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Now three years since COVID’s first classroom closures and a year before districts start to feel the true impact of the fiscal cliff, 2023 marked a pivotal moment for students and schools across America. Fresh scores revealed the stalled state of learning recovery. Educators warned about an escalating chronic absenteeism crisis that has seen students […]

A tip sheet to help journalists cover corporal punishment in schools, which use it disproportionately on Black and disabled children.

A half-decade later, the tragedy continues to fuel heated political debates over school safety, gun control and police policies

Every December at The 74, we take a moment to recap and spotlight our most read, shared and debated education articles of the year. Looking back now at our time capsules from December 2020 and December 2021, one can chart the rolling impact of the pandemic on America’s students, families and school communities. Two years […]

An AI company told colleges it could detect threats of gun violence on social media. There’s little evidence it works.

In Minnesota and across the country, thousands of children with disabilities are physically restrained at school each year, but beyond the occasional cell phone video, the highly controversial tactic is rarely witnessed by outsiders. Now, in a new investigation for The 74, reporter Mark Keierleber obtained police body camera footage that reveals how educators and […]