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In rural Texas, charter schools fill the void when traditional public schools need relief as enrollment surges. But the current funding structure pits the two systems against each other. More at @texastribune.org: www.texastribune.org/2026/10/08/t...

School districts across Minnesota are consolidating. This isn't a new problem. But when a community loses its school, residents can feel like they are losing part of themselves, too. Story by @inn.org member, KAXE 👉 www.kaxe.org/local-news/2...

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In Jefferson County, Miss., 1 in 3 children is food insecure. Schools are meeting these needs by providing children with regular meals and families with childcare and transportation. More from @mississippitoday.org 👇 mississippitoday.org/2026/09/15/j...

Data on grade retentions shows that, since 2012, boys were held back more than girls, and Black boys were held back at nearly three times the rate of white boys — a gap that did not narrow even as retentions across the country have declined. ✍️ @hechingerreport.org hechingerreport.org/who-gets-hel...

Rural schools provide students with not just education but also hot meals, clothing, and social services. But, in Ohio, at least 120 of such schools closed over the past decade. Know more about schools in Butler County, OH, via @inn.org member Oxford Free Press 👇 www.oxfreepress.com/butler-count...

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More than a decade of data shows that boys are likelier than girls to repeat a grade, and Black boys are held back at nearly 3x the rate of white boys. Retention rates are falling, but this gap between Black and white boys stayed consistent. @hechingerreport.org hechingerreport.org/who-gets-hel...

In D.C., ICE agents made about 1,300 street arrests in the first six months of the National Guard deployment, compared with only 165 in the six months beforehand.
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In upstate New York, more people were detained and deported in 2025 than in the previous year. Data also showed that while people were spending less time in detention, they were being moved around to different facilities more frequently.
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North Carolina has one of the highest ninth-grade retention rates in the country. Schools and parents are struggling with how best to ensure students are ready to move on to the next grade. 👉 @theassemblync.bsky.social www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

🧵: I've been looking at grade retention in NC in collaboration with @biglocalnews.bsky.social & @hechingerreport.org. The most recent available federal data, from 2021-22, show NC ninth graders retained at one of the highest rates in the country. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...