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The most important election you've never heard of is this preschool class electing the best PAW Patrol character. Incredible video by almaz apnews.com/article/presch…

Here's my latest from Aurora, CO. For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No apnews.com/article/immigr…

"Some districts warn students will miss up to a month of school, and others say they can’t yet determine a timeline for returning to classrooms." Our The Associated Press team on the educational disruptions that come after a devastating storm apnews.com/article/school…

We’ve been counting the vote and calling races The Associated Press for more than 175 years. As polls close tonight, you’ll be able to follow along with the count on our race results page. apnews.com/projects/elect…

How Oklahoma schools are working to improve Native student absenteeism. My story is available The Associated Press and ICT apnews.com/article/native…

Pleased to work with AP on this project: School outreach helps reduce chronic absenteeism among Native students ictnews.org/news/school-ou…

NEW: Absenteeism among Native American students increased the most in New Mexico during the pandemic, according to data compiled in 34 states by The Associated Press. The response has included everything from more school events to home visits from tribal leaders chalkbeat.org/2024/12/03/nat…

New webinar alert! Our Dec. 17 webinar will take a fresh look at the pandemic’s mental health and developmental ripple effects among young children and explore opportunities for telling stories sure to resonate in every community. Learn more: centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/webin…

#ICYMI The The Associated Press released the latest installment of #MissingKids. This time, we focused on #chronicabsenteeism among Indigenous students. I spent months building relationships to tell this story through San Carlos Apache families. My latest for The Associated Press (🧵) apnews.com/article/school…

With reporting from Morgan Lee and Sharon Lurye and a collaboration with ICT's Felix Clary, we were able to focus on how U.S. schools are still struggling with attendance and how some are making efforts to bring kids back to the classroom. apnews.com/article/native…

Out of 34 states in 2022-23, half had absenteeism rates for Native American and Alaska Native students that were at least 9 percentage points higher than the state average. In this one district in Arizona, the rate fell from 76% to 59% in the 2023-2024 school year. But how?

San Carlos USD operates care centers that partner with hospitals, dentists and food banks to provide services. That work is guided by cultural success coaches, employees who help identify student challenges and find solutions. We spoke with some of them⬇️ apnews.com/video/jason-jo…

Shoutout to AP photographer Ross Franklin for accompanying me to San Carlos and for Sharon Johnson for piecing together his clips to tell this amazing story through video.

Projects like these are what make the ed team so inspiring to be a part of. So much collaboration, from Alia Wong's work sharing data and connecting with newsrooms to tell their own local versions of the story, like this one from Chalkbeat's Kalyn Belsha chalkbeat.org/2024/12/03/nat…

To working with multiple editors, including Chrissie Thompson, Mike Melia and Felicia Fonseca to make sure we got it right. The Associated Press has been reporting on this for months and it all started with an idea from BiancaVázquezToness to find "Missing Kids." Worth starting here...projects.apnews.com/features/2023/…

“They wanted the skills and emotional ability to prepare for the future that they saw for themselves, and school wasn't doing that for them.” Read South Dakota News Watch's story on AP/ICT's Native absenteeism data: sdnewswatch.org/native-america…

Yesterday, we learned that Trump was opening up schools to immigration enforcement. Here's what that could mean for schools and families: apnews.com/article/trump-…

Taking on a new role @ap. I will be the director of the The Associated Press Local Investigative Reporting Program. Annoucement here: bit.ly/4i4AOUu

Calls to eliminate programs that treat students differently because of race have brought new scrutiny toward graduations. Affinity ceremonies aim to build community and recognize achievements of underrepresented students. (The Associated Press from 🙋🏾‍♀️& Carolyn Thompson) apnews.com/article/colleg…

New at Searchlight New Mexico: Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in New Mexico, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance. searchlightnm.org/new-mexico-sch…