Nicholas Kristof By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist Individually, we adore and pamper our children. We shuttle them from soccer practice to music lessons and then organize their play dates with meticulous fanaticism. Yet collectively, we mistreat America’s children, especially by the standards of…

Me llamo Josefina. Sí , it was a requirement to select an alter-ego of sorts for my high-school Spanish class. I chose the name from a list of other common Spanish names, like María and José. Josefina

Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The rise of AI chatbot tools caused panic among high school teachers and administrators nationwide — but research

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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter 2023 was another good year for employment in public education. According to the latest data from the Bureau of La

December 6, 2023 Established as a port town in 1749, Alexandria, VA was immersed in slavery from its outset. Enslaved peoples helped build the town. They worked in the homes of many of its residents.

How Federal Rules ‘Suffocated’ Georgia’s Testing Pilot In 2018, the Georgia legislature established a pilot program that allowed districts to develop innovative assessment systems. The purpose of this

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Full Report I s the United States compensating teachers at a sufficient level to retain current staff and recruit a highly skilled pool of future college students into the profession? My former co-aut

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Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is updating its grading policy, defining the criteria used to determine whether a student is eligible to retake or revise a major assignment, such as a test, proje

Collective bargaining has been a central part of labor movements throughout history. America’s leading union organization, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AF

Virginia lawmakers are beginning to recommend changes in a push to overhaul the state’s main K-12 education funding formula following a report released last July that found it drastically underfunds p

Support The 74's year-end campaign. Make a tax-exempt donation now. The post-World War II growth and massive government subsidization of America’s suburbs is an often-told tale. But in his new book Di

Publications January 23, 2024 On the Same Page: A Primer on the Science of Reading and Its Future for Policymakers, School Leaders, and Advocates By Kelly Robson Foster | Tanvi Kodali | Bonnie O’Keefe

Sign up to stay connected Get the top stories of the day around the DMV. On the evening of Jan. 17, the D.C. State Board of Education (DCSBOE) voted to pass the “Green New Deal for Schools,” a resolut

By now, most everyone with a stake in children’s literacy has heard of evidence-based reading instruction. And if asked what the term means, chances are strong that phonics and its use in teaching wor

A data breach that affected school software company Raptor Technologies may have left some Northern Virginia school systems’ information vulnerable. Arlington Public Schools, for one, uses the company

Every year, hundreds of millions of files, personal records, and documents are accidentally exposed online . Owners of dating apps , colossal marketing databases , and even a spy agency have published

In the words of Chesterfield area Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, no one really understands how Virginia’s school districts are funded. “You could ask all 100 delegates and 40 senators and not one

The country has made “incremental progress” reducing racial and ethnic disparities in early childhood, but stubborn differences remain for children of color, according to a new report released this we

Virginia is spending hundreds of millions of state dollars to help school districts launch high-intensity tutoring for students who performed poorly on state assessments last year. Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Virginia school districts receive less funding per student than most neighboring states due to a complex and unreasonable funding formula that should be overhauled, according to a state report release

Support The 74's year-end campaign. Make a tax-exempt donation now. When K-12 schools closed their doors for in-person instruction in spring 2020, it had a variety of negative effects on students and

2023 was the year of AI for K-12 education. Artificial intelligence and its use had been gradually gathering momentum for years, but when ChatGPT arrived, AI suddenly became easily accessible to every

Support The 74's year-end campaign. Make a tax-exempt donation now. Teachers no longer lead parent conferences at Arundel Elementary School. The school, which serves 400 students pre-kindergarten thro

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RICHMOND — Democratic lawmakers have the majorities. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has the veto. That’s the crux as a new-look Virginia General Assembly rolls into town Wednesday, opening a 60-day le

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Support The 74's year-end campaign. Make a tax-exempt donation now. High-dosage tutoring is one of the most effective tools to help students recover from lost learning, including in subjects like read

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Allison Silberberg, the mayor of Alexandria, kicked off her reelection campaign one day this past February at Los Tios Grill, a restaurant in the city’s Del Ray neighborhood. Signs called her “The Peo

S10E4 - Managing an Increasingly Diverse and Inequitable Education System Andrew: Welcome to the Integrated Schools Podcast. I'm Andrew, a White dad from Denver. Dr. Val: And I'm Val, a Black mom from

S10E5 - Taking Just Action for Integration Andrew: Welcome to the Integrated Schools Podcast. I'm Andrew, a White dad from Denver. Dr. Val: And I'm Val, a Black mom from North Carolina. Andrew: And th

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