First grade teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis knew she had to act fast the moment she heard gunfire outside her classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School In Newtown, Connecticut, in December of 2012. In a matter of seconds, she closed the door, turned off…
Opposition to the Common Core, a set of reading and math standards for elementary, middle and high school students that were originally adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia, has gathered momentum among state lawmakers in recent weeks.
The California Senate voted Thursday to expand publicly funded preschool programs to tens of thousands of 4-year-olds from low-income families, despite Republican lawmakers' concerns that the change would strain the state budget.
In 2009, Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., wasskewered by lawmakers on Capitol Hill for denying the severity of concussions and failing to do more to help retired players with brain injuries. Five years later, the issue moved to the…
Frazier School District business manager Kevin Mildren compared the state's formula for special-education funding to taking a size 10 shoe and trying to force it on every foot in Pennsylvania. Charter schools, privately operated but publicly funded, were set up…
A school district in a small Oregon town is making condoms available to students as young as the sixth grade, the district's superintendent says. Superintendent Rick Hensel said Tuesday that nine girls in the Gervais School District became pregnant this school year.…
Pushed to the brink of financial ruin, the Normandy School District in Missouri will officially breathe its last breath on June 30. The district's finances buckled this year under the weight of a state law that requires school districts that fail to…
Wantagh High School students have to carry their books and belongings in clear plastic bags and are locked out of their lockers for the rest of the school year following a rash of threats, school officials said.
School report cards published by state education agencies are a staple for parents deciding which schools their children should attend, but many states are still struggling to collect and report key accountability information and make it easy to understand for…
Every 3- and 4-year-old in Vermont will have access to at least 10 hours a week of publicly funded, pre-kindergarten education under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Peter Shumlin. “The children who aren’t ready to learn when…
Anxiety about and opposition to the Common Core State Standards continues to highlight many debates about education policy. Now, several states are reassessing, through legislation, their involvement with the standards and associated assessments. Governors have also issued executive orders regarding…
As City Council members stepped up their push for free school lunch for all kids at a budget hearing Wednesday, the schools chancellor said she can’t move on the plan because of fears it will cost schools federal funds. The…
Without a penny spent on advertising, Duolingo, a United States-based language-learning application, has become the largest online educational app on iPhone's iOS system and Google Play, gaining 30 million users in the two years since it was launched. The startup, with…
A University of Delaware study has found that electric-capable school buses could save school districts millions of dollars, and limit children's exposure to diesel fumes.
Since the opening of the Hardesty Center for Fab Lab Tulsa in September of 2011, we’ve seen tremendous growth in our K-12 STEM education programs that serve a variety of stakeholders, including schools, afterschool programs, youth organizations and families.
It's hard to imagine a starker good news/bad news scenario than the one spelled out in a new national study on bullying. First, the good: The number of students in 6th through 10th grades who reported being bullied at least…
