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Education news, analysis, and opinion about how parents and other family members interact with schools and their children’s education
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Special Education Educators Worry About How Trump's Autism Rhetoric Will Affect Students, Parents
Misinformation about autism can fuel stigma that harms students, educators say.
Evie Blad, September 25, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Did This Parent Hire a Lawyer? Schools Face a New Challenge With AI
Complaints written with AI can have a very legalistic tone, costing schools extra staff time and money to respond.
Arianna Prothero, September 22, 2025
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6 min read
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English Learners From Our Research Center Teachers Say They Need More Support for English Learners, Survey Finds
An analysis of EdWeek Research Center survey data found gaps in teachers' English-learner training.
Ileana Najarro & Alex Harwin, September 22, 2025
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4 min read
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Families & the Community Public Satisfaction With Schools Hits an All-Time Low. Politics May Be to Blame
Democrats and independents are less satisfied with public schools since Trump regained the White House, a new survey found.
Alyson Klein, September 17, 2025
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3 min read
A computer screen in English teacher Casey Cuny's classroom shows ChatGPT during class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2025.
A computer screen in English teacher Casey Cuny's classroom shows ChatGPT during class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2025. Experts say it is important for schools to help parents learn how to use parental controls for AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot.
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Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT Will Soon Have Parental Controls. How Schools Can Help Parents Use Them
Parental controls can complement AI literacy instruction in schools, so long as parents know how to activate them.
Arianna Prothero, September 12, 2025
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A sign on a post in Los Angeles reads ''CAUTION ICE'' on Sept. 8, 2025. Immigration enforcement has drawn closer to schools in Los Angeles and beyond.
A sign on a post in Los Angeles reads ''CAUTION ICE'' on Sept. 8, 2025. Immigration enforcement has drawn closer to schools in Los Angeles and beyond.
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School & District Management Schools Brace as Fears of Immigration Enforcement Rise Among Families
Educators and advocates report immigration arrests inching closer to schools.
Ileana Najarro, September 9, 2025
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5 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Americans Grow More Skeptical of AI in K-12 Schools, Poll Finds
Support for some AI use in schools has declined, according to the latest PDK poll on American attitudes toward public education.
Arianna Prothero, August 22, 2025
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4 min read
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School & District Management 3 Ways to Get Students to Care About Chronic Absenteeism
A quarter of students said missing three weeks of school wasn't a problem in a new survey.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, August 20, 2025
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School & District Management Opinion This Is the Letter I Want Every School Leader to Send to Parents
Here’s how principals can start off on the right foot with students and their families.
Brooklyn Raney, August 19, 2025
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Students walk from buses into Daviess County Middle School on the first day of classes for Daviess County Public Schools, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky.
Students walk from buses into Daviess County Middle School on the first day of classes for Daviess County Public Schools on Aug. 12, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky. Parents generally give public education low marks, but they don't believe the U.S. Department of Education should be dismantled.
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Families & the Community What Americans Really Think of Public Schools
Americans continue to give a higher grade to their local schools than to the nation's education system as a whole, a new poll finds.
Evie Blad, August 19, 2025
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5 min read
Principal Andrew Zanghi carries a table down a hallway at Woodmore Elementary @ Meadowbrook on August 15, 2025 in Bowie, Maryland. In a so-called ‘swing move,’ Woodmore Elementary has relocated to Meadowbrook Elementary school until Summer 2027.
Principal Andrew Zanghi carries a table down a hallway at Woodmore Elementary @ Meadowbrook on August 15, 2025, in Bowie, Maryland. In a so-called ‘swing move,’ Woodmore Elementary has relocated to Meadowbrook Elementary school until Summer 2027.
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School & District Management How Schools Make 'Swing Spaces' Feel Like Home
School leaders share tips for managing temporary “swing spaces” during renovations, from early planning to making spaces feel like home.
Ciara Meyer, August 15, 2025
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Vivien Henshall, a long-term substitute special education teacher, works with Scarlett Rasmussen separately as other classmates listen to instructions from their teacher at Parkside Elementary School on May 17, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore. Chelsea has fought for more than a year for her 8-year-old daughter, Scarlett, to attend full days at Parkside and says school employees told her the district lacked the staff to tend to Scarlett’s medical and educational needs, which the district denies. She was born with a genetic condition that causes her to have seizures and makes it hard for her to eat and digest food, requiring her to need a resident nurse at school.
Vivien Henshall, a long-term substitute special education teacher, works with Scarlett Rasmussen separately as other classmates listen to instructions from their teacher at Parkside Elementary School on May 17, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore. Organizations that represent recipients of federal grants that pay for statewide special education infrastructure have told their members to prepare for their in-progress grants to be cut.
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Special Education Fears Grow That Trump Will Cut Special Education Support Funding
Advocacy organizations are warning members to brace for "hundreds" of grant terminations.
Mark Lieberman, August 14, 2025
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12 min read
Schools in Caldwell Parish, La., merged to create grade band campuses.
Schools in Caldwell Parish, La., merged to create grade band campuses.
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School & District Management What Makes—or Breaks—a District's School Merger Plan
District leaders in a rural, red area and a progressive city took different tones on rezoning.
Alyson Klein, July 25, 2025
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A student bikes to Miner Elementary School, a public school located between the Capitol Hill and Rosedale communities of Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025.
A student bikes to Miner Elementary School, a public school located between the Capitol Hill and Rosedale communities of Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025.
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School & District Management A School Pairing Plan Promised Equity, and Stirred Backlash
D.C.'s effort to pair two schools with divergent demographics backfired, dividing the community.
Alyson Klein, July 25, 2025
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