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While nationwide efforts to reduce post-pandemic chronic absenteeism are beginning to stall, states participating in targeted reduction challenges are seeing significant progress through real-time data tracking, strong policies, and community partnerships.
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AB181 would allow California to improve special education and help students thrive, @TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Caroline Deck writes. "Our students need ongoing monitoring so that changes like inclusion actually work for them rather than set them back."
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Many state standards say that students shouldn’t only memorize dates, places, and names, but also learn how to analyze the past and draw conclusions. There are ways teachers can help students use AI, without letting AI take over all the thinking.
https://t.co/OeSCTdpPcN

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The Parent-Educator Storytelling Initiative is a partnership between @TeachPlusMI and Autism Alliance of Michigan.

In this joint op-ed, @TeachPlusMI's Ben Locke writes about how parents and educators were able to partner to better understand systems.
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.@TeachPlusCO Policy Manager Karen Amidon on how CO can improve literacy rates: “What helps is having teachers who have [literacy] coaches who can come in and help them understand the specific reading deficiencies those kids might have and offer support.”
https://t.co/mALfvqxk4N

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On @TeachPlusIL alumna @DrRMahmood's Equity Teacher Leader Podcast, IL alumna Jena Kleindl talks about how student media helps build empathy and career skills: “Getting to hear and tell each other’s stories builds our capacity for empathy.”
https://t.co/7Ja1O6LS1Z

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A growing set of organizations is working to turn a tax credit designed to cover private school tuition into a benefit for public school students. The extent of their success could determine how many children are ultimately helped by the tax credit.
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Looking for the latest news on educator practice, policy, advocacy and impact?

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California has the opportunity to improve special education through AB181, @TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Caroline Deck writes.

"Our students need ongoing monitoring so that sweeping changes like inclusion actually work for them rather than set them back."
https://t.co/B47oWIpNVH

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WATCH: @TeachPlusIL alumna Jena Kleindl on IL alumna @DrRMahmood's Equity Teacher Leader Podcast: “Focusing on communication skills builds empathy in students. Getting to hear and tell each other’s stories builds our capacity for empathy.”
https://t.co/7Ja1O6Lkcr

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.@TeachPlusPA alumna Kimberly Tesluk on the importance of the science of reading: “We really want to make sure [literacy curriculum] is evidence based and that it’s going to be effective with our students.”
https://t.co/40vo9s0o0O

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Pennsylvania has recently streamlined its reading curriculum list to help standardize students' experiences across the state.

“It’s really important that there’s consistency across the state,” @TeachPlusPA Policy Fellowship alumna Kimberly Tesluk said.
https://t.co/FgQPzImrSM

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.@TeachPlusCO Policy Manager Karen Amidon explains how Colorado can improve literacy: “What helps is having teachers have [literacy] coaches who can come in and help them understand the specific reading deficiencies those kids might have & offer support.”
https://t.co/mALfvqxk4N

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Adjusting the emergent bilingual reclassification criteria would allow more students to thrive academically, @teachplusTX alumna Angelina Jackson writes.

"Texas must count passing scores on grade-level state tests directly as proof of English fluency."
https://t.co/jjsOP6RUJo

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In this week's Newsblast: Celebrating Teach Plus's two Eddie Awards, the annual awards from the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network. Both awards recognize Teach Plus’s literacy work.

Read more here: https://t.co/j77DN10oAu

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It’s not just the U.S.: Teacher shortages are on the rise internationally and are driving schools to hire less-qualified educators.

Globally, nearly 40% of 15-year-olds attended schools where principals said a shortage of teachers hamstrings instruction.
https://t.co/xHDkcIh7cg

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National Teacher of the Year and @TeachPlusPA alum Leon Smith wants to repair the teacher pipeline by helping students to see teaching as a possible future career.

“Being a teacher is a way they can create change in their community and be active."
https://t.co/vvb6wmLEkb

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NCTQ is honored to share the 2026 @PIEnetwork Eddie Award for Best Collaboration with our partners in the coalition behind the READ Act!

The READ Act would modernize the largest federal literacy grant so that federal dollars support what's working to improve reading outcomes in states: high-quality instructional materials, literacy coaching, teacher prep reform, universal screening, and parent notification. The bill advanced out of the Senate HELP committee and has been introduced in the House.

Support for strong reading instruction reaches across party lines. Organized by the @NationalParents Union, this coalition brought together more than 120 organizations with different perspectives around a shared commitment to every child's literacy. We're grateful to have contributed to this work.

Congratulations to our partners: @All4Ed, @BPC_Bipartisan, @amprog, @StudentSuccess, @EdTrust, @Ed4Excellence, @mass_potential, @ncldorg, @NationalParents, @teachplus, and @LearnerEquity.

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.@teachplusMA Policy Fellow Jillian Geraghty saw the biggest changes when her school invested in the implementation of the science of reading.

Now, she knows MA must make a similar investment with the Right to Read law.
https://t.co/s8lcTWCy3f

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Both in the United States and globally, more young people successfully moved on to either higher education or a career after secondary school in 2025 than a decade before, according to the latest “Education at a Glance” compendium.
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