“There are not many things that happen in Washington that really improve the lives of 20 million American families every year. This did, and once they implement it properly, it will be a great relief to these families' — Lamar Alexander to Linda Jacobson. The 74 the74million.org/article/financ…

New Data Reveals Few Community College Transfers Complete a Bachelor’s Degree The 74 the74million.org/article/new-da…

Spare a thought for the absolutely amazing journalists at the Columbia Daily Spectator, students approaching finals week also in the midst of one of the most tumultuous times on campus, publishing on an almost hourly basis this past week.

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Financial Aid Reform Was His Legacy. Now, Lamar Alexander Calls it ‘a Big Mess’ The 74 the74million.org/article/financ…

Park Slope 10:17 A.M.

BIG news for NYC schools: city is committing $500 mil next year to prop up ed programs funded by expiring federal aid + facing fiscal cliff.

That's abt half of the total $1b fiscal cliff, so big cuts and questions remain. But here's what we know so far: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

NYC Ed Dept. Orders Parent Leader to Cease ‘Derogatory,’ ‘Offensive’ Conduct or Face Removal – The 74 the74million.org/article/nyc-ed…

A Brooklyn Charter School Is Open 12 Hours to Attract Students - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/04/09/nyr…

Sources close to Trump’s legal team say the lawyers will try & convince Trump not to hold his standard hallway gaggles & pressers after court each day given fears over repeated gag order violations. (Key word = try) W/ John Santucci

The Family Fortune Behind Elise Stefanik’s Humble Origins Myth thedailybeast.com/the-family-for… via The Daily Beast

Hosted by EXPLR and U.S. Department of Education, this Saturday’s first-ever National STEM Festival will feature 150 student innovators #STEMweek buff.ly/3TW9L3r

The #NationalSTEMFestival is in full swing over here, and we’re overwhelmed by how inspiring all of our Student Innovators are. We kicked things off with a visit to the U.S. Capitol, followed by a special preview and VIP tours of all the projects, before today's Public Expo.

My latest for The 74: New absenteeism report from Attendance Works and Everyone Graduates shows dramatic surge in suburban, rural and Latino students missing class

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/13/art…

I've been waiting 29 years to tell this story about OJ and his days at USC. Now that he's dead (may he burn in hell) I have a story that I signed an NDA for that is no longer valid. I was a junior at USC working in Topping Student Center on campus in 1995. I was an administrative

Indianapolis High School Carves Time Away from Class for Internships for All – The 74 the74million.org/article/indian…

The NYPD's bosses, with the blessing of their ultimate boss, Mayor Adams, are pretending that writing critically about them amounts to slamming cops. Nope.

My Sunday Daily News column nydailynews.com/2024/04/06/sub…

My latest for The 74: New NCES survey found public school educators in high poverty areas less likely to rate themselves as doing a good job preparing high school students for college and the workforce

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Today management suddenly and unceremoniously fired our senior editor of audience engagement, our politics editor, a photo editor and some advertising staff for “financial reasons”.