SHARON LURYE

Data reporter

Lurye is the data reporter for The Associated Press’ Education Reporting Network. She is based in New Orleans.

70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated

Seventy years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the impact of the decision is still up for debate.

First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol

A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of Louisiana’s Capitol to protest a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislative proposals.

How many students are still missing from American schools? Here’s what the data says

Since the pandemic first upended American education, an estimated 50,000 students are still missing from any kind of U.S. school.

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools

Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. They’re unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools.

The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?

As American schools work to turn around math scores that plunged during the pandemic, some researchers are pushing for more attention to a set of research-based practices for teaching math.

Supreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness

For borrowers around the country, the Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan has brought bitterness and frustration.

AP analysis: Most beauty school programs would be in jeopardy under US proposal

Nearly two-thirds of for-profit cosmetology certificate programs would face a federal crackdown under new federal rules proposed by the Biden administration.

‘Mississippi miracle': Kids’ reading scores have soared in Deep South states

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms.

For poor schools, building repairs zap COVID relief money

The federal government has allocated $190 billion in pandemic relief to help schools. That’s more than four times the amount the U.S.

The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school

Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for.

Black history class revised by College Board amid criticism

The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies released Wednesday downplays some components that had drawn criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov.

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids

The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to a district-by-district analysis of test scores shared exclusively with The Associated Press.

Teacher shortages are real, but not for the reason you heard

Everywhere, it seems, the return to school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage. The U.S. education secretary has called for investment to keep teachers from quitting.

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

COVID-19 infections are again on the rise and filling families with dread as a new school year approaches.