ÐßÐßÊÓƵ

Explore

News

Our expert team of journalists cover the latest in K-12 education and uncover stories that are hidden from view.

Child Tax Credit
EDlection

Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties

Proposals to expand the benefit are coming from every corner as the election — as well as a harsh 2025 deadline — looms.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Washington
chemistry

UW Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Professor David Baker’s work designing new proteins could help solve a range of problems – from creating new vaccines to breaking down pollutants.

Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard
school choice
Catholic education
The Big Picture

Study: Charters Hastened Catholic School Decline. Will ESAs Slow the Process?

New research suggests that the explosive spread of charters in the 2000s led families to abandon Catholic schools.

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Bullying
Bullying

1st Federal Survey of Trans Students: 72% Feel ‘Hopeless,’ 1 in 4 Tried Suicide

CDC finds 3.3% of U.S. high schoolers identify as transgender. They report alarmingly high rates of depression, harassment, in-school victimization.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
pandemic recovery
education

White House Plan Yields 323K Tutors, Mentors to Aid COVID Learning Recovery

The response topped a goal for 250,000 — 9 months early — but the effort’s future depends ‘100% on the election,’ one leader said.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
alabama

Bill Would Forbid K-12 schools to Hold Student Records Based on Non-Payment

Jemma Stephenson
child care

Universal Pre-K Among the Most Effective Labor Market Policies, Study Finds

Madison McVan
math research

Nashville Study Finds Major Disconnect Between Black Girls and Mathematics

Jo Napolitano
achievement gap

In Cities With School Choice, Low-Income Kids Catching up to Wealthier Peers

Lauren Camera
Hawaii

Test Scores For Hawaii Students Show Little Progress Despite Major Funding Boost

Megan Tagami
EDlection 2024

Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld
New York

NYC Schools Launch Anti-Hate Hotline as Antisemitism and Islamophobia Reports Rise

Amy Zimmer
school choice

Overwhelmed ESA Systems in West Virginia, Arkansas Leave Homeschoolers Hanging

Linda Jacobson
michigan

Whitmer Signs Bill Reforming Teacher Retirement System Contributions

Jon King

Explore Our News Series

The 74 Interview

Future of High School

Brown v. Board

The 74 Interview

The 74 interviews the top thinkers, policymakers and leaders in American education

Future of High School

College, Career, Learning Recovery: How America's high schools are evolving for the next generation of teenagers.

Brown v. Board

An Enduring Legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision

View All
Sharpen Up!

Sign up for our free newsletter and start your day with in-depth reporting on the latest topics in education.
st. louis

St. Louis Schools Head into Uncertainty Following Superintendent’s Ouster

Kevin Mahnken
students with disabilities

Report: Almost All Disabled Students Lack Access to College Readiness Programs

Beth Hawkins
Supreme Court

Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School Asks U.S. Supreme Court for Review

Linda Jacobson
school discipline

Push to Remedy Grossly Unequal Suspensions of Black Girls After Sweeping Report

Amanda Geduld
Illinois

All Chicago Board of Education Members to Resign

Reema Amin
hurricane helene

North Carolina Board of Ed Outlines Legislative Needs for Hurricane Recovery

Clayton Henkel
EDlection 2024

LA School Board Race Could Change the Nation’s Second-Largest District

Ben Chapman
The Big Picture

Study: AI-Assisted Tutoring Boosts Students’ Math Skills

Greg Toppo
Maryland

Banned Books Find Shelter in Maryland ‘Sanctuary Library’

Sofia Appolonio, Capital News Service
New York

New York Child Care Providers are Bleeding Workers

Julia Rock
classroom supplies

Protein Bars, Paper, a Rabbit: What Teachers Buy for their Classrooms with Their Own Cash

Wellington Soares & Caroline Bauman
Load More