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516                        <span>Decades of Harm</span>
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526                                            <span>Amanda Geduld</span>
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558                <h3>While NYC and LA Schools Draw a Line on AI, Alabama Has a Plan</h3>
559                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Sparkman: We waited too long to teach children how the social-media world worked. With AI, we should teach the child before the technology does.</h4>
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562                                            <span>Randy Sparkman</span>
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604                                                Hawaii                                            </span>
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646                                                michigan                                            </span>
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653                                                Indiana                                            </span>
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667                                                New York                                            </span>
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674                                                opinion                                            </span>
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681                                                michigan                                            </span>
682                                            <h3>Michigan Increased Funding for English Learners by $12.5 Million. Advocates Say a Big Gap Persists.</h3>
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695                                                California                                            </span>
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709                                                LGBTQ issues                                            </span>
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716                                                opinion                                            </span>
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723                                                Minnesota                                            </span>
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730                                                Alaska                                            </span>
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737                                                Florida                                            </span>
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774                <h3>Evicted Students Miss Class and Fall Behind. Tulsa Schools Want to Change That</h3>
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778                                            <span>Linda Jacobson</span>
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798                                                    <span>Artificial Intelligence</span>
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802                        <span>Artificial Intelligence</span>
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804                                
805                <h3>Student Journalists: AI Is Changing Our Work — And Not For the Better</h3>
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807
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809                                            <span>Greg Toppo</span>
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829                                                    <span>commentary</span>
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835                                
836                <h3>Families Don’t Want School Choice, They Want Their Child to Read</h3>
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840                                            <span>Kristen Gaffney</span>
841                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Kristen-Gaffney.jpg)">
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865                                                    <span>extreme weather</span>
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869                        <span>extreme weather</span>
870                    </div>
871                                
872                <h3>Heat, Fires, Hurricanes, Floods: How Climate Change Is Keeping Kids From School</h3>
873                <h4 class="post_subtitle">From California to Maine, extreme weather is disrupting student attendance and, ultimately, their achievement.</h4>
874
875                <address class="author">
876                                            <span>Wayne D’Orio</span>
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890                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
891                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/School_Superintendent_Javier_Montanez_Providence_Rhode_Island_literacy-bright-spots-825x495.jpg)"
892                                            >
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894                    </div>
895                            
896            <span class="post_info">
897                                   <div class="post_tag">
898                                                    <span>Bright Spots</span>
899                                            </div>
900
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902                        <span>Bright Spots</span>
903                    </div>
904                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
905                        <span>Bright Spots</span>
906                    </div>
907                
908                <h3>This Superintendent Couldn&#8217;t Read as a Kid. Now He Wants to Ensure Every Kid Can</h3>
909                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Providence Public Schools’ Javier Montañez taps into his personal experience to help his district beat the odds when it comes to third grade literacy.</h4>
910
911                <address class="author">
912                                            <span>Jessika Harkay</span>
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960                    <span>1:40</span>
961                    <div class="post_info">
962                        <div class="post_tag"><span>student engagement</span></div>
963                        <h3>Can &#8216;Hard Fun&#8217; AI-Proof Classrooms?</h3>
964                    </div>
965                </a>
966            </div>
967                    <div class="post video_short swiper-slide" style="background-image:url('https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bright-spots-analysis-thumb.jpg')">
968                <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/international-literacy-day-this-is-how-schools-get-reading-right/" data-shortvid_id="T0Zfn_ejd0k">
969                    <span>2:37</span>
970                    <div class="post_info">
971                        <div class="post_tag"><span>Bright Spots</span></div>
972                        <h3>International Literacy Day: This Is How Schools Get Reading Right</h3>
973                    </div>
974                </a>
975            </div>
976            </div>
977</div>                <span class="more"><a href="/video">View All</a></span>
978            </section>
979
980            <section id="trending" class="capped customizable" data-selector_type="top_stories">
981                <h2>Trending Now</h2>
982                <div class="grid c_grid">
983                    
984<div class="post
985    customize             has_image    "
986    data-ts_index=8    data-id=1037474>
987    <span class="">
988        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/from-nemo-to-super-mario-ed-departments-social-media-feed-draws-backlash/" >
989                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
990                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/department-of-education-social-media-copywrite-infringement-b-300x180.jpg)"
991                                            >
992                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/department-of-education-social-media-copywrite-infringement-b-300x180.jpg">
993                    </div>
994                            
995            <span class="post_info">
996                                   <div class="post_tag">
997                                                    <span>Department of Education</span>
998                                            </div>
999
1000                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1001                        <span>Department of Education</span>
1002                    </div>
1003                                
1004                <h3>From Nemo to Super Mario, Ed Department’s Social Media Feed Draws Backlash</h3>
1005                <h4 class="post_subtitle">The department employed Franklin the Turtle to promote the agency’s closure, and on Monday, the White House featured ‘The Magic Deportation Bus.’</h4>
1006
1007                <address class="author">
1008                                            <span>Linda Jacobson</span>
1009                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Linda-Jacobson-300x300.jpg)">
1010                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Linda-Jacobson-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Linda Jacobson">
1011                            </div>
1012                                                                                                    </address>
1013
1014                <!--video length-->
1015            </span>
1016        </a>
1017    </span>
1018</div>
1019
1020<div class="post
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1022    data-ts_index=9    data-id=1037476>
1023    <span class="">
1024        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/even-with-human-help-kids-need-motivation-to-use-ai-tutors-the-question-is-what/" >
1025                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1026                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ai-tutors-students-300x180.jpg)"
1027                                            >
1028                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ai-tutors-students-300x180.jpg">
1029                    </div>
1030                            
1031            <span class="post_info">
1032                                   <div class="post_tag">
1033                                                    <span>Analysis</span>
1034                                            </div>
1035
1036                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1037                        <span>Analysis</span>
1038                    </div>
1039                                
1040                <h3>Even With Human Help, Kids Need Motivation to Use AI Tutors. The Question Is What</h3>
1041                <h4 class="post_subtitle">McCormick & Robinson: Our research found having human support didn't get kids engaged. New studies must figure out how to build tools they'll use.</h4>
1042
1043                <address class="author">
1044                                            <span>Meghan McCormick &amp; Carly Robinson</span>
1045                                                                            </address>
1046
1047                <!--video length-->
1048            </span>
1049        </a>
1050    </span>
1051</div>
1052
1053<div class="post
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1055    data-ts_index=10    data-id=1037326>
1056    <span class="">
1057        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-body-image-without-toxicity/" >
1058                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1059                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/body-image-kids-2-300x180.jpg)"
1060                                            >
1061                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/body-image-kids-2-300x180.jpg">
1062                    </div>
1063                            
1064            <span class="post_info">
1065                                   <div class="post_tag">
1066                                                    <span>health</span>
1067                                            </div>
1068
1069                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1070                        <span>health</span>
1071                    </div>
1072                                
1073                <h3>How to Talk to Your Kids About Body Image — Without Toxicity</h3>
1074                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Here's what experts say about how to help the younger people in our lives process what they’re seeing and hearing.</h4>
1075
1076                <address class="author">
1077                                            <span>Jennifer Gerson, The 19th</span>
1078                                                                                                    </address>
1079
1080                <!--video length-->
1081            </span>
1082        </a>
1083    </span>
1084</div>
1085
1086<div class="post
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1088    data-ts_index=11    data-id=1036948>
1089    <span class="">
1090        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/many-families-rely-on-a-patchwork-of-childcare/" >
1091                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1092                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Sarah-Jane-Glynn-childcare-300x180.jpg)"
1093                                            >
1094                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Sarah-Jane-Glynn-childcare-300x180.jpg">
1095                    </div>
1096                            
1097            <span class="post_info">
1098                                   <div class="post_tag">
1099                                                    <span>The 74 Interview</span>
1100                                            </div>
1101
1102                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1103                        <span>The 74 Interview</span>
1104                    </div>
1105                                
1106                <h3>Many Families Rely on a Patchwork of Childcare</h3>
1107                <h4 class="post_subtitle">A recent analysis of Census Bureau data from economist Sarah Jane Glynn reveals how families piece together childcare arrangements in the U.S.</h4>
1108
1109                <address class="author">
1110                                            <span>Mark Swartz</span>
1111                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mark-Swartz-headshot-sm-1-150x150-1.jpg)">
1112                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mark-Swartz-headshot-sm-1-150x150-1.jpg" alt="Author: Mark Swartz">
1113                            </div>
1114                                                                                                    </address>
1115
1116                <!--video length-->
1117            </span>
1118        </a>
1119    </span>
1120</div>
1121
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1125    <span class="">
1126        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/nyc-mayor-sues-city-council-over-law-giving-10000-bonuses-to-paraprofessionals/" >
1127                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1128                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/zohran-mamdani-teachers-union-300x180.jpg)"
1129                                            >
1130                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/zohran-mamdani-teachers-union-300x180.jpg">
1131                    </div>
1132                            
1133            <span class="post_info">
1134                                   <div class="post_tag">
1135                                                    <span>unions</span>
1136                                            </div>
1137
1138                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1139                        <span>unions</span>
1140                    </div>
1141                                
1142                <h3>NYC Mayor Sues City Council Over Law Giving $10,000 Bonuses to Paraprofessionals</h3>
1143                <h4 class="post_subtitle">The lawsuit argues the stipends violate the collective bargaining process, while the union says they are necessary to ease the city’s para shortage.</h4>
1144
1145                <address class="author">
1146                                            <span>Lauren Wagner</span>
1147                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lauren-wagner-1-300x300.jpg)">
1148                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lauren-wagner-1-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Lauren Wagner">
1149                            </div>
1150                                                                                                    </address>
1151
1152                <!--video length-->
1153            </span>
1154        </a>
1155    </span>
1156</div>
1157                </div>
1158            </section>
1159
1160        </div> <!--close the wrap-->
1161
1162            <section id="featured"
1163                     style="background-color:#123900"
1164                     class="square customizable feature-story"
1165                     data-selector_type="top_stories">
1166                <div class="wrap"><!--open the wrap-->
1167                    <div class="grid d_grid">
1168                    <span>
1169                        
1170<div class="post
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1172    data-ts_index=13    data-id=1037218>
1173    <span class="">
1174        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/private-equity-is-cashing-in-on-autism-therapy-children-are-paying-the-price/" >
1175                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1176                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aba-autism-therapy-private-equity.jpg)"
1177                                                    data-vimeo-thumb="1226633145"
1178                                            >
1179                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aba-autism-therapy-private-equity.jpg">
1180                    </div>
1181                            
1182            <span class="post_info">
1183                                   <h2 class="feature-banner">investigation</h2>
1184                                    <div class="post_tag">
1185                                                    <span>investigation</span>
1186                                            </div>
1187
1188                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1189                        <span>investigation</span>
1190                    </div>
1191                                
1192                <h3>Private Equity Is Cashing in on Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price</h3>
1193                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense</h4>
1194
1195                <address class="author">
1196                                            <span>Beth Hawkins &amp; Nicholas Perez</span>
1197                                                                            </address>
1198
1199                <!--video length-->
1200            </span>
1201        </a>
1202    </span>
1203</div>
1204                    </span>
1205                </div>
1206                </div> <!--close the wrap-->
1207            </section>
1208
1209        <div class="wrap"><!--open the wrap-->
1210
1211            <div id=donate_rocket class="set_banner sans full"><div><span><h5>Children deserve a first-rate education.<br/>
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1212                                    
1213            <section id="category" class="capped customizable tax" data-selector_type="taxonomy" data-id="11042">
1214
1215                    <h2>Spotlight Oklahoma</h2>
1216                <div class="grid e_grid">
1217                    
1218<div class="post
1219    customize             has_image    "
1220        data-id=1033589>
1221    <span class="mod_a">
1222        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/tulsa-charter-network-begins-to-bounce-back-from-pandemic-decline/" >
1223                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1224                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tulsa-honor-academy-300x180.jpg)"
1225                                            >
1226                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tulsa-honor-academy-300x180.jpg">
1227                    </div>
1228                            
1229            <span class="post_info">
1230                                   <div class="post_tag">
1231                                                    <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1232                                            </div>
1233
1234                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1235                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1236                    </div>
1237                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1238                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1239                    </div>
1240                
1241                <h3>Tulsa Charter Network Begins to Bounce Back From Pandemic Decline</h3>
1242                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Elsie Urueta Pollock founded Tulsa Honor Academy more than decade ago and now works to encourage more Latinos to open charter schools.</h4>
1243
1244                <address class="author">
1245                                            <span>Linda Jacobson</span>
1246                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Linda-Jacobson-300x300.jpg)">
1247                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Linda-Jacobson-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Linda Jacobson">
1248                            </div>
1249                                                                                                    </address>
1250
1251                <!--video length-->
1252            </span>
1253        </a>
1254    </span>
1255</div>
1256
1257<div class="post
1258    customize    opinion         has_image    "
1259        data-id=1033527>
1260    <span class="mod_a">
1261        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/three-schools-one-direction-combining-high-school-college-and-cte-work/" >
1262                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1263                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/caleb-phillips-300x180.jpg)"
1264                                            >
1265                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/caleb-phillips-300x180.jpg">
1266                    </div>
1267                            
1268            <span class="post_info">
1269                                   <div class="post_tag">
1270                                                    <span>commentary</span>
1271                                            </div>
1272
1273                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1274                        <span>commentary</span>
1275                    </div>
1276                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1277                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1278                    </div>
1279                
1280                <h3>Three Schools, One Direction: Combining High School, College and CTE Work</h3>
1281                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Student’s View:  I found an ocean of opportunity at my three schools – and a community of people who believed in me.</h4>
1282
1283                <address class="author">
1284                                            <span>Caleb Phillips</span>
1285                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Caleb-Phillips-Headshot-.jpg)">
1286                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Caleb-Phillips-Headshot-.jpg" alt="Author: Caleb Phillips">
1287                            </div>
1288                                                                                                    </address>
1289
1290                <!--video length-->
1291            </span>
1292        </a>
1293    </span>
1294</div>
1295
1296<div class="post
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1298        data-id=1033525>
1299    <span class="hero">
1300        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/aquatic-robots-drones-and-power-tools-stem-spans-all-grades-in-oklahoma-school/" >
1301            
1302            <span class="post_info">
1303                                   <div class="post_tag">
1304                                                    <img class="series_header" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/spotlight-oklahoma-eyebrow.png">
1305                                            </div>
1306
1307                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1308                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1309                    </div>
1310                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1311                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1312                    </div>
1313                
1314                <h3>Aquatic Robots, Drones and Power Tools: STEM Spans All Grades in Oklahoma School</h3>
1315                <h4 class="post_subtitle">With computer science beginning in kindergarten and a character education curriculum, Dove Schools charter network has a 100% college acceptance rate.</h4>
1316
1317                <address class="author">
1318                                            <span>Lauren Wagner</span>
1319                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lauren-wagner-1-300x300.jpg)">
1320                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lauren-wagner-1-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Lauren Wagner">
1321                            </div>
1322                                                                                                    </address>
1323
1324                <!--video length-->
1325            </span>
1326        </a>
1327    </span>
1328</div>
1329
1330<div class="post
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1332        data-id=1033473>
1333    <span class="mod_d">
1334        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/how-the-southern-surge-passed-oklahoma-by/" >
1335            
1336            <span class="post_info">
1337                                   <div class="post_tag">
1338                                                    <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1339                                            </div>
1340
1341                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1342                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1343                    </div>
1344                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1345                        <span>Spotlight Oklahoma</span>
1346                    </div>
1347                
1348                <h3>How the ‘Southern Surge’ Passed Oklahoma By</h3>
1349                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Tyner: Educational decline can happen slowly, almost invisibly, until it becomes impossible to ignore. Other states should take note.</h4>
1350
1351                <address class="author">
1352                                            <span>Adam Tyner</span>
1353                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Adam-Tyner.jpg)">
1354                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Adam-Tyner.jpg" alt="Author: Adam Tyner">
1355                            </div>
1356                                                                                                    </address>
1357
1358                <!--video length-->
1359            </span>
1360        </a>
1361    </span>
1362</div>
1363                </div>
1364                <span class="more"><a href="https://www.the74million.org/series/spotlight-oklahoma/">View All</a></span>
1365            </section>
1366
1367
1368            <section id="opinion" class="capped opinion">
1369                <h2>Opinion</h2>
1370                <div class="grid f_grid">
1371                    
1372<div class="post
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1375    <span class="hero">
1376        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/in-the-fight-to-provide-age-appropriate-sex-education-the-manosphere-is-winning/" >
1377                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1378                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/manosphere-boy-sex-ed-825x495.jpg)"
1379                                            >
1380                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/manosphere-boy-sex-ed-825x495.jpg">
1381                    </div>
1382                            
1383            <span class="post_info">
1384                                   <div class="post_tag">
1385                                                    <span>commentary</span>
1386                                            </div>
1387
1388                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1389                        <span>commentary</span>
1390                    </div>
1391                                
1392                <h3>In the Fight to Provide Age-Appropriate Sex Education, the Manosphere Is Winning</h3>
1393                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Meek: Content that once festered in dark corners of social media — where masculinity means controlling and overpowering women — is now mainstream.</h4>
1394
1395                <address class="author">
1396                                            <span>Kenzi Meek</span>
1397                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Kenzi-Meek.jpg)">
1398                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Kenzi-Meek.jpg" alt="Author: Kenzi Meek">
1399                            </div>
1400                                                                                                    </address>
1401
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1403            </span>
1404        </a>
1405    </span>
1406</div>
1407
1408<div class="post
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1410        data-id=1039098>
1411    <span class="mod_d">
1412        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/my-one-student-school-why-educators-need-serious-hobbies/" >
1413            
1414            <span class="post_info">
1415                                   <div class="post_tag">
1416                                                    <span>commentary</span>
1417                                            </div>
1418
1419                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1420                        <span>commentary</span>
1421                    </div>
1422                                
1423                <h3>My One-Student School: Why Educators Need Serious Hobbies</h3>
1424                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Gupta: If you haven’t been truly bad at something lately and climbed your way to proficiency or mastery, then you are out of touch as an educator.</h4>
1425
1426                <address class="author">
1427                                            <span>Ravi Gupta</span>
1428                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SecondC
1428hance-51-1-300x300.jpg)">
1429                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SecondChance-51-1-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Ravi Gupta">
1430                            </div>
1431                                                                                                    </address>
1432
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1434            </span>
1435        </a>
1436    </span>
1437</div>
1438
1439<div class="post
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1442    <span class="mod_d">
1443        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/the-school-meals-crisis-congress-hid-in-plain-sight/" >
1444            
1445            <span class="post_info">
1446                                   <div class="post_tag">
1447                                                    <span>commentary</span>
1448                                            </div>
1449
1450                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1451                        <span>commentary</span>
1452                    </div>
1453                                
1454                <h3>The School Meals Crisis Congress Hid in Plain Sight</h3>
1455                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Filipic: When Congress voted to slash the SNAP last year, it put school meals on the chopping block for students and whole districts.</h4>
1456
1457                <address class="author">
1458                                            <span>Anne Filipic</span>
1459                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Anne-Filipic.jpg)">
1460                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Anne-Filipic.jpg" alt="Author: Anne Filipic">
1461                            </div>
1462                                                                                                    </address>
1463
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1465            </span>
1466        </a>
1467    </span>
1468</div>
1469
1470<div class="post
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1473    <span class="mod_d">
1474        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/while-nyc-and-la-schools-draw-a-line-on-ai-alabama-has-a-plan/" >
1475            
1476            <span class="post_info">
1477                                   <div class="post_tag">
1478                                                    <span>commentary</span>
1479                                            </div>
1480
1481                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1482                        <span>commentary</span>
1483                    </div>
1484                                
1485                <h3>While NYC and LA Schools Draw a Line on AI, Alabama Has a Plan</h3>
1486                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Sparkman: We waited too long to teach children how the social-media world worked. With AI, we should teach the child before the technology does.</h4>
1487
1488                <address class="author">
1489                                            <span>Randy Sparkman</span>
1490                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Randy-Sparkman.jpg)">
1491                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Randy-Sparkman.jpg" alt="Author: Randy Sparkman">
1492                            </div>
1493                                                                                                    </address>
1494
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1498    </span>
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1506                <h2>Video</h2>
1507                <div class="grid g_grid">
1508                    
1509<div class="post
1510    customize        video_short        "
1511        data-id=1031915>
1512    <span class="hero">
1513        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/college-grads-face-bad-job-market/" data-shortvid_id="PC1uvfa8vdg">
1514                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1515                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COLLEGE-JOBS-THUMB-281x500.jpg)"
1516                                            >
1517                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COLLEGE-JOBS-THUMB-281x500.jpg">
1518                    </div>
1519                            
1520            <span class="post_info">
1521                                   <div class="post_tag">
1522                                                    <span>workforce</span>
1523                                            </div>
1524
1525                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1526                        <span>workforce</span>
1527                    </div>
1528                                
1529                <h3>College Grads Face Bad Job Market</h3>
1530                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Research shows dim prospects for grads, leading young job-seekers to temper their expectations.</h4>
1531
1532                <address class="author">
1533                                            <span>The 74</span>
1534                                                                                                    </address>
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1540</div>
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1542<div class="post
1543    customize                video"
1544        data-id=1035446>
1545    <span class="mod_a">
1546        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/teachers-punished-over-charlie-kirk-posts-winning-millions/" >
1547                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1548                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/KIRK-THUMB-169x300.jpg)"
1549                                            >
1550                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/KIRK-THUMB-169x300.jpg">
1551                    </div>
1552                            
1553            <span class="post_info">
1554                                   <div class="post_tag">
1555                                                    <span>Charlie Kirk</span>
1556                                            </div>
1557
1558                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1559                        <span>Charlie Kirk</span>
1560                    </div>
1561                                
1562                <h3>Teachers Punished Over Charlie Kirk Posts Winning Millions</h3>
1563                <h4 class="post_subtitle"></h4>
1564
1565                <address class="author">
1566                                            <span>The 74</span>
1567                                                                                                    </address>
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1573</div>
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1577        data-id=1034576>
1578    <span class="mod_a">
1579        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/this-world-cup-sticker-collection-could-cost-you-2000/" >
1580                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1581                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WORLD-CUP-STICKER-THUMB-169x300.jpg)"
1582                                            >
1583                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WORLD-CUP-STICKER-THUMB-169x300.jpg">
1584                    </div>
1585                            
1586            <span class="post_info">
1587                                   <div class="post_tag">
1588                                                    <span>FIFA World Cup 2026</span>
1589                                            </div>
1590
1591                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1592                        <span>FIFA World Cup 2026</span>
1593                    </div>
1594                                
1595                <h3>This World Cup Sticker Collection Could Cost You $2,000</h3>
1596                <h4 class="post_subtitle"></h4>
1597
1598                <address class="author">
1599                                            <span>The 74</span>
1600                                                                                                    </address>
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1619    <span class="hero">
1620        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/vermont-and-massachusetts-offer-student-debt-relief-for-early-educators/" >
1621                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1622                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/early-childcare-student-loan-825x495.jpg)"
1623                                            >
1624                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/early-childcare-student-loan-825x495.jpg">
1625                    </div>
1626                            
1627            <span class="post_info">
1628                                   <div class="post_tag">
1629                                                    <span>student loans</span>
1630                                            </div>
1631
1632                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1633                        <span>student loans</span>
1634                    </div>
1635                                
1636                <h3>Vermont and Massachusetts Offer Student Debt Relief for Early Educators</h3>
1637                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Could programs that support early childhood educators with student loan repayment help the field with workforce retention? </h4>
1638
1639                <address class="author">
1640                                            <span>Rebecca Gale</span>
1641                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RGale-Headshot-300x300.jpg)">
1642                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RGale-Headshot-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Rebecca Gale">
1643                            </div>
1644                                                                                                    </address>
1645
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1648        </a>
1649    </span>
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1655    <span class="mod_b">
1656        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/the-night-shift-inside-one-providers-after-hours-childcare-program/" >
1657            
1658            <span class="post_info">
1659                                   <div class="post_tag">
1660                                                    <span>After Hours</span>
1661                                            </div>
1662
1663                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1664                        <span>After Hours</span>
1665                    </div>
1666                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1667                        <span>After Hours</span>
1668                    </div>
1669                
1670                <h3>The Night Shift: Inside One Provider&#8217;s After-Hours Childcare Program</h3>
1671                <h4 class="post_subtitle">A visual portrait of the tenderness — and strain — behind a childcare provider who never clocks out.</h4>
1672
1673                <address class="author">
1674                                            <span>Meghan Gallagher</span>
1675                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Meghan-Gallagher-300x300.jpg)">
1676                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Meghan-Gallagher-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Meghan Gallagher">
1677                            </div>
1678                                                                                                    </address>
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1689    <span class="mod_b">
1690        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-childcare-provider-who-works-from-sunrise-to-sunset/" >
1691            
1692            <span class="post_info">
1693                                   <div class="post_tag">
1694                                                    <span>After Hours</span>
1695                                            </div>
1696
1697                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1698                        <span>After Hours</span>
1699                    </div>
1700                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1701                        <span>After Hours</span>
1702                    </div>
1703                
1704                <h3>A Day in the Life of a Childcare Provider Who Works From Sunrise to Sunset</h3>
1705                <h4 class="post_subtitle">This home-based provider keeps her doors open nights and weekends, offering a rare look at the rhythms of after-hours care.</h4>
1706
1707                <address class="author">
1708                                            <span>Emily Tate Sullivan</span>
1709                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/T74-Team-Emily-Tate-Sullivan-300x300.jpg)">
1710                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/T74-Team-Emily-Tate-Sullivan-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Emily Tate Sullivan">
1711                            </div>
1712                                                                                                    </address>
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1723    <span class="mod_a">
1724        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/who-cares-for-kids-when-parents-work-nights-and-weekends/" >
1725                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1726                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/nontraditional-childcare-home-based-825x495.png)"
1727                                            >
1728                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/nontraditional-childcare-home-based-825x495.png">
1729                    </div>
1730                            
1731            <span class="post_info">
1732                                   <div class="post_tag">
1733                                                    <span>After Hours</span>
1734                                            </div>
1735
1736                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1737                        <span>After Hours</span>
1738                    </div>
1739                                                    <div class="post_tag series_tag">
1740                        <span>After Hours</span>
1741                    </div>
1742                
1743                <h3>Who Cares for Kids When Parents Work Nights and Weekends?</h3>
1744                <h4 class="post_subtitle">About 40% of children under 6 are in care during nontraditional hours. A patchwork system, primarily of home-based providers, meets families’ needs.</h4>
1745
1746                <address class="author">
1747                                            <span>Emily Tate Sullivan</span>
1748                                                    <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/T74-Team-Emily-Tate-Sullivan-300x300.jpg)">
1749                                <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/T74-Team-Emily-Tate-Sullivan-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Emily Tate Sullivan">
1750                            </div>
1751                                                                                                    </address>
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1755        </a>
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1763        <a href="https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/trump-administrations-english-only-head-start-edict-is-bad-for-young-learners/" >
1764                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1765                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/head-start-english-only-restrictions-825x495.jpg)"
1766                                            >
1767                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/head-start-english-only-restrictions-825x495.jpg">
1768                    </div>
1769                            
1770            <span class="post_info">
1771                                   <div class="post_tag">
1772                                                    <span>zero2eight</span>
1773                                            </div>
1774
1775                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1776                        <span>zero2eight</span>
1777                    </div>
1778                                
1779                <h3>Trump Administration’s English-Only Head Start Edict Is Bad for Young Learners</h3>
1780                <h4 class="post_subtitle">About a third of Head Start’s 800,000 kids are dual language learners. Banning bilingual instruction would hurt their ability to master English.</h4>
1781
1782                <address class="author">
1783                                            <span>Shantel Meek &amp; Conor P. Williams</span>
1784                                                                            </address>
1785
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1809        <a href="/bright-spots-us-literacy-map/" >
1810                                                                    <div class="feature-image"
1811                         style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/reading-map-usa.png)"
1812                                                    data-vimeo-thumb="1134677179"
1813                                            >
1814                        <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/reading-map-usa.png">
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1816                            
1817            <span class="post_info">
1818                                   <h2 class="feature-banner">Bright Spots</h2>
1819                                    <div class="post_tag">
1820                                                    <span>Bright Spots</span>
1821                                            </div>
1822
1823                                    <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag">
1824                        <span>Bright Spots</span>
1825                    </div>
1826                                
1827                <h3>Is Your School Beating the Odds in Reading?</h3>
1828                <h4 class="post_subtitle">Using new national data from over 40,000 schools, this interactive map identifies the schools beating the odds in teaching kids to read.</h4>
1829
1830                <address class="author">
1831                                            <!--<span></span>-->
1832                                                                            </address>
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1890                                            <h3 class="mobile">Future of High School</h3>
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1941                        IDEA at 50                    </span>
1942                    <h5>Before Special Ed, There Was the School-to-Asylum Pipeline. How One Lawsuit Helped End It</h5>
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1983                        Future of High School                    </span>
1984                    <h5>California Wine Region ‘Growing Futures’ By Turning Vineyards Into Classrooms</h5>
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2000            <h3>More Unlicensed Teachers Are Filling In Gaps In Hawaiʻi Classrooms</h3>
2001            <address class="author">
2002                                    <span>
2003                        Megan Tagami, CalMatters                    </span>
2004                                                                </address>
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2019            <h3>As White House Reviews New Education Tax Credit Rules, Questions Remain</h3>
2020            <address class="author">
2021                                    <span>
2022                        Linda Jacobson                    </span>
2023                                            <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Linda-Jacobson-300x300.jpg)">
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2039        <span class="post_info">
2040            <div class="post_tag"><span>Decades of Harm</span></div>
2041            <h3>5 Things to Know From Our Investigation Into Decades of Sex Abuse in NY Schools</h3>
2042            <address class="author">
2043                                    <span>
2044                        Kathy Moore                    </span>
2045                                            <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Kathy-Moore-300x300.jpg)">
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2063            <h3>How The 74 Revealed Decades of Alleged Sexual Abuse in New York Schools</h3>
2064            <address class="author">
2065                                    <span>
2066                        Amanda Geduld                    </span>
2067                                            <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/T74-Team-Amanda-Geduld-masked-300x300.png)">
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2070                                                                </address>
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2083        <span class="post_info">
2084            <div class="post_tag"><span>Decades of Harm</span></div>
2085            <h3>Behind-the-Scenes: The 74&#8217;s School Sex Abuse Investigation</h3>
2086            <address class="author">
2087                                    <span>
2088                        Amanda Geduld                    </span>
2089                                            <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/T74-Team-Amanda-Geduld-masked-300x300.png)">
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2107            <h3>New Data Shows Drop in College Readiness, Education Participation</h3>
2108            <address class="author">
2109                                    <span>
2110                        Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance                    </span>
2111                                                                </address>
2112            <time pubdate datetime="9-22-2026" title="September 22, 2026">September 22, 2026</time>
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2126            <h3>Indiana School Voucher Use Has Flipped from Low-Income Families to More High-Income Families Using Them</h3>
2127            <address class="author">
2128                                    <span>
2129                        Aleksandra Appleton                    </span>
2130                                                                </address>
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2144            <div class="post_tag"><span>New York</span></div>
2145            <h3>Landlines, Magazines, Puzzles: NYC Suburb Brings Back Screen-Free Childhoods</h3>
2146            <address class="author">
2147                                    <span>
2148                        Melissa Manno                    </span>
2149                                                                </address>
2150            <time pubdate datetime="9-22-2026" title="September 22, 2026">September 22, 2026</time>
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2154
2155                                                    
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2157    <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/michigan-increased-funding-for-english-learners-by-12-5-million-advocates-say-a-big-gap-persists/"
2158            >
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2162        <span class="post_info">
2163            <div class="post_tag"><span>michigan</span></div>
2164            <h3>Michigan Increased Funding for English Learners by $12.5 Million. Advocates Say a Big Gap Persists.</h3>
2165            <address class="author">
2166                                    <span>Hannah Dellinger &amp; Koby Levin</span>
2167                                            </address>
2168            <time pubdate datetime="9-21-2026" title="September 21, 2026">September 21, 2026</time>
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2172
2173                                                    
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2180        <span class="post_info">
2181            <div class="post_tag"><span>California</span></div>
2182            <h3>California OKs Long List of Options for Training Teachers in Early Literacy</h3>
2183            <address class="author">
2184                                    <span>
2185                        John Fensterwald                    </span>
2186                                                                </address>
2187            <time pubdate datetime="9-21-2026" title="September 21, 2026">September 21, 2026</time>
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