City School Test Scores Inch Up, but Less Than Half of Students Pass
Gaps between black and Hispanic students and their white and Asian-American peers remain fixed, raising questions about school segregation.
Nazi acts by OC students loom over an increasingly diverse county
In March, social media blew up with photos of a group of partying students from Newport Beach and Costa Mesa giving the Sieg Heil salute to a bunch of red plastic cups arranged into a swastika. School officials immediately condemned…
Newark seeks emergency state aid, saying it can’t afford school repairs or charter school payments
A funding shortfall forced the Newark school district to cut teaching positions and postpone school repairs — including fire alarm installations and asbestos removal, according to a district letter asking the state for emergency aid.
Ousted KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg files suit against charter network
Mike Feinberg filed a lawsuit Thursday against KIPP, the charter school network he co-founded and whose board fired him in 2018 following allegations of sexual abuse and harrasment.
Ed commissioner concerned about teacher absences, school buildings
Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, who is planning to invoke a state law to take over the capital city’s school system later this fall, said she first wants to find out why such a high number of Providence teachers are chronically absent.
One Educator Has The Secret For Helping Struggling Readers Succeed
A social entrepreneur, drawing on his background as an immigrant, believes he has found an untapped resource to help more struggling students succeed in reading. The secret? Families.
Principals Are Mostly White, But Higher Percentages of Charter School Leaders Are People of Color
Charter schools continue to employ more racially-diverse school leaders—though still a small percentage—than traditional public schools, according to new federal education data released today.
Ohio attorney general backs release of gunman school records
The Ohio Attorney General is siding with media organizations suing for the school records of the gunman who killed nine people earlier this month. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools has denied media requests for access to the high school files of gunman…
A newly built high school was designed with hiding places and curved hallways to make things harder for mass shooters
Students of Fruitport High School in western Michigan will be returning on September 3 to a drastically different high school. The building is going under $48 million worth of renovations and new construction. Among the new additions? Curved hallways and…
Today’s assignment for classroom design: flexibility
Desks lined up in precise rows with teacher firmly planted at the front: That was the standard classroom format for much of the last century. But with many educators saying kids can do better in a more relaxed and flexible…
A Gates-funded program meant to keep low-income students pushed them out instead
The failure of a college advising program shows why education reform is so hard — and how we can get it right.
To get a high school equivalency diploma, NYC forces students to give up special education services
The city’s education department is forcing thousands of students with disabilities to give up certain special education services as a condition of signing up for its high school equivalency program, a practice that is drawing renewed scrutiny from state officials.
Chicago’s School Of Horrors: Guards ‘Groomed’ Girls, Sexually Assaulted Them, Says Suit
A federal lawsuit was filed toward two security guards who allegedly had sex with female students at a public high school in suburban Chicago, Tuesday. The suit added that the school failed to protect the girls from sexual predators. The…
Louisiana Says ‘Oui’ to French, Amid Explosion in Dual-Language Schools
On the first morning of school on the Cajun prairie last week, Alice Renard marched her third graders outdoors and under the sheltering arms of a live oak, speaking to them in a language that used to be beaten out…
As R.I. takes control of Providence schools, teacher absenteeism seen as a concern
Of all the damning findings that researchers at Johns Hopkins University included in their review of the Providence School Department this spring, there is one issue that state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green has repeatedly vowed to address: attendance.
