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Inside Vermont's Decade-Long Effort to Change Childcare
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (267+ words) Marisa Busch is a senior editor steering news coverage and analysis of early care and education issues, childhood development, family engagement and post-COVID learning recovery. In May 2023, Vermont passed Act 76, a landmark legislation that brought meaningful investment and key policy…...
The Financial Realities Faced by School Districts Are Worse Than You Think
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (393+ words) Paul T. Hill's research focuses on reform of public elementary and secondary education. A former federal policy adviser on education, Hill is the founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Emeritus Professor at the University of Washington Bothell. Lydia…...
Tulsa Charter Network Begins to Bounce Back From Pandemic Decline
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (1301+ words) This story is part of our SPOTLIGHT series focusing on the state of education in Oklahoma. Read more here. In the first years after Tulsa Honor Academy opened in 2015, founder Elsie Urueta Pollock visited almost every student's home herself, promising…...
Three Schools, One Direction: Combining High School, College and CTE Work
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (414+ words) This story is part of our SPOTLIGHT series focusing on the state of education in Oklahoma. Read more here. Caleb Phillips is a recent graduate of The Academy of the Seminole, a charter school in Seminole, Oklahoma. He plans to…...
Aquatic Robots, Drones and Power Tools: STEM Spans All Grades in Oklahoma School
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (755+ words) This story is part of our SPOTLIGHT series focusing on the state of education in Oklahoma. Read more here. Lauren Wagner is a Nebraska-based staff writer at The 74. Tulsa, Oklahoma, STEM teacher Jacqueline Lanning had long had her eye on…...
Students Nationwide Are Demanding to Be Heard " Whether Adults Like It or Not
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (440+ words) Kara Stern is director of education at School Status. She previously served as middle school principal at The Calhoun School in New York City and as head of school at Woodstock Day School in Saugerties, New York. At the end…...
How the "Southern Surge" Passed Oklahoma By
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (362+ words) This story is part of our SPOTLIGHT series focusing on the state of education in Oklahoma. Read more here. Adam Tyner is executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Education Policy at the University of Oklahoma and co-author of "Calculus…...
Oklahoma Teachers Just Got a Raise, but the State Still a "Lap Behind
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (959+ words) This story is part of our SPOTLIGHT series focusing on the state of education in Oklahoma. Read more here. On a Sunday afternoon in late May, Nancy Jarvis, an Oklahoma kindergarten teacher, was working in her classroom, preparing for an…...
Why Indian Americans Rule the Scripps Spelling Bee
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (463+ words) The 74 Why Indian Americans Rule the Scripps Spelling Bee The Indian American dominance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee goes back about 25 years. WATCH: Solving Hidden Hunger in an Affluent Coastal Town The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves…...
Weingarten: Kids" Attention Crisis Demands Widespread Curbs on AI and Tech
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (948+ words) Greg Toppo is a senior writer at The 74. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten believes our schools are not ready for the "seismic shifts" that artificial intelligence is bringing. "We're in the middle of an industrial revolution that's bigger…...