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For much of America’s K-12 education system, “local control” is a bedrock principle, with core funds coming from local property tax collections and residents...
Leaders
Just as peak field trip season was set to get underway in the spring of 2020, the pandemic hit. Schools, and the cultural institutions...
Policy
Four Republican-led states on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s final regulation on Title IX, focusing on the new rule’s...
Leaders
Voters in the Grandview school district in Missouri passed a $50 million bond in early April—the largest in district history. The borrowing package is...
Teaching
Today’s post is the latest in a series offering strategies to support older students experiencing reading challenges. You can see Part One here, Part...
Teaching
As the nation’s English-learner population grows each year, more researchers and policymakers are discussing how to best support these students linguistically and academically. Much...
Teaching
Nearly a decade ago, I left what I thought would be a lifelong career as an educator after just a few years in the...
Academies
The government is ‘re-assessing the best ways’ to attract career-changers into teaching, the schools minister has said, after the DfE axed funding for Now...
Academies
Schools should appoint “security leads” and devise emergency response plans, new anti-terrorism guidance states. The recommendations have been included in documents published by government...
Academies
Staff at an East Sussex academy are preparing to ballot for strike action over a trust’s “absolutely excessive” pooling of academy cash. National Education...
Leaders
Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey, analysts at the Fordham Institute in Washington, recently penned a report asking: “Does ‘equitable’ grading benefit students?” They surveyed...
Teaching
The jump from theoretical discussions about democracy in high school to the reality of absentee ballots, closed primaries, and registration deadlines can feel abrupt,...
Leaders
Teacher shortages and their rippling effects on the profession have been a continuous topic in the news for several years. But just how bad...
Teaching
Educators and researchers alike generally welcomed the news that the U.S. Department of Education’s office of English language acquisition, or OELA, would oversee control...
Leaders
“The enslaved all wanted the same thing—to escape slavery!” I vividly remember my 5th grade teacher telling us this when she taught the underground...
Policy
Idaho Gov. Brad Little made a big announcement on Jan. 8 during his annual State of the State address: He’s proposing a $2 billion...
Teaching
When people think about Black history in schools, they might think of the new Advanced Placement African American Studies course that Florida’s education department...
Leaders
To the Editor: We appreciate the article highlighting teacher housing as an educator recruitment and retention strategy (“More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers....
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Although it has never been easy to be a teenager, the current generation of young Americans feels particularly apprehensive, new polling shows — anxious...
Leaders
When Texas students return from summer break for the 2025-26 school year, their classrooms will have to be equipped with technology that allows teachers...
News
Virginia is on track to ban legacy preferences at its public universities, which give a boost to children of alumni who apply for admission....
Policy
In the week since the U.S. Department of Education finalized a rule on the rights of transgender students under Title IX, education leaders in...
Policy
High rates of superintendent vacancies have caught the eye of concerned lawmakers in at least one state. Wisconsin legislators passed a bill to expand...
Policy
The politics of education today look very different from those of the Bush-Obama years, when Democrats for Education Reform got its start. The bipartisan...
Leaders
Schools are earning mixed reviews from high school students on two key indicators of how well they encourage a sense of belonging. That’s according...
Leaders
Tennessee may soon join about two-thirds of states in allowing teachers to carry guns in public schools with administrator approval and some training. A...
Leaders
Having the right teachers in classrooms is, of course, incredibly important for students’ success. But there are other—often underappreciated—staff members who make sure the...
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Gail Collins: Bret, I have a feeling we’re going to be spending a good amount of time talking about the adventures of Donald Trump....
Academies
Small academy trusts have been warned against asking for government-backed reviews after one chair said the results were used against them to force a...
News
Nearly seven months after the Israel-Hamas war began, the demonstrations convulsing college campuses nationwide are exposing fresh tensions within the Democratic Party over how...