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2025 Year in Review
2025 Year in Review
2025 Year in Review

The Year in Education: 25 of Our Top Stories About Schools, Students and Learning

The dismantling of the Ed Dept., why kids aren鈥檛 reading, teacher pay. The 74 takes a look back at some of our biggest education stories of 2025.

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Analysis
Analysis

10 Useful Tech Tools for Educators in 2026: A Practical Guide

Caplan: I've tested more than 200 Ed Tech services this year. Here are the most useful for teaching.

Jeremy Caplan
Author: Jeremy Caplan
Analysis
Analysis

2025 Research Roundup: 3 Pressing Themes Shaping Early Care and Education

Noteworthy research themes, studies and data that early care and education experts say are essential to moving the field forward.

Kendra Hurley
Author: Kendra Hurley
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IDEA at 50
IDEA at 50

Before Special Ed, There Was the School-to-Asylum Pipeline. How One Lawsuit Helped End It

50 years ago, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ended the routine institutionalization of kids with disabilities. Advocates fear a return to that dark time.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
LAUSD at 65
LAUSD at 65
LAUSD 65th Anniversary

How Can Los Angeles’ Schools Have a Looming $1.6B Deficit With $19B in Revenues?

Aldeman: District leaders face some tough decisions as they try to bring their budget back into balance while building on recent academic gains.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
4Fams
4Fams
4Fams

Is High School Necessary? Maybe Not 鈥� and Both Students & Districts Could Benefit

Adams: Some 13,000 NYC high schoolers are already earning associate degrees. What if they could go from middle school right to community college?

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Early Childhood
Early Childhood

Rob Reiner Spent a Decade Fighting For California Kids

Filmmaker Rob Reiner devoted his influence to reshaping early childhood education policy in California.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
AI
AI

AI Tutors, With a Little Human Help, Offer 鈥楻eliable鈥� Instruction, Study Finds

New UK research finds 鈥榚xtremely personalized鈥� AI math tutors don鈥檛 hallucinate or produce unsafe messages in sessions with kids

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

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special education

special education
special education

NYC鈥檚 iHOPE School Unlocks Learning for Profoundly Disabled Kids

Using the latest adaptive technology and other critical supports, the 150-student private school allows nonverbal students to communicate and thrive

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

Future of High School

future of high school
future of high school
Future of High School

This Indiana Student Turned a High School Project Into Opportunity 鈥� and a Startup

Flexible, out-of-the-classroom thinking gave Raina Maiga the opportunity to discover her passions with interest-driven classes and internships.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
School Closures
School Closures
Future of High School

Cleveland Abandons Small Schools in Favor of Boosting Larger High Schools

The Cleveland plan to fold 27 small high schools into 14 larger ones is part of a shift away from a popular national strategy.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Ancient Aquifers & Drones: NM Kids Learn to Save Precious Water for the Future

This year, the Rio Grande ran dry in Albuquerque. The conservation techniques students are learning will be key to the region鈥檚 survival.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
commentary
commentary
Future of High School

Stop Ignoring the Leaders Who Can Transform High Schools

DeBaun, Schmitz and Reyna: Most principals and assistant principals simply aren鈥檛 trained, supported or held accountable for this important work.

Bill DeBaun, Andrew Schmitz & Ryan Reyna
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Opinion

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math

Jigsaw Puzzles Help Make Mathematics Learning More Active and Fun

Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in conversation.

Francis Duah, The Conversation
commentary
commentary

Derrick Bell, Critical Race Theory and the Beginnings of School Choice

Viteritti: How the father of a controversial idea about racism in the U.S. championed vouchers and charters 鈥� and provided lessons for the present day.

Joseph P. Viteritti
commentary
commentary

Three Promising Practices to Engage a New Workforce

Hull: The next generation, a huge reservoir of talent, gets a lot more advice about building a personal brand than about building a career.

Stephanie J. Hull
2025 Year in Review
2025 Year in Review
2025 Year in Review

Our 13 Most Read, Most Talked-About and Most Powerful Education Essays of 2025

From literacy, New Orleans after Katrina and special ed for all to freedom of speech and teachers who gave up, what our op-ed writers had to say

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child care
child care

North Carolina Announces Short-Term Training for Future Early Childhood Teachers

These academies have gained popularity in recent months as a way to address early childhood educator shortages.

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto, EducationNC
child care
child care

ICE Arrests Are Forcing American Moms to Leave Their Jobs

A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.

Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th
Analysis
Analysis

2025 Research Roundup: 3 Pressing Themes Shaping Early Care and Education

Noteworthy research themes, studies and data that early care and education experts say are essential to moving the field forward.

Kendra Hurley
Author: Kendra Hurley
Texas
Texas

Texans Can Use School Vouchers for Pre-K, but the Pool of Families who Qualify Is Limited

A limited group of families with 3- and 4-year-olds who already qualify for free public pre-K can receive state funds to attend private preschool.

Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune
child care
child care

Food Insecurity Is Surging Among Child Care Providers

Stanford researchers find that a growing number of child care providers can鈥檛 afford food, raising concerns about workforce stability and care quality.

Emily Tate Sullivan
Author: Emily Tate Sullivan
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Bright Spots

Bright Spots
Bright Spots

Is Your School Beating the Odds in Reading?

Using new national data from over 40,000 schools, this interactive map identifies the schools beating the odds in teaching kids to read.

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Top Los Angeles Teacher Encourages Kids To Make a Mess in Her Class

Ben Chapman
higher education

Rural Students Graduate HS More Than City Peers, but Attend College Less

Sheneka Williams, The Conversation
Q&A

Newark Teacher Says AI Tools Help Students Write Better, Ask Sharper History Questions

Jessie G贸mez, Chalkbeat
immigration

California Needs Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs, but Schools Can鈥檛 Afford Visa Fee

Sophie Sullivan & Alina Ta
health

Getting Ultraprocessed Food Out of School Meals: What it Takes to Scratch Cook

Analisa Sorrells Archer, EdNC.org
Indigenous youth

She Reimagined Dolls for Her Daughter 鈥� and Defied Stereotypes About Indigenous Women

Jessica Kutz
Los Angeles

Layoffs, Cuts and Closures Are Coming to LAUSD Schools As District Confronts Budget Shortfalls

Ben Chapman
California

California students with disabilities face 鈥榯errifying鈥� special ed cuts after Trump changes

Carolyn Jones
New Jersey

Bill Would Require More Small Businesses to Give Paid Family Leave

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor
Texas

Texas Universities Deploy AI Tools to Review How Courses Discuss Race and Gender

Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune
michigan

Whitmer Calls Literacy Her 鈥楴umber One Priority鈥� for Final Year as Governor

Katherine Dailey, Michigan Advance
school choice

Charters Gain Power in New Indianapolis Plan

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
Author: Patrick O鈥橠onnell
community

How One California School Came Together to Pack 20,000 Meals for the Holidays

Vani Sanganeria, EdSource
Florida

鈥楽adly Timed鈥�: New Bill Would Allow Professors, TAs to Open Carry on Campus

Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix
school choice

As School Choice Programs Grow, Parents Are Demanding Better Customer Service

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
childhood health

All Eyes on Florida As State Gets One Step Closer to Nixing Vaccine Mandates

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
commentary

In Picture Book Biographies, Black Kids Can See Themselves, and What They Can Be

Nosakhere A. Griffin-EL
Author: Nosakhere A. Griffin-EL
teacher workforce

Exclusive: Survey Reveals Why 70% of Early-Career Teachers Leave the Classroom

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
commentary

Pre-K Teachers Are Hesitant to Use Artificial Intelligence 鈥擶hy?

Jordy Berne, Christopher Doss & Ashley Woo
Video Short

How Haircuts Help Black Boys Learn to Love Reading

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