The 74

Animated AI-generated videos have flooded YouTube. They’re worse than you think. “We’re at the beginning of a monster problem, and we have to get hold of it quickly.” —Kathy Hirsh-Pasek buff.ly/Hgs7WLk

Exclusive: A new study examines three schools that meet the needs of all students with unique daily practices and organizational structures the74million.org/article/shapin…

Dylan, now 21, was a student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy, a Bronx school geared toward older, newly arrived immigrant students. Via @chalkbeat buff.ly/oxR0VxL

The district, which has cooperated with the investigation, is working to improve transportation services, a spokesman said buff.ly/eVwYYsa

Nearly three-fourths of homeschoolers would use public funds for education if they could, new Rand data shows buff.ly/at0CiQ7

Hartney: Teachers are pressing districts to commit to more expensive labor contracts even as funding remains tied to the number of students buff.ly/GCgQtYp

Windsor Park Elementary in Corpus Christi motivates young readers with a Millionaires Club that has kids clamoring to get in buff.ly/JdARRcz

Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students. Via @MSTODAYnews buff.ly/nWYecOc

Mote and Deane: Chronic absenteeism has reached historic levels. Transparent, school-level data can help parents and communities turn the tide buff.ly/ENbuV0Y

Starting now: Join us for a webinar with @AERA_EdResearch exploring how artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how student learning can be measured the74million.org/article/ai-in-…

“It’s really hard to find a place [in New York] … that's not experiencing either racial segregation or some sense of class segregation,” said Kris DeFilippis, a former assistant superintendent in the New York City Department of Education buff.ly/NYULztA

TODAY: Join The 74 & @AERA_EdResearch at 1 p.m. ET, as @gtoppo and panelists including @Stanford's Victor Lee, @ASU's Danielle McNamara and @ETSInsights's Diego Zapata-Rivera explore AI in student assessments. There's still time to RSVP: lnkd.in/e9BVwgUP

At least 5,000 school employees received preliminary layoff notices as school districts try to close large budget deficits. Via @EdSource buff.ly/GmO3fXv

AI ‘slop’ is flooding children’s media. Parents should be very alarmed buff.ly/msGL5Ul

Economist @FlowTap1 on the growing disparity between America’s high- and low- scoring students: “By definition, there will always be a gap. But we don't want it to be wide, and we don't want it to be getting wider.” buff.ly/frl1iN3

The legislation would prevent states from allowing what one member called ‘discredited approaches.’ @lrj417 reports the74million.org/article/bipart…

ICYMI yesterday: @lizcohen12 follows the data in @The74 to determine the biggest barriers to making tutoring universal. Worth a read!

NWEA data shows that while kindergarten achievement is steady, first and second graders' math and reading skills remain below pre-pandemic levels buff.ly/ZpBrDfs

States are spending more on education, but low-income schools come up short buff.ly/ZEkGJGX

Manno: The disconnect between public confidence and student opinion reflects concerns about costs, as well as students’ actual experience on campus buff.ly/bFxBeIq