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California’s Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War

The state’s high school students will be required to take the subject, but some object to how the discipline addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Florida’s New Education Laws Have an Unintended Consequence for Schools

Under recent rules, some students can’t take a vision test or get a Band-Aid without permission slips. And it’s up to schools to hunt them...

What to Know About the Science of Reading

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands.

Final A.P. African American Studies Course Avoids Some Disputed Topics

After political pressure and repeated revisions, the College Board has reinstated some content, while steering clear of critical race theory and other ideas targeted by...

Oakland Educators Plan Unauthorized Teach-in Supporting Palestinians

The district opposes the event, and some Jewish groups raised concerns about what they saw as bias.

California Reading Program Sees Positive Results, Study Finds

A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of...

For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground

Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged.

For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground

Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged.

College Board Pushes A.P. Courses and Tests, Even as They Fail Some Students

This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.

By the Numbers: How Schools Struggled During the Pandemic

New federal data from the 2020-2021 school year shows the reach of online learning, the struggle to hire teachers and the lack of counselors.
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