During the COVID health emergency, Congress removed a lot of red tape in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school meals programs, and a new report suggested the program's success should be continued into the next school year. Crystal FitzSimons,…
New York City students in insecure housing situations continue to have alarmingly low school attendance rates, heightened by the pandemic. Youth advocates say city officials should direct federal relief dollars to better support these students. Last October, students living in…
Two community colleges in New Hampshire are joining the Second Chance Pell Experiment through the U.S. Department of Education to offer courses and degrees or credentials to people in prison in their areas. White Mountains Community College is one of…
The St. Joseph Youth Alliance has been awarded a YouthBuild Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, to help students earn their high school equivalencies and work toward a career. The Youth Alliance program has two pathways. In one, students…
More than 600,000 Missourians have some postsecondary experience but have not earned a college degree or credential. Some Missouri colleges and universities want to change that, through an initiative called Degrees When Due. The University of Central Missouri is one…
The news can be devastating: Communities are reeling after a mass shooting killed 21 people — including 19 children — at an elementary school in Uvalde, T.X. That's after a shooter, motivated by a racist conspiracy theory, shot and killed…
President Biden urged lawmakers to act after 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” Biden asked in an emotional speech, where he…
One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept the races at field day. Another was learning football plays from his grandfather. One girl sensed something was wrong and wanted to skip school. On Wednesday, stories began to emerge…
Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, both veteran teachers, co-taught a 4th grade class at their Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Students from across the U.S. present concrete solutions. The most important one: Listen to them.
Teachers are tasked with discussing racism and violence following the Buffalo shooting. Here are best practices for tough conversations.
The tragedies at their schools happened decades apart, but two survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Columbine High School shootings were united Tuesday in their outrage. David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Fla. high school…
The vendor didn't report the Dec. 1 ransomware attack to the district until last month, officials said.
Starting in fall 2023, the course is intended to better prepare all students for college-level math regardless of their major.
An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing 14 children, one teacher and injuring others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead. It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the…
The New York Regents exam for U.S. history and government has been canceled due to content “that has the potential to compound student trauma caused by the recent violence in Buffalo,” state education department officials announced on Tuesday. The exam,…
