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IN THE UNITED STATES, FEWER THAN HALF OUR STUDENTS CAN READ OR DO MATH AT GRADE-LEVEL, YET THE EDUCATION DEBATE IS DOMINATED BY MISINFORMATION. 0 0 661526 THREE YEARS REMOVED FROM THE FIRST CLASSROOM CLOSURES CAUSED BY COVID, 2023 PROVED TO BE A PIVOTAL YEAR IN SHIFTING STUDENT ENROLLMENT PATTERNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE RAPID EXPANSION OF INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS, AS FAMILIES SOUGHT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION OPTIONS. THE 74 WAS COMMITTED TO COVERING THIS SEA CHANGE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, FROM SHIFTING FAMILY PREFERENCES TO THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW WAVE OF EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS AND EMERGING STATE POLICIES THAT GAVE FAMILIES GREATER AUTONOMY IN PURSUING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. 661526 62112 IN THE SHADOW OF COVID AND ITS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE K-12 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, 2023 SAW CONTINUED DISRUPTIONS TO THE NATION'S COLLEGE PIPELINE AND A CORRESPONDING REASSESSMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. HOW SHOULD TODAY'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES BE PREPARED FOR BOTH COLLEGE AND CAREER TODAY? AND HOW SHOULD THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE BE RECONCEIVED, TO BETTER PREPARE THE TEENS OF 2023 FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE? THE 74 DEDICATED SIGNIFICANT BANDWIDTH TO EXPLORING THESE QUESTIONS, BY LAUNCHING A NATIONWIDE "INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS ROAD TRIP" THAT CAST A SPOTLIGHT ON THE MOST UNIQUE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION. FROM WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS TO BETTER SUPPORT FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADS TRANSITIONING TO BOTH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMS, OUR JOURNALISTS COVERED THE CAMPUSES ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF A HIGH SCHOOL REVOLUTION. 330763 THE 74 INVESTED CONSIDERABLE JOURNALISTIC EFFORT IN 2023 INTO REPORTING ON CYBERATTACKS TARGETING MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY OF WHICH RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DATA BREACHES AND THE LEAKING OF CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT DATA. 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