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      "id": 20191,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/how-one-rural-nc-school-district-delivers-summer-meals",
      "title": "How One Rural North Carolina School District Delivers Summer Meals",
      "summary": "On a warm Tuesday in late July, a blue van marked with a Transylvania County Schools logo pulled into a gravel driveway and let out a light honk. Seconds later, the door of a house swung open. Two children bounded down the steps and into the arms of the van’s passengers — school nutrition employees […]",
      "authors": "Analisa Sorrells Archer",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-15T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20191"
    },
    {
      "id": 20192,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/new-partnership-brings-college-and-career-resources-to-detroit-neighborhoods",
      "title": "New Partnership Brings College and Career Resources to Detroit Neighborhoods",
      "summary": "A new partnership in Detroit will provide middle schoolers through adult learners with access to resources designed to help residents enter and complete college, with hubs expected to open on the city’s east and west sides this fall. Graduate 313, a partnership between the Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation and Detroit College Access Network, […]",
      "authors": "Martin Slagter",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20192"
    },
    {
      "id": 19649,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/sc-students-improve-in-math-and-reading-but-less-than-half-meet-math-benchmarks",
      "title": "SC Students Improve in Math and Reading, but Less Than Half Meet Math Benchmarks",
      "summary": "COLUMBIA, S.C. — Elementary and middle school students posted their best scores yet on end-of-year standardized tests, though more than half still can’t calculate as expected for their age, according to state testing data released Monday. Third- through eighth graders continued to improve in both math and reading, though scores were still generally stronger in […]",
      "authors": "Skylar Laird",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19649"
    },
    {
      "id": 19650,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/head-start-was-built-to-include-children-with-disabilities-dont-weaken-it",
      "title": "Opinion: Head Start Was Built to Include Children With Disabilities. Don’t Weaken It",
      "summary": "The federal government last week proposed sweeping changes to Head Start, describing them as a way to expand access for children. For families of children with disabilities, the question is what support will still be there once a child enters the classroom. I’ve been around long enough to know that when it comes to meeting […]",
      "authors": "Katy Neas",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19650"
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    {
      "id": 19651,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/school-backpack-overload-heavy-bags-can-strain-kids-bodies",
      "title": "School Backpack Overload: Heavy Bags Can Strain Kids’ Bodies",
      "summary": "Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids carry home a laptop or tablet and textbooks, too. It’s good to be prepared, but kids who walk to school or participate in extracurricular activities may be lugging more […]",
      "authors": "Cheyanne Mumphrey",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19651"
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    {
      "id": 19652,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/in-an-uncertain-job-market-top-economists-offer-advice-for-incoming-nc-college-students",
      "title": "In an Uncertain Job Market, Top Economists Offer Advice for Incoming NC College Students",
      "summary": "It’s move-in week for college students across North Carolina. And once students have gotten settled into their dorms, their attention will turn to getting the classes needed to fulfill their chosen major. But which career paths are a safe bet in 2026? U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July. Job creation for May and June […]",
      "authors": "Clayton Henkel",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19652"
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    {
      "id": 19653,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/the-science-of-reading-and-teaching-english-learners-to-read-are-not-incompatible",
      "title": "Opinion: The Science of Reading and Teaching English Learners to Read Are Not Incompatible",
      "summary": "For all the noise and attention and — laudable — political energy behind it, the science of reading is not a thing. Or, rather, it is not a thing that schools can implement. The science of reading is a series of facts that, in combination, form a field consensus about how children best learn to […]",
      "authors": "Conor P. Williams",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education,environment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19653"
    },
    {
      "id": 19387,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/despite-funding-increase-gap-to-adequately-fund-schools-widens-in-most-illinois-districts",
      "title": "Gap to Adequately Fund Schools Widens in Illinois",
      "summary": "Chicago Public Schools is further away from having enough money to meet its students’ needs as defined by the state, according to new data released by the Illinois State Board of Education. Under ISBE’s calculations released Friday, CPS is now considered a little over 70% adequately funded, compared with 73% last year. CPS isn’t alone […]",
      "authors": "Makiya Seminera and Reema Amin",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19387"
    },
    {
      "id": 19388,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/congress-made-it-easier-to-pay-for-college-it-must-keep-that-promise",
      "title": "Opinion: Congress Made it Easier to Pay for College. It Must Keep That Promise",
      "summary": "Right now, 15.5 million undergraduate students around the country are getting ready to start or return to college. Seven million of them have one thing in common: relying on a Pell Grant to help pay for their higher education. But the grant program is facing a $15 billion funding shortfall that will undermine college access […]",
      "authors": "Kim Cook",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19388"
    },
    {
      "id": 19389,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/indiana-literacy-rates-improve-for-fifth-straight-year",
      "title": "Indiana Literacy Rates Improve for Fifth Straight Year",
      "summary": "Indiana’s early literacy rates improved for the fifth consecutive year, with nearly 89% of Hoosier third graders demonstrating proficiency in foundational reading skills on the state’s IREAD assessment. The Indiana Department of Education released statewide IREAD, ILEARN and SAT results for the 2025-26 school year Tuesday at the State Board of Education’s August meeting. The […]",
      "authors": "Mackenzi Klemann",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19389"
    },
    {
      "id": 19390,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/amid-the-emerging-ai-economy-we-need-a-skilled-trades-pipeline-in-high-school",
      "title": "Opinion: Amid the Emerging AI Economy, We Need a Skilled Trades Pipeline in High School",
      "summary": "Across the economy, Americans are watching an artificial intelligence investment boom reshape the job market. Some of the same companies spending hundreds of billions to build the AI future are also announcing sweeping job cuts, adding to an already daunting employment landscape for college graduates. In other sectors, opportunity is booming. Homes, roads, bridges, vehicles, […]",
      "authors": "Danny Corwin and Jennifer Dewees",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19390"
    },
    {
      "id": 19391,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/more-early-childhood-programs-are-providing-free-housing-to-teaching-staff",
      "title": "More Early Childhood Programs Are Providing Free Housing to Teaching Staff",
      "summary": "This story was co-published with Mother Jones. A few years ago, Eric Gil was living at his uncle’s place in Waterbury, Connecticut, where he shared a bedroom with his brother and cousin. With eight people in the house, it was crowded. He was trying to get out, but rental prices in Waterbury — which currently […]",
      "authors": "Emily Tate Sullivan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19391"
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    {
      "id": 18934,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/black-majority-schools-in-texas-receive-more-fs-than-a-ratings-leaving-parents-with-tough-choices",
      "title": "Black-Majority Schools in Texas Receive More Fs Than A Ratings",
      "summary": "Jaleel is attending his first day of classes this month at a middle school opening its doors for the first time that specializes in air traffic control, commercial drones and engineering. His parents decided not to send him to the majority-Black, F-rated campus closer to their home in Fort Bend ISD. Still, they fear their […]",
      "authors": "Jaden Edison",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18934"
    },
    {
      "id": 18935,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/introducing-a-new-curriculum-in-school-dont-forget-training-for-the-principal",
      "title": "Opinion: Introducing a New Curriculum in School? Don’t Forget Training for the Principal",
      "summary": "Countless times over the last few years, district leaders have reached out to my organization with a problem: They rolled out a new evidence-based curriculum and trained all their teachers, but many didn’t use it properly — or at all — and the school saw only pockets of success. Talking through what happened, they inevitably […]",
      "authors": "Nancy Gutiérrez",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18935"
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    {
      "id": 18936,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/how-trumps-anti-dei-shift-unraveled-a-successful-federal-investment-in-maine-schools",
      "title": "How Trump’s Anti-DEI Shift Unraveled a Successful Federal Investment in Maine Schools",
      "summary": "Three years ago, a handful of Maine school districts struggling with student mental health needs applied for a federal grant to help them hire school counselors and social workers. The grant applications included a commitment to hiring staff that represented their particular community and understood its needs. The grant — part of the Bipartisan Safer […]",
      "authors": "Eesha Pendharkar",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18936"
    },
    {
      "id": 18937,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/dont-blink-why-nyc-reads-must-stay-on-course",
      "title": "Opinion: Don’t Blink: Why NYC Reads Must Stay on Course",
      "summary": "Nearly 25 years ago, I walked into the U.S. Department of Education at what felt like a remarkable moment in the history of reading instruction. The National Reading Panel had just been released, and for the first time in my professional life, there was broad agreement that educational policy should be grounded in scientific evidence. […]",
      "authors": "Susan B. Neuman",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18937"
    },
    {
      "id": 18605,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/trump-signs-order-calling-for-spacing-out-childhood-vaccines-against-medical-groups-guidance",
      "title": "Trump Signs Order on Childhood Vaccines Against Medical Groups’ Guidance",
      "summary": "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever […]",
      "authors": "Ali Swenson and Collin Binkley",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T20:23:30.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18605"
    },
    {
      "id": 18606,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/as-students-head-back-to-school-lets-rethink-whats-success-in-sex-education",
      "title": "Opinion: As Students Head Back to School, Let’s Rethink What’s Success in Sex Education",
      "summary": "As millions of young people head back to school this fall, parents are buying backpacks, teachers are preparing lesson plans, and policymakers are once again debating what belongs in the classroom. One topic will predictably return to the center of those debates: sex education. Too often, the conversation begins and ends with one question: How […]",
      "authors": "April J. Bell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18606"
    },
    {
      "id": 18607,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/a-bad-jobs-report-for-public-education",
      "title": "A Bad Jobs Report for Public Education",
      "summary": "A version of this analysis originally appeared in the “Aldeman on Education” Substack. According to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, K-12 schools lost 50,000 workers from June to July. The numbers for May were also revised down by another 47,000. These are seasonally adjusted numbers. Each year, public schools “lose” […]",
      "authors": "Chad Aldeman",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18607"
    },
    {
      "id": 18608,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/nyc-reading-scores-sink-with-third-grade-proficiency-falling-14-points",
      "title": "NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points",
      "summary": "This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline among third graders, according to preliminary data released Friday. Among students in grades 3-8, about half were proficient in reading, a decline of 6 […]",
      "authors": "Alex Zimmerman",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18608"
    },
    {
      "id": 18162,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/what-did-we-do-wrong-now-rural-iowa-schools-weigh-impact-of-esa-expansion",
      "title": "‘What Did We Do Wrong Now?’: Rural Iowa Schools Weigh Impact of ESA Expansion",
      "summary": "As Iowa’s Education Savings Account program continues to expand to include all K-12 families, rural public school districts are still trying to determine how the scholarships will affect their classrooms, budgets and enrollment. Supporters argue ESAs give families more educational choices, while critics say the program diverts money away from public schools that remain the […]",
      "authors": "Kadin Luhmann",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T02:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18162"
    },
    {
      "id": 18163,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/denver-district-accused-of-keeping-kids-in-english-learner-program-far-too-long",
      "title": "Denver District Accused of Keeping Kids In English Learner Program Far Too Long",
      "summary": "Updated When Jen Hanson, a veteran multilingual educator, first arrived at Denver’s Cherry Creek School District in June 2025, she said she quickly suspected the district was creating its own rules for moving students out of its English learner program, leaving her to question whether it was holding on to kids — and the state […]",
      "authors": "Jo Napolitano",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T20:28:44.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18163"
    },
    {
      "id": 18164,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/how-tracking-portrait-of-a-graduate-leads-to-learning-that-matters",
      "title": "Opinion: How Tracking Portrait of a Graduate Leads to Learning That Matters",
      "summary": "Standardized testing has long been the gold standard of student success. Large-scale assessments give districts a big-picture view of student progress, offering convenient data points to compare performance, identify trends and demonstrate accountability. But numbers can only tell part of the story. They never capture the child behind the score — the effort behind mastering […]",
      "authors": "Terra Greenwell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "privacy-surveillance,children-education,transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18164"
    },
    {
      "id": 18165,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/major-virtual-tutoring-provider-shuts-down-experts-cite-lack-of-evidence",
      "title": "Major Virtual Tutoring Provider Shuts Down; Experts Cite Lack of Evidence",
      "summary": "As students head back to class across the country, Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest providers, has gone out of business. In a shareholder letter last week, Chuck Cohn, CEO of Nerdy, Varsity’s parent company, wrote that leaders would “wind down” the online service they launched during the pandemic as districts nationwide […]",
      "authors": "Linda Jacobson",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T16:55:02.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18165"
    },
    {
      "id": 18166,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/miamis-decision-to-end-universal-school-lunch-harms-more-than-just-hungry-kids",
      "title": "Opinion: Miami’s Decision to End Universal School Lunch Harms More Than Just Hungry Kids",
      "summary": "For the past several years in Miami public schools, every student — including my own children — could stand in the same cafeteria line, carry the same tray and eat lunch for free. But on July 22, the Miami-Dade County School Board voted to end its universal school lunch program, reversing a policy that had […]",
      "authors": "Anindya Kundu",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18166"
    },
    {
      "id": 18167,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/absenteeism-is-a-major-problem-so-why-cant-schools-agree-on-how-to-measure-it",
      "title": "Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can’t Schools Agree on How to Measure It?",
      "summary": "It’s 2026. Satellites connect to devices in our pockets, artificial intelligence algorithms can drive cars and scan X-rays, and Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem is the basis for the summer’s hottest movie. But there’s always a but. And right now, in a time when public school absences remain stubbornly high since Covid closures five years ago, it […]",
      "authors": "Wayne D’Orio",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18167"
    },
    {
      "id": 17886,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/nearly-15-years-after-student-discipline-reform-school-suspensions-in-mass-are-falling-are-emergency-removals-taking-their-place",
      "title": "Nearly 15 Years After Student Discipline Reform, School Suspensions in Mass. Are Falling. Are Emergency Removals Taking Their Place?",
      "summary": "In 2012, after child advocates spent years trying to reduce punitive suspensions in schools, Massachusetts passed sweeping education reforms under Chapter 222, kickstarting a longstanding policy shift away from exclusionary discipline methods. The law came as the nation moved away from the Zero-Tolerance policies of the 1990s and toward efforts to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. […]",
      "authors": "Hallie Claflin",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-09T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17886"
    },
    {
      "id": 17887,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/kids-are-actually-eating-the-food-state-expands-lunch-program-that-pairs-schools-with-farms",
      "title": "California Expands Lunch Program That Pairs Schools With Farms",
      "summary": "This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when the salad bar runs dry, they ask the staff to refill it — over and over. […]",
      "authors": "Carolyn Jones",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-09T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17887"
    },
    {
      "id": 17739,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/lausds-youngest-students-will-start-a-screen-free-school-year-heres-what-parents-need-to-know",
      "title": "LAUSD’s Youngest Students Will Start a Screen-Free School Year. Here’s What Parents Need to Know",
      "summary": "Screen time limits for Los Angeles Unified School District’s youngest students begin in August. “My hope and expectation is that most families will see a dramatic reduction in screen time during the school day, but also in the evenings, as mandated by school,” said Nick Melvoin, who represents the Westside’s Board District 4. While LAUSD […]",
      "authors": "Mariana Dale and Elly Yu",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-08T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17739"
    },
    {
      "id": 17740,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/when-sex-education-funding-is-taken-away-young-people-lose-a-safe-space",
      "title": "When Sex Education Funding Is Taken Away, Young People Lose a Safe Space",
      "summary": "On June 26, Children’s Aid was preparing to continue summer sexual health and youth development programming in schools, foster care settings and community organizations across New York City. By the end of the day, the federal funding behind that work was gone. The Trump administration terminated Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants nationwide with immediate effect, […]",
      "authors": "Ebony JJ Curry",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-08T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17740"
    },
    {
      "id": 17610,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/students-are-anxious-and-its-no-surprise-since-we-are-teaching-them-to-be-that-way",
      "title": "Opinion: Students Are Anxious – And It’s No Surprise, Since We Teach Them to Be That Way",
      "summary": "Temporary anxiety can often surface before the first day of school. Sometimes, that can help kids get in the right mindset for a big day. But when anxiety becomes a constant feature of children’s and teenagers’ days, that stress doesn’t switch off when they leave the classroom or finish an exam. It can become the […]",
      "authors": "Erin Clabough",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17610"
    },
    {
      "id": 17611,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/nobody-feels-good-nobodys-learning-how-high-temperatures-disrupt-philadelphias-school-days",
      "title": "‘Nobody Feels Good, Nobody’s Learning’: High Temperatures Disrupt School Days",
      "summary": "For nearly two years, teacher Isabelle Ouyang and her colleagues have dealt with the presence of construction workers, shuffling between classrooms, stress over schedules, and a host of disruptive renovations. Ouyang has, essentially, pardoned all that dust, because Philadelphia’s Kensington High School now has air conditioning. With a $17 million estimated price tag, it hasn’t […]",
      "authors": "Rebecca Redelmeier",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17611"
    },
    {
      "id": 17612,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/making-school-lunches-healthy-is-great-if-kids-will-eat-whats-on-the-tray",
      "title": "Opinion: Making School Lunches Healthy Is Great – If Kids Will Eat What’s on the Tray",
      "summary": "Shortly after being named America’s unhealthiest city in 2009, Huntington, West Virginia, gained national attention when British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver arrived to film the first season of his reality TV series Food Revolution. Episodes showed Oliver ridiculing the frozen food served in school cafeterias, curating new menus of made-from-scratch meals, clashing with school officials […]",
      "authors": "Giana Loretta",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17612"
    },
    {
      "id": 17613,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/historian-natalia-mehlman-petrzela-on-bidens-education-legacy",
      "title": "Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on Biden’s Education Legacy",
      "summary": "After nearly two years out of the limelight, the Biden family has returned to the political conversation this summer. Joe Biden announced last month that he will soon release a memoir of his time in office. That volume follows on the heels of Jill Biden’s own book, which triggered controversy when some Democrats grumbled that […]",
      "authors": "Kevin Mahnken",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17613"
    },
    {
      "id": 17251,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/back-to-school-costs-hit-families-with-sticker-shock",
      "title": "Back-to-School Costs Hit Families with Sticker Shock",
      "summary": null,
      "authors": "The 74",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T19:51:01.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17251"
    },
    {
      "id": 17252,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/head-starts-antipoverty-mission-threatened-by-trump-administration-overhaul",
      "title": "Head Start’s Antipoverty Mission Threatened by Trump Administration Overhaul",
      "summary": "Most of Cassie Reed’s life has been marked by instability. During her childhood, she moved between nine different foster homes, often enduring abuse. Violence followed her into her adult life, as she met and fled partners who mistreated her. The turning point came several years ago for Reed, who lives in Spokane, Washington, when she […]",
      "authors": "Emily Tate Sullivan and Amanda Geduld",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T18:35:33.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17252"
    },
    {
      "id": 17253,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/which-families-are-using-esas-heres-what-we-know-about-texas-first-school-vouchers",
      "title": "Which Families Are Using ESAs? What We Know About Texas’ First School Vouchers",
      "summary": "More than 85,000 families are participating in Texas’ private school voucher program during its first year, a number that could increase as state officials finalize enrollment data, according to a new state report. White families make up the largest share of participants so far, as do those considered low-income, the comptroller’s office noted in the […]",
      "authors": "Jaden Edison and Sneha Dey",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17253"
    },
    {
      "id": 17254,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/teachers-have-some-big-wins-in-this-years-california-budget-here-are-their-victories",
      "title": "Teachers Have Some Big Wins in This Year’s California Budget. Here Are Their Victories",
      "summary": "California teachers had some big wins in this year’s state budget, including about $700 million for stipends and training, and $218 million to support paid pregnancy leave. The funding for teacher recruitment and retention builds on the more than $1 billion California has spent since 2018 to end a persistent school staffing shortage that has […]",
      "authors": "Diana Lambert",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17254"
    },
    {
      "id": 17255,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/accountability-works-outcomes-based-contracting-makes-it-work-better",
      "title": "Opinion: Accountability Works. Outcomes-Based Contracting Makes It Work Better",
      "summary": "As John Adams observed, “facts are stubborn things.” The facts, as education policy writer Chad Aldeman recently observed, are that No Child Left Behind coincided with some of the fastest achievement gains on record for Black, Hispanic and low-income students, and when that accountability framework loosened after 2015, scores fell — fastest for the students […]",
      "authors": "Chris Cerf",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,children-education,transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17255"
    },
    {
      "id": 16870,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/moore-offers-late-admission-credit-for-students-impacted-by-howard-university",
      "title": "Maryland Gov. Offers Late Admission, $800 Credit to Disenrolled Howard Students",
      "summary": "Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Thursday the state would provide an $800 credit and expedited admission processing for any of the hundreds of incoming Howard University freshmen who were abruptly told last week that they no longer had a place at the school. The governor said in a statement that he directed the Maryland […]",
      "authors": "William J. Ford",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T18:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16870"
    },
    {
      "id": 16871,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/the-schools-turning-to-ai-to-rate-students-beyond-a-f-grades",
      "title": "The Schools Turning to AI to Rate Students Beyond A-F Grades",
      "summary": "Artificial Intelligence will soon help teachers rate students’ academic and “soft” skills at schools using nontraditional report cards that skip A-F grading after an AI company purchased the non-profit Mastery Transcript Consortium last month. The New York-based company Legend.org is developing AI tools to give teachers and students immediate feedback on papers, exams, recorded presentations […]",
      "authors": "Patrick O’Donnell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16871"
    },
    {
      "id": 16872,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/2-k-offers-are-out-2000-nyc-toddlers-get-spots-5700-apply",
      "title": "2-K Offers Are Out: 2,000 NYC Toddlers Get Spots, 5,700 Apply",
      "summary": "Roughly 2,000 families received offers for a spot in the inaugural year of 2-K, New York City’s new free childcare program for 2-year-olds, officials announced Tuesday. Around 5,700 families applied for the initial 2,000 seats, which were restricted to priority neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. “Today represents a monumental step on the […]",
      "authors": "Michael Elsen-Rooney",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16872"
    },
    {
      "id": 16873,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/as-the-education-department-is-dismantled-who-protects-the-right-to-learn",
      "title": "Opinion: As the Education Department Is Dismantled, Who Protects the Right to Learn?",
      "summary": "A first grader reads an entire page on her own after months of specialized instruction. A middle school student with autism delivers his first classroom presentation. These moments are not medical breakthroughs, they are educational ones. Unfortunately, our history — and too often our present — shows that many students still do not experience classrooms […]",
      "authors": "Catherine Lhamon and Michelle Young",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16873"
    },
    {
      "id": 16874,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/measles-cases-hit-35-year-record-high-just-as-kids-head-back-to-school",
      "title": "Measles Cases Hit 35-Year Record High Just As Kids Head Back to School",
      "summary": "As millions of kids across the country prepare to head back to school — and many have already returned — the national count of measles cases continues to climb, reaching its highest number in 35 years. Utah and South Carolina, which both allow for various exemptions to school-based vaccine mandates, carry most of the disease burden, accounting […]",
      "authors": "Amanda Geduld",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16874"
    },
    {
      "id": 16478,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/oklahoma-jewish-charter-case-heads-to-court-as-debate-spreads-to-other-states",
      "title": "Oklahoma Jewish Charter Case Heads to Court as Debate Spreads to Other States",
      "summary": "The founders of a proposed Jewish charter school in Oklahoma will appear in federal court Wednesday to argue that the school should be able to open even though the state charter board turned down its application. The National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, Inc, led by former Democratic Congressman Peter Deutsch, sued the Statewide […]",
      "authors": "Linda Jacobson",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T19:49:37.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16478"
    },
    {
      "id": 16479,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/how-a-years-long-rise-in-teacher-turnover-reshaped-american-classrooms",
      "title": "How a Years-Long Rise in Teacher Turnover Reshaped American Classrooms",
      "summary": "There was no single reason why Ryan Higgins decided to leave teaching. It was a job he loved: invigorating, unpredictable, a chance to make the world a bit better. But several years into his career, Higgins, who taught high school social studies in the Fort Worth, Texas area, was increasingly frustrated. For one, his salary […]",
      "authors": "Matt Barnum",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T16:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16479"
    },
    {
      "id": 16480,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/these-new-exams-will-test-california-4-year-olds-english-fluency-with-playful-games",
      "title": "These New Exams Will Test California 4-Year-Olds’ English Fluency With Playful Games",
      "summary": "California schools now have two screening instruments that use playful games and stories to test 4-year-olds’ language skills without making them cry. The California Department of Education this spring approved two language screeners for use in transitional kindergarten to replace the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC), which lawmakers barred schools from administering to […]",
      "authors": "Zaidee Stavely",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T14:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16480"
    },
    {
      "id": 16481,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/note-to-democrats-supporting-unions-isnt-the-same-as-supporting-education",
      "title": "Opinion: Note to Democrats: Supporting Unions Isn’t the Same as Supporting Education",
      "summary": "For years, Democratic politicians have treated support for teachers unions as a proxy for supporting public education itself. The logic is simple and politically convenient: Stand with unions, stand with teachers; stand with teachers, stand with students. It’s a clean story. It’s also wrong. The interests of teachers unions and students are not always aligned. […]",
      "authors": "Jorge Elorza",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T12:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16481"
    },
    {
      "id": 16482,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/lausd-could-face-layoffs-furloughs-closures-amid-projected-231m-shortfall",
      "title": "LAUSD Could Face Layoffs, Furloughs, Closures Amid Projected $231M Shortfall",
      "summary": "Los Angeles Unified School District leaders say they are confident they can persuade county officials that the district can avoid a projected cash shortfall and remain under local control, and are preparing for budget cuts, possible furloughs and school consolidation. A July 2 letter from the Los Angeles County Office of Education found that LAUSD met the […]",
      "authors": "Mallika Seshadri",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T11:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16482"
    },
    {
      "id": 16483,
      "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/outdoor-ed-programs-canceled-for-tens-of-thousands-of-students-after-federal-cuts",
      "title": "Outdoor Ed Programs Canceled for Tens of Thousands of Students After Federal Cuts",
      "summary": "Nazma Begum spoke very little English and had never been on a hike in the woods when she moved to Detroit from Bangladesh at the age of 13. But when she saw an announcement at her high school for a camping trip in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, she was intrigued. “I couldn’t help but wonder why […]",
      "authors": "Kate Rix",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "The 74 (education AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16483"
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}