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Fordham Institute
For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus.

The 74
State accountability systems were designed with good intentions: to ensure rigor and drive continuous student improvement.

Chalkbeat
Charles Longshore distinctly remembers the tipping point that led his Alabama middle school to ban cellphones, two years before the state adopted its own ban.

The Durango Herald (Paywall)
Mountain Middle School plans to build a microgrid on the school campus that will allow for uninterrupted power, shelter, and resources for students and community members during outages or emergencies.

The 74
Thirty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with disabilities still underperform their peers and face ongoing barriers in education and employment.

NPR
When it comes to reading, the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data.

The Colorado Sun
Reports made to Colorado’s anonymous Safe2Tell program spiked last month with students on high alert following a shooting at Evergreen High School, bringing in the second-highest monthly total in the program’s 21-year history.

Denver Post
When Denverites vote in this fall’s election, they will help decide who will lead Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest K-12 district.

Denver Gazette
Between carpool, dinner, and Netflix temptations, one parent found a renewed spark for service—discovering the real impact of a stepping up as a charter school board member.

The Journal
Local schools are touting the benefits of the “Healthy School Meals for All” program, which could be impacted by two ballot measures this November.

Fordham Institute
Political scientist Charles Murray envisions 2050 America divided between a thriving “cognitive elite” of married professionals and a struggling majority marked by jobless men, rising single-parent homes, and widespread escape into virtual worlds.

Chalkbeat
The Kuspuk School District owns two small planes and employs a pilot to stay connected with schools spread across 12,000 square miles along the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska.

NBC
People who learn they have autism after age 6 — the current median age at diagnosis — are often described as having a “milder” form of autism than people diagnosed as toddlers.

NPR
Explore how the legacy of U.S. Indian boarding schools continues to echo across generations—shaping identity, memory, and healing.

The 74
Last year, the Rand Corp. set out to learn how well students attending microschools performed academically compared to their peers in traditional public schools.

Fordham Institute The just-released Nation’s Report Card showing score declines for eighth graders in science and downward trends in reading and math for 12th graders is eliciting a range of reactions.

The 74
Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too many students are still missing too much school.

The 74
When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened prosecution of “hate speech” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, many on the political right responded with disbelief.

PBS
A line of third graders waited outside their culture class as teacher Iyonia Pavisook greeted them with a bowl of burning sweetgrass.

Chalkbeat
A throng of seventh graders huddled on the dirt path surrounding their school’s athletic field. They were about to run a timed mile, and they were buzzing with excitement.

Boardhawk
Seven Denver school board candidates – including all three citywide at-large challengers – mostly stuck to general themes Tuesday night about their qualifications and support for students and teachers but many were light on specific strategies to raise achievement.

Advance
Amid the worst scores in history, we must act to help our lowest-performing students. But don’t let that focus lead to neglect at the top, where students are also in trouble. Both-and, not either-or.

Colorado Sun
When Emily Murphy’s husband finished his physician’s residency in Fort Collins, he wanted to practice medicine at a community hospital in a rural setting.

Gallup
A record-low 35% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of education that K-12 students receive in the U.S. today, marking an eight-percentage-point decline since last year.