Federal Policies
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In 2010, Mayor Cory Booker convinced Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to donate $100 million to to turn around Newark, N.J.’s public schools and expand school choice
School might be out, but that doesn’t mean education issues take a vacation: Two experienced education journalists offer compelling story ideas to beat the summertime blues
Thousands of migrant children have been taken into custody while crossing the border into the U.S., either on their own or while traveling with family members
In recent years, multiple U.S. Secretaries of education, appointed by both Republicans and Democrats, have called access to quality public schools a civil rights issue
From test scores to parent portals, districts are making big investments in data management systems intended to inform everything from classroom instruction to staffing decisions
After months of wrangling, Congress passed — and President Trump signed — a massive spending bill that ups funding for the U.S. Department of Education
