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Career and technical education is viewed as a gateway to good jobs. But a new Hechinger/AP analysis finds a deep racial divide in who benefits.

Guiding students through an election cycle is a big task in normal times. Social studies, history, government, civics teachers — we know you’re busy helping students understand the mechanics of the Electoral College, find ways to feel civically involved, and…

When the pandemic disrupted school in the spring, Brandie Gogel did everything she could to keep her students with disabilities on track. She used YouTube to broadcast music therapy sessions. She made paper packets for students who couldn’t connect to…

Two months ago, Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, was something of a school reopening skeptic. In places with relatively high COVID rates, like Florida and Texas, K-12 school buildings should stay shuttered to protect…

Back in May, school funding experts predicted a looming financial disaster for the nation's K-12 schools. "I think we're about to see a school funding crisis unlike anything we have ever seen in modern history," warned Rebecca Sibilia, the founder…

The new guidance has implications for the "COVID shuffle" used in some schools to avoid putting students in contact with one another continuously for 15 minutes.

By Election Day, more than 60% of U.S. K-12 public school students will be attending schools that offer in-person learning at least a few days a week, an updated tracker finds. More and more districts are opening up school buildings…

There's no reset button on COVID-19 exposure. That's the concern underlying new changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's definitions and guidance on social distancing during the pandemic, which will likely mean changes in some schools' approach to…

CNN reports that since launching a new testing program on Oct. 9, where 10% to 20% of student and staff populations at each school will be randomly tested once a month, the city reported only 28 cases out of 16,348 random…

Education Week reports scholars and school finance lawyers believe the pandemic and its economic fallout could “add fuel to the legal battle for more K-12 aid and the overhaul of state funding formulas.” David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law…

Education Week reports that Dallas-based Sara Urquidez “is one of the many college counselors nationwide who is already ‘very nervous’ about where her seniors will end up next fall.” While the pandemic “has thrown stones onto students’ pathway into college, the…

The New York Times reports the San Diego Unified School District announced it is “overhauling its grading system in an attempt to address what its board of trustees said were ‘discriminatory practices’ that have worsened during the pandemic.” The district will…

Chalkbeat New York reports that “more than a month into the new school year, New York City has yet to release attendance figures, making it hard to know whether students are learning – or how they’re faring mentally or physically during…

The Washington Post reports DC Public Schools confirmed a plan Tuesday to have middle and high school employees staff elementary school classrooms when those buildings reopen next month. Non-teaching staff members, including assistant principals and counselors, would be moved “away from their…

Education Week’s “District Dossier” blog reports a new working paper examines how the ethnic makeup of school boards “affects spending decisions and potentially student achievement.” In a review of spending by California school boards, Brett Fischer, a doctoral candidate in…

Bloomberg reports the country’s failure to prepare its public schools for a new year amid the pandemic “has left teachers, students, and parents facing impossible choices.” As a result, teachers across the US have “spent weeks campaigning against reopenings.” Under…