a maintenance area near the Atlanta airport.

Schools revamp how kids are taught to read amid lagging scores

Schools across the country are implementing the "Science of Reading" to help kids learn

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More than 60 million people were under heat alerts Tuesday as a scorching heat wave blanketed the Midwest.

Michael Sparks, the first Jan. 6 defendant to breach Capitol, is sentenced

Michael Sparks, of Kentucky, was the first to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to U.S. citizens' spouses

A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from granting legal status, under a new program, to undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens.

Oasis reuniting, at least for one tour, as speculation proves true

The speculation has proven true: the Britpop band Oasis is reuniting, at least for one tour after a 15 year hiatus.

SpaceX resets for delayed launch of historic commercial mission

After a 24-hour delay to fix a helium leak, SpaceX says all systems are go for launch Wednesday.

Utah mom Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband's death, judge rules

Kouri Richins, who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Leonard Riggio, builder of Barnes & Noble empire, dies at 83

The brash, self-styled New Yorker transformed the publishing industry with what became a nationwide empire of superstores.

Lowe's is latest to curtail DEI policies amid conservative criticism

Home improvement retailer Lowe's recent moves appear to focus on the LGBTQ community in particular.

2 workers killed in accident at Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

Delta says it is working with authorities in probing an accident in a maintenance area near the Atlanta airport.

Kelce brothers podcast soars to "New Heights" with Wondery deal

Jason and Travis Kelce's "New Heights" podcast deal gives Amazon's Wondery ad sales and distribution rights.

Feds killed plan to curb medicare advantage overbilling after industry opposition

Rule would have required Medicare Advantage health insurers to identify overpayments and refund them to government.

RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard named to Trump transition team

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed Trump last week, and Tulsi Gabbard announced her support on Monday.

Zuckerberg vows to resist federal efforts to influence Meta's content

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says federal pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain COVID-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and he'd resist similar attempts in the future.

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Idaho camp supports kids with cancer

Camp Rainbow Gold in Idaho is a nonprofit that supports kids who have been diagnosed with cancer. Recently, local builders came together to construct new cabins so the camp doesn't have to turn kids away.

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The Oropouche virus, a potentially fatal disease also referred to as "sloth fever," has made its way to the United States. Here's what to know.

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In one operation, Mexican authorities seized 5.6 tons of suspected cocaine, marking the largest drug seizure of the current administration.

The United Nations prepared to begin a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip amid multiple evacuation orders by the Israeli military.

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Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Kolkata again, demanding justice for an Indian doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at work.

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This is what you need to know about when the 2024 Paralympic Games start and end, along with key games and events on the schedule.

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Oasis reunites after 15 years

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Education Debates You’ll Likely Hear About in the Election, Explained

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Even if education isn’t a marquee issue in this November’s presidential election, it’s likely to come up somehow—in a pithy debate quote, down-ballot as voters weigh gubernatorial and state legislative candidates, and locally as school boards wrestle with declining enrollment, the impact of new school choice programs, and sticky district budgets.

Catch up on some of the core education issues in this curated set of Education Week explainers, written to give you the grounding you need in a friendly Q & A format.

School choice

This is a catch-all term for the various types of public and private school choice programs, which have rapidly expanded. They can include charter schools , which are public schools that are privately managed by nonprofits, for-profit organizations, districts, or universities; vouchers , which allow families to use public dollars to attend private schools; tax-credit scholarships , in which a nonprofit doles out funding from businesses or individuals, who receive tax credits for their donations; and education savings accounts , in which families receives public, per-pupil funding from a state-managed body.

The politics of each of these differs. Charter schools enjoyed bipartisan support for roughly 20 years, with the Obama administration a firm backer of the schools, but that has waned as Republicans have increasingly favored private-school choice programs and Democrats have soured on charters .

Meanwhile, you’ll also want to check out our tracker on private-school choice programs . Twelve states currently have at least one “universal” private school choice program, meaning any family can take advantage of them; many states have other, tailored programs with more restrictive eligibility criteria.

The Every Student Succeeds Act is the main federal K-12 education law. States and districts that receive Title I funds, which pay for extra services for low-income students, must agree to test their students annually in reading and math. They also have to take steps to improve the lowest-performing schools and schools where students with disabilities, English learners, and other student populations are struggling. Compared to the law’s predecessor, No Child Left Behind, ESSA has attracted a lot less policy attention, and neither Betsy DeVos, the education secretary under former President Trump, nor Miguel Cardona, the current education secretary, made enforcing it or rewriting it a priority. Still, the law is now due for a rewrite, and it remains for some conservatives a core example of federal overreach in education, even after ESSA brought about a smaller federal role in education than No Child Left Behind.

In contrast to ESSA, Title IX, a law that prevents sex-based discrimination in schools, has been through multiple policy whiplashes in the last decade, largely centering on how it relates to transgender students. The most recent concern regulations from the Biden administration that explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. Federal courts have blocked these rules in 26 states —and some individual schools in other states.

The Biden administration rewrite replaced a revision by the Trump administration, and both came on top of controversial guidance issued during the final years of the Obama administration. Title IX processes for handling sexual harassment in school, particularly in higher education settings, also changed over these successive administrations.

Critical race theory

The term generally refers to a body of academic literature that posits that racism can be furthered through even race-blind law and policy, not just by individuals’ attitudes or prejudices. In late 2020, the term exploded in political discourse, with key figures claiming that schools were using it to indoctrinate students, leading 17 states to pass laws to forbid teaching these “divisive concepts” and other ideas. Although the specific focus on CRT has died down somewhat, it has been replaced by attacks on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs in schools—especially in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling forbidding race-based affirmative action programs. (Colleges can still consider how race has shaped individual applicants’ lives.)

Religion in public schools

This is a newer issue to emerge in the run-up to the election. It’s been in the news due to several events, including Oklahoma’s education chief mandating that all schools make the Bible available in school and teach about it, and a proposed English/language arts curriculum in Texas that includes Christian figures and themes. But religion has been the source of longstanding tension in schools. Generally speaking, the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allows students to pray in schools—and to an extent teachers, too—but schools cannot compel students to participate in a particular act of faith. That landscape could change, however, as more activists seek to push the boundaries of the existing interpretation of these laws—and potentially ask the U.S. Supreme Court, which has grown more accommodating to the role of religion in public life under its conservative majority in recent years, to reconsider them.

Teacher pay

Both Republican- and Democratic-led states have recently taken steps to increase teacher pay , and it’s long been a priority for the Democratic presidential nominee , Vice President Kamala Harris. Low teacher pay was one of the factors that led to a wave of teacher strikes and labor unrest in 2018 as well. And for school districts, teacher pay is among the big pressure points likely to come up in school board elections and budgeting, as personnel costs tend to represent the largest expenses in district budgets.

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Best Education Articles of 2023: Our 23 Most Important Stories About Students, Schools & Learning Recovery 

From students’ stalled learning recovery to the shifting politics of education reform and cybersecurity at schools, here were the year’s top themes..

Now three years since COVID’s first classroom closures and a year before districts start to feel the true impact of the fiscal cliff, 2023 marked a pivotal moment for students and schools across America. Fresh scores revealed the stalled state of learning recovery. Educators warned about an escalating chronic absenteeism crisis that has seen students disengage and thrown off track. New political alliances formed around school choice legislation and education savings accounts. Districts became one of the preferred targets of cyberhackers, who posted sensitive student information online. A national alarm was sounded about the state of teen mental health. 

From the classroom to the ballot box to the dark web, we’ve been tracking the key storylines of 2023. Here’s our most memorable and impactful journalism of the year: 

‘Education’s Long COVID’: New Data Shows Recovery Stalled for Most Students

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Data released this past July from NWEA showed that learning recovery had essentially stalled for most students, in the wake of the pandemic. The results from 6.7 million students showed that, on average, they need four additional months in school to catch up to pre-pandemic levels. Older and Black and Hispanic students need much more, and the gap between pre- and post-pandemic achievement for kids in fourth through eighth grade grew larger this year instead of smaller. Read Linda Jacobson’s report .

Exclusive Spending Data: Schools Still Pouring Money Into Reading Materials That Teach Kids to Guess

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Districts across the country continue to pour money into expensive reading materials criticized for leaving many children without the basic ability to sound out words, an investigation by The 74’s Asher Lehrer-Small revealed. Since the blockbuster Sold a Story podcast launched in October of 2022, opening the eyes of many to problematic reading instruction nationwide, at least 225 districts have spent over $1.5 million on new books, training and curriculums linked to the flawed “three-cueing” method, according to a review of their purchase orders. Read our full report .  

Seizing on Parents’ Frustration, GOP Governors Push for Education Savings Accounts

Originally published in January: Republican governors across the country have put education savings accounts at the center of their 2023 legislative agendas. Many draw inspiration from states like Arizona, where almost 46,000 students use ESAs for private school, tutoring and homeschooling. “Parents want an all-of-the-above approach when it comes to how their kids are educated,” said ExcelinEd’s Tom Greene. But Jessica Levin of the Education Law Center said there’s still “a broad spectrum of groups that come out against them.” Read the full story . 

Campus Road Trip Diary: 8 Things We Learned This Year About America’s Most Innovative High Schools

For months, The 74’s  journalists crisscrossed the country visiting innovative high schools, both established and emerging, that are headed by educators seeking answers to one common question: What if we could start over and try something totally new? The 13 schools profiled in our High School Road Trip series represent just a small sample, but they offer a promising vision of what young people, freed from 200 years of tradition and offered freedom, guidance, opportunity and agency, can look forward to. Greg Toppo and Emmeline Zhao have eight key takeaways .

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ To Math Recovery

By  Jo Napolitano

Are you team Fact Fluency or team Conceptual Understanding? That’s how one professor boiled down the debate over what’s being called the “science of math.” That movement favors fact fluency, which says students need explicit, orderly instruction and must learn math’s vocabulary to understand it. Others argue that children are more likely to engage with math when they can explore its concepts and the reasoning behind them, and call the alternative approach failed and outdated. Jo Napolitano reports .

Sales Skyrocket for Phone Pouch Company as In-School Bans Spread

Yondr, a company that produces pouches for locking up students’ phones, has seen more than a tenfold increase in sales since 2021 — a clear sign that the movement to keep phones out of classrooms is spreading across the U.S. A Senate bill that calls for $5 million to support such bans could send even more business Yondr’s way. One proponent called the system a game changer for improving students’ focus in school, but others say a complete ban goes too far. Linda Jacobson reports .

Due Process, Undue Delays: Families Trapped in NYC’s Decades-Long Special Ed Bottleneck

By  Beth Hawkins

Twenty years ago, disabled children in the nation’s largest school system had their day in court and won. But today, even with fat files of documentation and legal orders in their favor, thousands of New York special education families can’t get the district to pay for services. Now, a backlog of children who went unevaluated and unserved during the pandemic threatens to further overwhelm the system. Beth Hawkins reported in June on a court-appointed overseer’s daunting list of recommendations and the struggles of one family caught in the dysfunction .

ChatGPT Is Landing Kids in the Principal’s Office, Survey Finds

By  Mark Keierleber  

Ever since ChatGPT burst onto the scene last year, educators have worried that it could help kids plagiarize. While 50% of teachers say they know of a student being disciplined for using — or accused of using — generative artificial intelligence, students say they are more likely to access it for personal problems than homework. That’s a top finding from a Center for Democracy and Technology report released in September that also documents a surge in school-based digital privacy concerns among students and parents. Read Mark Keierleber’s report .  

The Mystery of Ryan Walters: How a Beloved History Teacher Became Oklahoma’s Culture-Warrior-in-Chief

Ryan Walters was one of the most well-liked teachers at McAlester High, known for skillfully explaining complex social and political movements in AP history class. But former students and colleagues barely recognize the man who last year was elected Oklahoma’s schools superintendent. Walters’s relentless crusade against “woke ideology” and attacks on educators have pushed the former small-town teacher into the national spotlight, alarming even some fellow Republicans. One lawmaker told reporter Linda Jacobson, “This guy cares more about getting on Fox News than he does about doing his job.” Read the full report .  

Why a New Brand of Cyberattack on Las Vegas Schools Should Worry Everyone

By  Mark Keierleber

It was a Thursday morning when Las Vegas mom Brandi Hecht woke up to an unnerving email telling her that sensitive information about her daughters had been leaked and here were the PDFs to prove it. Hecht was being used as leverage in a new kind of cyberattack where the hackers went directly to parents and local media to issue threats and where they didn’t use sophisticated skills to infiltrate and extract data, but instead exploited weak student passwords and flimsy file-sharing practices in Google Workspace. With “virtually every school in the U.S.” relying on similar cloud-based suites, one K-12 cybersecurity expert said the breach methods used against Clark County Public Schools should set off alarm bells for educators nationwide. Read more . 

Six Hidden (and Not-So-Hidden) Factors Driving America’s Student Absenteeism Crisis

By  Greg Toppo

As schools face record-setting chronic absenteeism nearly years after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are looking for ways to bring students back into the fold of school. Here are six hidden and not-so-hidden possible reasons why so many young people are missing so much school — from worsening mental health to a higher minimum wage. 

Exclusive: Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’

By  Linda Jacobson  

As of late February, the percentage of third graders on track in reading hadn’t budged since the same time in 2022, according to data provided by curriculum provider Amplify. The results, from 300,000 students in 43 states, was a reminder of the literacy setbacks experienced by those in kindergarten when schools shut down in 2020. But the data showed racial gaps had narrowed and K-2 students showed growth over the previous year, as skills among younger students slowly inched back to pre-pandemic levels. Linda Jacobson reports .

With More Teachers & Fewer Students, Districts Are Set up for Financial Trouble

By  Chad Aldeman

To understand the teacher labor market, you have to hold two competing narratives in your head. On one hand, teacher turnover hit new highs, morale is low and schools are facing shortages. At the same time, public schools employ more teachers than before COVID, while serving 1.9 million fewer students. Student-teacher ratios are near all-time lows. Contributor Chad Aldeman and Eamonn Fitzmaurice, The 74’s art and technology director, plotted these changes on an exclusive, interactive map — and explain how they’re putting districts in financial peril. Read the full story . 

‘U.S. Education Is a Challenged Space’: In Exclusive 74 Interview, Bill Gates Talks Learning Recovery, AI and His Big Bet on Math

By  Kevin Mahnken

Bill Gates may wield more influence over U.S. schools than any other figure outside the federal government. In the past 20 years, his massive philanthropic efforts have fostered a movement for small schools, fueled the spread of the Common Core standards and supported experimentation in teacher evaluations. Now, with student achievement still mired in the post-COVID doldrums, his foundation is making a billion-dollar commitment to revive math learning. “U.S. education is a challenged space,” the Microsoft founder told The 74’s Kevin Mahnken. Read our full interview . 

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Stockton, California: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

The Stockton school district in California’s Central Valley received $241 million in relief funds to help students recover from the pandemic. But, beset by dysfunction in its central office and deep mistrust among board members, it spent millions on two abandoned projects and six-figure salaries for its central office staff. Last winter, an independent auditor released the results of a long-awaited fraud investigation into the district’s finances. Linda Jacobson reports .

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New Study: Schools Prioritizing Social-Emotional Learning See Strong Academic Benefits

A recent study of Chicago Public Schools shows high schools that prioritized social-emotional development had double the positive long-term impact on students compared with those that focused solely on improving test scores. “How safe students feel —  physically, socially, psychologically — how deeply connected they are to others, how much they trust their teachers and their peers matters,” University of Chicago senior research associate Shanette Porter told Jo Napolitano. Read our full story .  

They Stood Up to NYC Schools For Their Disabled Child. Then Child Protective Services Arrived

By  Asher Lehrer-Small

After their autistic and nonverbal 7-year-old son came home from school with unexplained injuries, Luis and Michelle Diaz pressed for answers. But, to their surprise, the school pointed the finger back at the family, alleging neglect of their child. The response reveals a startling pattern: Across the nation’s largest district, parents who speak up on behalf of their special education children say they are accused of abuse — a tactic advocates say schools use to intimidate parents. Asher Lehrer-Small reports in this special 74 Investigation .

Teen Mental Health Crisis Pushes More School Districts to Sue Social Media Giants

By  Marianna McMurdock

Teenagers’ mental health has so taxed and alarmed school districts that many are suing the social media giants they say helped cause the crisis. At least 11 districts, one county and one county system that oversees 23 districts have filed suits this year, representing roughly 469,000 students. Sources say more will follow. “Schools, states and Americans across the country are rightly pushing back against Big Tech putting profits over kids’ safety online,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal told The 74’s Marianna McMurdock. Read our full report . 

Amid the Pandemic, a Classical Education Boom: What if the Next Big School Trend Is 2,500 Years Old?

Classical education, perhaps the oldest model of formal instruction in the Western world, is rapidly gaining adherents in the modern day. Sharing a focus on the liberal arts that can be traced back to the ancient world, classical schools have spread across the charter, private and homeschooling sectors in recent decades. Particularly since the pandemic, reports Kevin Mahnken, they’ve been embraced by families seeking an alternative to traditional schools — and by politicians, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who see them as a check on progressive influences in the classroom. Read the full story .  

Exclusive: Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

The Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, one of the nation’s largest, disclosed tens of thousands of sensitive, confidential student records, apparently by accident, to a parent advocate who has been an outspoken critic of its data privacy record. The files identify current and former special education students by name and include letter grades, disability status and mental health data. “If they don’t have a system to respond in a protective, … efficient manner, that’s on them,” said privacy expert Amelia Vance. Read our full report .

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Some in education say it’s time to reconsider calculus as an unofficial requirement for entrance to the nation’s top colleges. Many high schools — particularly those serving large numbers of Black, Hispanic or low-income students — don’t even offer the course. And even when they do, it’s of dubious value, critics say. “High school calculus is a complete waste of time and a form of torture,” Alan Garfinkel, professor of integrative biology and physiology and medicine at UCLA, told The 74’s Jo Napolitano .

Florida Just Became the Nation’s Biggest School Choice Laboratory

With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ron DeSantis made Florida the nation’s biggest K-12 marketplace. The March law makes every student in the state eligible to receive a private school voucher or education savings account. In the best-case scenario, said economist Krzysztof Karbownik, schools and families will be able to “leverage the power of competition” to provide better options for kids. But he worries the new policy could create “a whole market for relatively low-quality private schools.” Kevin Mahnken reports .

Report: In 24 States, Using False Address to Get Into a Better School is a Crime

In nearly half the states in the country, parents risk criminal prosecution — and jail time — if they use a false address to get their children into a better school, according to a report from the nonprofits Available to All. The authors say enforcement largely targets minority families, and they want more states to follow Connecticut’s lead in decriminalizing so-called address sharing. But those tracking down offenders say residency fraud puts a strain on school budgets. Linda Jacobson reports .

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In separate stories, Inside Higher Ed reports on critiques from institutions and higher ed groups on proposed Department of Education regulations altering online education and provisions included in the new Title IX regulations that make explicit accommodations that must be provided for pregnant students… For the first time in its history, more than half of Caltech’s incoming undergraduate class are women, the Los Angeles Times reports… The Flathead Beacon and Dayton Daily News report on causes and potential fixes for Montana and Ohio’s low FAFSA completion rates… WAMC examines New York’s Tuition Assistance Program for veterans and how state lawmakers could bolster it.

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New Training and Tougher Rules: How Colleges Are Trying to Tame Gaza Protests The New York Times (sub. req.) | Aug. 24, 2024

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A 13-year-old football player in West Virginia has died after receiving a head injury in practice

MADISON, W.Va. -- A 13-year-old football player in West Virginia died over the weekend after receiving a head injury in practice, his father said.

Madison Middle School defensive lineman Cohen Craddock was hurt while making a tackle on Friday. The eighth grader suffered from brain bleeding and swelling and was taken to a hospital, where he died Saturday, Ryan Craddock told news outlets.

After the collision, Cohen Craddock got back up, took a few steps, then lost consciousness. His oxygen level was low while he was in the ambulance, his father said.

“You wish it was a bad dream you could wake up from,” Ryan Craddock said.

In a statement, Boone County Schools Superintendent Matthew Riggs said counseling and other support services were being offered this week to Madison Middle School students, faculty and staff.

Madison Middle School Principal Shann Elkins said Cohen “was a wonderful, polite, and smart young man who was an important part of our school family.”

Ryan Craddock said he plans to work toward getting other players soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps.

“I want to take the loss of my boy to try to protect the other guys,” he said. “I don’t want anybody else to go through what we are going through currently.”

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Wind speeds of up to 39km/h were recorded in Shepparton — with gusts of up to 65km/h — on Sunday afternoon into the early evening, while almost 9mm of rain was recorded at Shepparton Airport, with most of that (7.4mm) dumped between 5pm and 5.50pm.

It was further north where most of the damage seemed to be done though, with reports of trees down and minor flash-flooding on roads from Shepparton North out to Bunbartha and Zeerust.

Zeerust Primary School was unable to open on Monday due to damage, and could remain closed until Wednesday.

“We have closed the school today while a safety assessment is conducted,” a Victorian Department of Education spokesperson said.

“The shadecloths were ripped off, there seems to be some damage to outlying buildings and there will need to be checks carried out on the power to ensure everything is safe.

“The kids and teachers are attending Lemnos Primary School today (Monday) and may need to tomorrow as well.”

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Current affairs have become an integral part of almost all important government exams like the UPSC, SSC, RRB, etc. It is important to stay up to date with current news, social challenges, global events, government policies, sports, and scientific breakthroughs. If you are someone who is appearing for any upcoming government, competitive exam, or recruiting drive, here’s a rundown of the most important news stories of the week:

Badlapur Case: Maharashtra Edu Minister Deepak Kesarkar Suspends Thane District Education Officer

The Thane District Education Officer (DEO) Balasaheb Rakshe was suspended on Friday for failing to report the Badlapur sexual assault case on time, while the BMC’s education officer Rajesh Kankal faced the same for non-installation of CCTV cameras in civic schools around the city. State school education minister Deepak Kesarkar announced at a press conference in the BMC headquarters, stating that the move will send a strong message that the government will not tolerate such negligence. Two girls were sexually assaulted, allegedly by a sweeper, at a school in Badlapur on August 11 and 12, sparking a massive protest in the area.

PM Modi Gifts Made-In-India BHISHM Cubes To Ukraine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Kyiv, where he met President Volodymyr Zelensky, presented four BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri) Cubes to the Ukrainian government. BHISM is a revolutionary mobile hospital equipped with cutting-edge technology that will ensure medical facilities in a rapidly deployable manner. It consists of cubes that contain medicines and equipment tailored to treat hundreds of casualties, emphasizing rapid response and comprehensive care. The Aid Cube also has several innovative tools designed to enhance disaster response and medical support during emergencies.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Visits Washington, Signs Two Key Deals

To further boost the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the two countries, India and the US have two key agreements during the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington. The agreements pertain to a Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Assignment of Liaison Officers and the Security of Supplies Arrangement (SOSA). Through this SOSA, both countries agree to provide reciprocal priority support for goods and services that promote national defence. The arrangement, on the other hand, will enable India and the US to acquire the industrial resources they need to meet national security needs.

Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder: SC Calls Out RG Kar’s Ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday heard its suo motu petition in connection with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. During the hearing, the top court observed that there were several loopholes in the initial probe conducted by the state police. The top court also noted that the medical facility’s former chief, Sandip Ghosh, had not taken appropriate steps in the case and questioned who was he protecting. The SC heard responses from the state government, CBI, and agitating doctors and reprimanded the state government as the post-mortem was done first in a hurried manner and then a case of unnatural death was registered.

India Denies Reports Linking Bangladesh Flooding To Tripura Dam’s Opening

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied the claims that the current flood situation in Bangladesh’s bordering districts is a result of the opening of India’s Dumbur dam in Tripura. Calling the reports “factually incorrect,” the ministry explained that the catchment areas of the Gumti River, which flows through both India and Bangladesh, have lately received some of the heaviest rains of the year. The flooding in Bangladesh is “primarily due to waters from these large catchments downstream of the dam.”

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