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Opinion: In D.C. Schools, How the Science of Reading Offers a Blueprint for Math

Students in the nation’s capital posted gains in math and reading for the fourth straight year, according to the results of statewide accountability tests released last month. It was the latest piece of great news for...

The 74 · October 22, 2026

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Teaching & learning · Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s Act 1 guarantees help for formerly incarcerated students. Some say it’s falling short.

Aqilah David fought to get Act 1 of 2022 passed in Pennsylvania when she was a teen. Now 26, she works with multiple organizations to help formerly incarcerated youth.

Chalkbeat · October 22, 2026

Teaching & learning

Opinion: Declining Enrollment Can Be a Crisis, or an Opportunity. 4 Districts Show How

Districts and states across the country are standing on the edge of an enrollment cliff. Between cratering birth rates, shifting housing patterns and the permanent expansion of school choice options, the era of packed...

The 74 · October 22, 2026

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Opinion: In D.C. Schools, How the Science of Reading Offers a Blueprint for Math

Pennsylvania’s Act 1 guarantees help for formerly incarcerated students. Some say it’s falling short.

Opinion: Declining Enrollment Can Be a Crisis, or an Opportunity. 4 Districts Show How

Thursday, October 22

Dr. David Lewis named finalist for Georgia Superintendent of the Year

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Churchill High School; police give all-clear

Dr. Sheila Coussens-Martin Named Next Superintendent of Galesburg CUSD #205

Students and staff are safe after ‘unfounded’ threat at Rockford elementary school

Sandwich 430 seeks tax increase for school safety improvements

South Jefferson selects its next superintendent

Cyberattack Costs Rural School District $92,000, Dozens More Hit Statewide

Anne Arundel County school board weighs new policy that could allow AI tools in classrooms

Cellphones to be banned in Pennsylvania schools from 'bell to bell' next school year

Lake Mills School Superintendent Tonya Olson retiring at the end of the school year

School district: One-Mill referendum only renews, not adds, ad valorem tax

School District Drops Transgender Policy Ends Lawsuit Over Parental Notification

Del Valle ISD names Mark Cantu as interim superintendent

Voucher cost for district’s 108 private school students now nearly $1.3M

Why This Under-the-Radar Piece of Literacy Reform Is One of the Most Important

Ripon Area School District mill rate drops to record low

PSD board set to vote on school closures, with amendments possible

Iowa school worker fired for Charlie Kirk comments gets $145K

In Iowa, a Democratic Star Faces an Uphill Battle on Schools

Cuyahoga Falls voters to weigh school tax levy on Nov. 3 ballot

Gov. Scott put property taxes and school consolidation center stage. Now Amanda Janoo is rallying opposition.

The Trump official who compared ed-tech to the tobacco industry

Rochester teachers union weighs 'no confidence vote' in Superintendent Rosser

This Las Vegas-area superintendent wants all students to graduate with ‘marketable assets’

Clover School District will temporarily block the use of all AI programs but one. Here’s why.

Pennsylvania school cell phone ban bill nearly law

Buffalo School Board facing lawsuit over sexual harassment claims