3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (826+ words) The federal school choice program that’s launching next year could become one of the nation’s largest sources of K-12 funding, even if just a slice of taxpayers eligible for the federal tax credits the program provides decide to use them....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1029+ words) On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Sari Beth Rosenberg was gearing up for her first day of student-teaching in New York City when the news broke that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. Rosenberg never made it into a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (739+ words) The U.S. Department of Education has published the latest dataset designed to highlight racial, ethnic, and disability-based disparities in schools, more than eight months after the agency initially said it would release the data. The data collection is the most comprehensive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (528+ words) New federal guidance threatens to upend decades of progress in high school transition planning, which helps students with disabilities prepare for college, the workforce, and living independently, advocates and researchers say. In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead v. L.C. that states…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1454+ words) Julie Highsmith remembers how hard it used to be to find stories her kindergarteners could use for reading practice. The phonics program she uses at her school in Florida’s Palm Beach County district only provides two decodable texts per lesson…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (714+ words) Socioeconomically disadvantaged high school students are more likely to fail their dual-enrollment, college-level courses regardless of their level of prior academic achievement, with such failures leading to substantial reductions in college enrollment, a new study suggests. However, students who attempt…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (304+ words) The nation’s education data agency needs major changes to meet rapidly changing information needs, but years of staff and budget cuts have left the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics too unstable to adapt on its own....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (702+ words) Parents are pushing back against the amount of time students spend on screens in schools amid broader concerns over the effects of excessive technology on children’s well-being, creativity, critical thinking, and social skills. While some educators acknowledge that a tech…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1218+ words) District leaders face a formidable task: aiming for high student achievement while battling persistent issues like teacher shortages and funding shortfalls. As schools reopen for the new school year, district leaders are particularly concerned about declining student enrollment numbers. Fewer…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (818+ words) The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday instructed schools not to take race into account in student discipline policies and said that considering data showing a racially disparate impact of such policies violates federal law. The letter says Title VI of…...