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How New York City Can Offer Schools That Are Both Integrated and Rigorous
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (245+ words) Tresha Ward is CEO of Prospect Schools, a network of seven charter schools in Brooklyn, New York. Each summer during new employee orientation at Prospect Schools, I open with a hard reality: Despite the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown…...
Kids in State-Funded Preschools Hit Record High, but Program Quality Varies
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (839+ words) Emily Tate Sullivan is a contract early care and education correspondent at The 74. By Emily Tate Sullivan If state-funded preschool programs are in a race, then it's clear that some states are approaching the finish line while others have lost…...
Education Dept. , not Labor, to Distribute Funds for Schools this Summer
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (536+ words) Last fall, U. S. Department of Education officials voiced concerns internally that transferring major K-12 programs to the Department of Labor would be "more difficult" than its earlier move of career-and-technical education programs to that agency. They're not even going to try this…...
Repurposing Closed Schools for Community
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (26+ words) The 74 RSVP for the 1 p. m. ET livestream here, or refresh this page after the livestream to watch right here....
How Should Educators Teach America's Story?
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (41+ words) The 74 The 74's Greg Toppo will steer the event that will include Richard D. Kahlenberg, director of PPI's American Identity Project; Rice University professor Caroline Levander; and PPI fellow Lief Lin....
Nebraska Passes Special Ed Bill Without Proposed Protections for Students
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (1268+ words) This story was co-published with The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska's first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories that matter. For Dave Murman, the issue was personal. The Republican state lawmaker knew Nebraska school districts were denying transfer…...
Stop Trying to Teach 21st Century Financial Literacy With 20th Century Tools
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (338+ words) Isaac Lamptey is an investment accountant and the founder and chief architect of Piggy Investors, an Ed Tech company. He has a patent pending for an AI-driven architecture designed to integrate real-time financial compliance into educational simulations for middle and…...
Why Blue State Governors Should Sign Up for New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (106+ words) The 74 Derrell Bradford is president of 50 CAN. What are governors, and advocates, to do? Colorado's Jared Polis, a Democrat, has been a leader on the issue, opting the Centennial State in to the program, and several of his Blue State…...
School Vouchers Fail the Civil Rights Test. The Federal Program Is No Exception
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (634+ words) Jenny Mu'iz is director of the Education Policy Project at Unidos US. Nicole Fuller is associate director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Ashley Harrington is senior policy counsel at Legal Defense Fund. Hal Smith…...
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1+ day, 11+ hour ago (13+ words) California Schools Face Budget Cuts as Enrollment Drops by 74, 961 Students'The 74...