A 2019 study found predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more annually than predominantly nonwhite districts, despite serving the same number of students. The funding gap affects access to AP courses, certified teachers and facilities.

Students with disabilities were 2-6 times less likely to access college prep programs in 2021-22. Non-disabled students enrolled in AP classes at 6 times the rate of disabled students and were twice as likely to take dual enrollment courses.

With half of U.S. children covered by Medicaid or CHIP, schools have become key providers of healthcare. New federal budget cuts threaten this critical support, potentially leaving families with fewer options and more barriers.

"Sometimes there's a myth that people experiencing economic hardship aren't working hard or making bad decisions. That is not at all what our data demonstrate," says researcher Abbie Raikes.

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With half of U.S. children covered by Medicaid or CHIP, schools have become key providers of healthcare. New federal budget cuts threaten this critical support, potentially leaving families with fewer options and more barriers.

Schools rely heavily on Medicaid funding, the fourth-largest federal funding source, for vital student health services. Now, with a $1 trillion cut in federal Medicaid spending, district leaders fear serious impacts on students and budgets.

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One in 7 public school students has an identified disability, but new federal data shows they face twice the rate of arrests and suspensions as non-disabled peers, plus far less access to college prep courses.

As the feds cut 69,000 jobs since January, Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are recruiting unemployed civil servants to become teachers. The pitch: go from processing Social Security to teaching kids.

Brooklyn educator Melinda Medina returned to her old elementary school to find it had transformed to 65% white students with a school rating that jumped to 8/10. "Predominantly white neighborhoods often correlate with higher school ratings," she writes.

Children from economically strained families can be "six months or nine months or even a year" behind developmentally by school age, according to new University of Nebraska research tracking real-time impacts. 🔗:

Brooklyn's "banned book" cards provide access to the library's entire 500,000-item digital collection. Young users collectively borrow 100,000+ unique titles yearly, many completely uncontroversial.

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Seattle, LA County, Boston, and San Diego libraries now offer their own "Books Unbanned" programs. Each varies by funding—some offer full digital collections, others curated lists of challenged titles.

Teens report seeing "obvious shrinking of collections" in their local libraries. Some avoid checking out available books to protect teachers and librarians from potential retaliation over controversial titles.