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January 21, 2022

CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH: The Triple Impact of School Closures on Educational Inequality

How have school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic affected children's education? This column argues that channels operating through schools, peer…

January 21, 2022

Back to School, but Still Learning Online

Federal stimulus dollars are dedicated to helping students recover from virtual schooling. Many districts are spending some of that money…

January 21, 2022

Why a Growing Number of Families Won’t Return to Brick-and-Mortar Schools

What all of these parents have in common is a desire to take control of their children's education at a…

January 21, 2022

Critics Slam NBC News for Suggesting School Curriculum Transparency Would Lead to Censorship

NBC News faced backlash over a report that it published this week that sought to paint those who want transparency…

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January 21, 2022

Education and Homeland Security Departments Sued Over Documents on Letter Comparing Parents to ‘Domestic Terrorists’

A right-leaning federal watchdog organization said it is suing the Education and…
January 21, 2022

South Dakota Senate Passes $1.5 Million Funding Boost for School Choice Program

The South Dakota Senate on Thursday passed a $1.5 million funding boost…
January 21, 2022

Denver District Prepares to Close Schools as Enrollment Declines

Denver Public Schools is moving forward with its plan to close schools…
January 21, 2022

Judge Dismisses Parents’ Lawsuit Challenging Loudoun County Schools’ Equity Programs

In the suit, three families alleged that the Student Equity Ambassador program…
January 21, 2022

Florida Lawmakers Seek to Expand African American and Holocaust Education Statewide

Two new Florida bills aim expand and standardize the curriculum for students…
January 21, 2022

Oregon’s High School Graduation Falls

For the first time since Oregon began calculating high school graduation rates,…
January 21, 2022

Indiana Teachers Union Joins Coalition to Object to ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Racist’ Education Bill

A controversial school bill was called "dangerous" and "racist" during a press…
January 21, 2022

Florida House Continues Push for Parent Rights in Schools

One measure would ban discussions about gender identity and sexual orientation in…
January 21, 2022

Lawmakers Are Pushing to Ban Critical Race Theory in All Mississippi Classrooms

The Mississippi Senate Education Committee on Thursday advanced SB 2113, a bill…
January 21, 2022

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President: Mayor on a ‘Kamikaze Mission to Destroy’ Schools

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates wouldn’t say if she’ll…
January 21, 2022

States Easing Substitute Teaching Requirements to Soften Shortage Impacts

As state solutions build momentum, experts push for higher substitute pay and…
January 21, 2022

North Carolina Governor, a Vocal Opponent of Education Options, Recognizes School Choice Week

It is unclear whether the proclamation signals a change in Cooper's position…
January 21, 2022

Feds to Argue for Transgender Student in Florida High School Bathroom Case

The U.S. Department of Justice will argue next month at a federal…
January 21, 2022

Student Absences Soared Above 30% in Some Hawaii Schools

Each of Hawaii’s 15 geographic complex areas saw a double-digit percentage of…

Latest Education Podcasts

January 20, 2022

Big Ideas — National School Choice Week with Andrew Campanella — EdChoice

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January 19, 2022

AEI’s Ian Rowe on School Leadership, Civic Education, & Upward Mobility — The Learning Curve

January 19, 2022

John Bailey on Omicron and Schools — The Education Gadfly Show

January 13, 2022

Dads on Duty — 8 Black Hands

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January 12, 2022

Stanford’s Prof. Clayborne Carson on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Civil Rights Vision & Legacy — The Learning Curve

January 12, 2022

Erica Green on the Pandemic’s Impact on High School Students — The Education Gadfly Show

Reports

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December 16, 2021

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: How Years of Policy Choices Enabled Microschooling to Thrive in Arizona

December 14, 2021

McKINSEY & COMPANY: COVID-19 and Education: An Emerging K-Shaped Recovery

December 10, 2021

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: Small Schools in the Big Apple: How State-Level Policy Inhibits Microschooling and Learning Pods

December 9, 2021

STEP UP FOR STUDENTS, AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN, BLACK MINDS MATTER: Controlling the Narrative: Parental Choice, Black Empowerment and Lessons From Florida

December 8, 2021

FORDHAM INSTITUTE: America’s Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality

November 24, 2021

EDCHOICE: Who’s Afraid of School Choice? Examining the Validity and Intensity of Predictions by School Choice Opponents

November 22, 2021

WIREPOINTS: Illinois Pension Shortfall Surpasses $500 Billion, Average Debt Burden Now $110,000 Per Household

November 22, 2021

NBER: Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US States

November 19, 2021

EDCHOICE: Fiscal Effects of School Choice

November 2, 2021

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: Modernizing Teacher Pensions to Work for All Teachers (in an Ecosystem of Broad Educational Choice)

November 2, 2021

DEFENSE OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE: Teacher Union Resistance to Reopening Schools

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October 27, 2021

AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN: 2021 School Choice Guidebook

October 26, 2021

EDUCATION NEXT: The Ripple Effect: How Private School Choice Programs Boost Competition and Benefit Public School Students

October 21, 2021

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Government Childcare Subsidies: Whom Will They Help Most?

October 19, 2021

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Equity Elementary: ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Staff in Public Schools

October 14, 2021

NAEP: 2020 Long-Term Trend Assessment Results: Reading and Mathematics

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