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In March, Jennifer Gaffney, the superintendent of the Sackets Harbor Central school district in upstate New York, found herself advocating for the release of a district family, including young students, from immigration detention.

Students from low-income families and English learners are automatically awarded $500 for college or career training through a California program. Foster youth and homeless students get another $500 on top of that. But students, or their parents or guardians, have to claim the money. And many families are unaware of this program. How do you find out if you have money waiting for you? What is California doing to try to get more students to claim their accounts?

Educator Becca Katz writes "As AI dominates the education zeitgeist, I think it’s time to highlight an effective teaching tool as tried and true as a Ticonderoga No. 2 pencil: high-quality IRL relationships with students. I learned this first — and best — from my high school Spanish teacher, who, as the matriarch of the Spanish department, went simply by 'Señora.'"

As deportations have ramped up, some immigrant students across New York have been too afraid to attend class in person. In response, some school districts have turned to virtual learning, a move the state's Education Department is sanctioning, officials revealed last week.

Jackie Stephens' daughters Mercy and Hope both attended free child care and preschool through Head Start, and she says they’ve thrived. Jackie has gotten help herself through the program, with breastfeeding, nutritional advice and parenting. But now Jackie's worried about the possible elimination of all funding – $12.3 billion – for Head Start.

Seven former National Ambassadors for Young People’s Literature have announced their opposition to the Trump administration’s removal of the Librarian of Congress. Librarian Carla Hayden was fired from the role without justification on May 8.

From interdisciplinary projects to wilderness expeditions, The Greene School is an innovative model for nurturing academic success and student agency.

Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor at UC Berkeley who has spent two decades studying awe, describes three ways you might know you are experiencing awe: tears, chills, and “whoa.”

Canceled grants and research projects and the potential for further disruption are creating uncertainty for the special education field.

Middle school teachers can collaborate to develop an engaging project that gives students the opportunity to tap into their creativity.