At issue is whether school systems are required to allow parents to opt their kids out of classes because of religious objections to classroom materials.

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23.04.2025

Trump Administration to Resume Collections on Student Loan Borrowers in Default | KQED

The Education Department says millions of borrowers in default will have a chance to make a payment or sign up for a repayment plan. But on May 5, those who don't will be referred for collection.

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22.04.2025

A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies is Under Threat | KQED

Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week.

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17.04.2025

'What did I say in class today?': Teachers Feel Watched Under Trump's Anti-DEI Push | KQED

An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is welcome here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.

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17.04.2025

As Special Ed Students are Integrated More at School, Teacher Training is Evolving | KQED

General education teachers are more likely than ever to be working with students who have special needs.

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15.04.2025

Who Are the Biggest Early Beneficiaries of ChatGPT? International Students | KQED

Study of writing quality analyzed more than 1 million student submissions at a large public university

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10.04.2025

How Some Colleges are Working to Engage and Better Recruit Latino Students | KQED

Colleges are recognizing the importance of this growing pool of potential students.

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10.04.2025

Americans Without a Degree Still Believe in the Value of College, a New Poll Finds | KQED

The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.

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09.04.2025

Minnie Phan: A Young Girl and the Power of Art | KQED

A wildfire prompted Minnie Phan to create a book about the healing power of art.

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08.04.2025

NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, Was Supposed to be Safe. It’s Not | KQED

Funding pauses, layoffs and looming budget cuts threaten a critical test that measures students' abilities.

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04.04.2025

How the Education Department Helps Students with Disabilities Get an Education | KQED

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

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04.04.2025

6 Important Things Borrowers Should Know About Federal Student Loans Right Now | KQED

With so much in flux, student loan experts try to offer clarity on some of borrowers' biggest questions.

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29.03.2025

What's Lost When Homeschool Research is Cut by DOGE? | KQED

School choice advocates have less data to make informed decisions due to abrupt cuts to research.

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26.03.2025

When Students are Part of School Tech Support, They're in Charge of Their Learning | KQED

As the number of devices at schools expand, so has the need to repair and maintain. Students have been tapped to do some of the work, while gaining valuable hands-on experience in STEM.

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20.03.2025

Apprenticeships are Bringing New Workers to Heritage Industries | KQED

Apprenticeship programs for heritage industries, such as logging and aquaculture, which can be very small are being adopted by community colleges and can help students learn on the job.

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19.03.2025

Are Your Slides Too Cute? 3 Presentation Tips That Center Student Understanding | KQED

Learn how to create accessible, focused classroom materials to better engage diverse learners.

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18.03.2025

As Enrollment in Online College Grows, Students Wonder: Why Does it Cost So Much? | KQED

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

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17.03.2025

Tips for Helping Kids Manage Emotions When They're Intense and Difficult | KQED

Emotions can signal to oneself and others how one needs to be treated. Having some tools at the ready can help kids shift to a calmer state of being.

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15.03.2025

Chaos and Confusion as the Statistics Arm of the Education Department is Reduced to a Skeletal Staff of 3 | KQED

Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear.

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14.03.2025

The Education Department is Being Cut in Half. Here's What's Being Lost | KQED

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.

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14.03.2025

With AI Changing Everything, Here's How Teachers Can Shape the New Culture of Learning | KQED

The impact of artificial intelligence is growing, and that means educators and parents must keep a closer eye on how learning is evolving as well.

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12.03.2025

Handwriting Helps Kids Learn. Here’s How to Make the Most of It. | KQED

Learn how handwriting boosts literacy, memory, and learning—and why it remains vital in a tech-driven world.

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11.03.2025

Why is Teaching Reading Comprehension Such a Big Challenge? | KQED

New study says few teachers use methods tested by years of research,

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07.03.2025

Serve and Return: How Talking with Young Children Helps Them Flourish | KQED

A growing number of cities, states and individual child care programs are pouring resources into training teachers on the importance of talking to kids as much as possible.

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05.03.2025

Relationship Repairing Skills Every Adult Should Learn to Help the Kids in Their Lives | KQED

Great teachers are always developing ways to build relationships with their students. But what can they do if those relationships break down?

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04.03.2025

Former Trump Commissioner Blasts DOGE Education Data Cuts | KQED

Public trust in vital information is likely to suffer as research funds are slashed.

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26.02.2025

Rollback of Diversity Efforts Leaves Teachers Wondering About Effects on Black History Month | KQED

The Education Department's efforts to keep racial diversity out of schools has left educators wondering how and when to teach students about Black history, especially during Black History Month.

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26.02.2025

Here's How a Small Break From Your Smartphone Can Boost Your Mood | KQED

What would happen if you blocked the internet from your cellphone for two weeks? A bunch of millennial researchers wanted to answer that question. Here's what they found.

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25.02.2025

These Teens Can Do Incredible Math in Their Heads But Fail in a Classroom | KQED

Nobel economists show how knowledge doesn’t easily transfer between applied and abstract math in studies of street sellers in India.

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20.02.2025

The Building Blocks of Math Students Need to Excel | KQED

Fluency in understanding numbers and their relationships to one another is crucial in mastering more complex numbers later in school.

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19.02.2025

DOGE’s Death Blow to Education Studies | KQED

Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data.

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19.02.2025

Why the Buzz Around Teaching Facts to Boost Reading is Bigger Than the Evidence for It | KQED

New research shows glimmers of hope about effective reading instruction, but more proof is needed.

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19.02.2025

What Does the US Department of Education Do? Some Facts About Its Role in Schools | KQED

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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19.02.2025

Meaningful Engagement With Newcomer Parents Helps Everyone. Here’s How To Do It | KQED

Some strategies like wish lists for their children, naming cultural norms and communicating outside of annual Back To School Nights can go a long way in engaging newcomer families with English language learners.

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19.02.2025

Trump Administration Targets Education Department Research Arm in Latest Cuts | KQED

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.

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19.02.2025

Three Tools to Help Teach About Black Historical Figures in a Modern Light | KQED

Explore engaging strategies for teaching Black history year-round, featuring insights from educator Dawnavyn James on how to make historical figures relatable for elementary students.

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19.02.2025

A Deep Dive on U.S. Reading and Math Scores, and What to do About Them | KQED

New research drills down on poor student achievement and notes some school districts that are beating the odds.

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30.01.2025

Reading and Math Scores in Latest National Report Card Highlight COVID and Pre-COVID Trends | KQED

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

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The Nation’s Report Card Gets Smaller with Cuts to Assessments | KQED

Teachers, States Stepping Up to Keep Climate Change Education Alive as Federal Government Defunds It | KQED

Supreme Court Weighs Who Should Decide Public School Curriculum: Judges or School Boards? | KQED

Trump Administration to Resume Collections on Student Loan Borrowers in Default | KQED

A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies is Under Threat | KQED

'What did I say in class today?': Teachers Feel Watched Under Trump's Anti-DEI Push | KQED

As Special Ed Students are Integrated More at School, Teacher Training is Evolving | KQED

Who Are the Biggest Early Beneficiaries of ChatGPT? International Students | KQED

How Some Colleges are Working to Engage and Better Recruit Latino Students | KQED

Americans Without a Degree Still Believe in the Value of College, a New Poll Finds | KQED

Minnie Phan: A Young Girl and the Power of Art | KQED

NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, Was Supposed to be Safe. It’s Not | KQED

How the Education Department Helps Students with Disabilities Get an Education | KQED

6 Important Things Borrowers Should Know About Federal Student Loans Right Now | KQED

What's Lost When Homeschool Research is Cut by DOGE? | KQED

When Students are Part of School Tech Support, They're in Charge of Their Learning | KQED

Apprenticeships are Bringing New Workers to Heritage Industries | KQED

Are Your Slides Too Cute? 3 Presentation Tips That Center Student Understanding | KQED

As Enrollment in Online College Grows, Students Wonder: Why Does it Cost So Much? | KQED

Tips for Helping Kids Manage Emotions When They're Intense and Difficult | KQED

Chaos and Confusion as the Statistics Arm of the Education Department is Reduced to a Skeletal Staff of 3 | KQED

The Education Department is Being Cut in Half. Here's What's Being Lost | KQED

With AI Changing Everything, Here's How Teachers Can Shape the New Culture of Learning | KQED

Handwriting Helps Kids Learn. Here’s How to Make the Most of It. | KQED

Why is Teaching Reading Comprehension Such a Big Challenge? | KQED

Serve and Return: How Talking with Young Children Helps Them Flourish | KQED

Relationship Repairing Skills Every Adult Should Learn to Help the Kids in Their Lives | KQED

Former Trump Commissioner Blasts DOGE Education Data Cuts | KQED

Rollback of Diversity Efforts Leaves Teachers Wondering About Effects on Black History Month | KQED

Here's How a Small Break From Your Smartphone Can Boost Your Mood | KQED

These Teens Can Do Incredible Math in Their Heads But Fail in a Classroom | KQED

The Building Blocks of Math Students Need to Excel | KQED

DOGE’s Death Blow to Education Studies | KQED

Why the Buzz Around Teaching Facts to Boost Reading is Bigger Than the Evidence for It | KQED

What Does the US Department of Education Do? Some Facts About Its Role in Schools | KQED

Meaningful Engagement With Newcomer Parents Helps Everyone. Here’s How To Do It | KQED

Trump Administration Targets Education Department Research Arm in Latest Cuts | KQED

Three Tools to Help Teach About Black Historical Figures in a Modern Light | KQED

A Deep Dive on U.S. Reading and Math Scores, and What to do About Them | KQED

Reading and Math Scores in Latest National Report Card Highlight COVID and Pre-COVID Trends | KQED

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