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Equity & Diversity Federal Equity Centers Protecting Students' Civil Rights Fight to Stay Open
Four centers that support schools' efforts to expand student opportunity are fighting for their existence.
12 min read
Recruitment & Retention Opinion We're Talking About Teacher Shortages the Wrong Way
Oversimplifying our K-12 staffing challenges makes them harder to solve.
4 min read
Student Absenteeism Chronic Absenteeism Is Linked to Slower Academic Recovery in Math, Reading
A new study adds to the evidence base suggesting attendance is a key to raising student achievement.
3 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement There Are Already More U.S. Measles Cases This Year Than in All of 2025
2026 has easily become the United States' worst year for measles since 1991.
4 min read
Jared Charles, a community engagement worker with the South Carolina Department of Public Health, walks outside of a mobile clinic in Inman, S.C, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Jared Charles, a community engagement worker with the South Carolina Department of Public Health, walks outside a mobile clinic in Inman, S.C, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. The number of measles cases in the U<ins data-user-label="Matt Stone" data-time="07/24/2026 5:04:13 PM" data-user-id="00000185-c5a3-d6ff-a38d-d7a32f6d0001" data-target-id="">nited States</ins> this year so far has already surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025.
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Student Absenteeism A New Tool Can Predict Absenteeism—Before It's Chronic
A researcher-made tool takes student data into account to predict the risk of chronic absences.
4 min read
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The hallways of a school in Birmingham, Ala., on April 2, 2026. A new tool developed by the American Enterprise Institute allows schools to input student attendance data and other information to gauge their risk of chronic absenteeism—early in the school year before absences have piled up.
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Student Well-Being & Movement Q&A How Schools Should Manage the Cyclospora Outbreak
A consultant to school systems offers advice on food safety and messaging to families.
5 min read
This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin.
This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. There are simple steps schools can take to low the risk of cyclospora affecting students, a consultant to districts says.
CDC via AP
Equity & Diversity Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules
Districts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.
7 min read
Chief Leschi Schools senior Gerald Dillon, 18, who spends time as a teaching assistant for a second grade class through the school's career and technical education program, look son Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Chief Leschi Schools in Puyallup, Wash.
The Education Department just withdrew 60-year-old regulations holding school districts responsible for "disparate impact" of their policies across racial and ethnic student groups. It also rescinded similar regulations for career-technical education programs. A March 18, 2026 photo shows a senior who works part time through the career's CTE program at Chief Leschi Schools in Puyallup, Wash.
Lindsey Wasson/AP

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