Marlon Anderson told the student to stop referring to him by a racial epithet, which officials at a Wisconsin high school said violated a zero-tolerance policy on offensive language.
Technology has the potential to decentralize K-12 education and make it more learner-directed, upending a top-down system in favor of individual autonomy and self-determination. But the technology can’t do this alone. It requires a learning environment that fosters creativity and…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on the Chicago Teachers Union to end its strike even before negotiations result in an agreement. In a Monday letter to CTU President Jesse Sharkey, the mayor and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson…
As California schools implement the state’s new science standards, parents at one high school are objecting to a teaching approach they say is short-changing students. At Northwood High School in the Irvine Unified School District, students are required to take…
The arms of a dark blue robot unfurled and lifted up a disk with Velcro edges. Carefully, it maneuvered to a tall tower with circular holes cut into it. The driver carefully manipulated the machine to place the disk over…
A northwestern New Mexico school district near the Navajo Nation is looking to contracted teachers from the Philippines amid a teacher shortage.
Interim State Education Commissioner Beth Berlin, who was named acting schools chief in July after MaryEllen Elia announced she was stepping down, is leaving the post Nov. 15, officials announced Friday. Berlin, who took over as acting commissioner Sept. 1,…
The New Mexico Public Education Department announced Friday it has adopted the nonprofit College Board’s SAT as the state’s new official high school assessment. The moves comes as part of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s effort to replace unpopular standardized exams…
When Miguel Villarreal addresses a crowded education conference, a group of school district administrators or a room full of curious parents, he often holds aloft a foil-wrapped package of Pop-Tarts — the heavily processed, high-sugar snack routinely sold on school campuses.
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (Md.) was one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington as the chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee that is overseeing numerous investigations into the Trump presidency. But his political career began long before…
The U.S. Justice Department found that the Woodburn School District discriminated against an applicant who was the most qualified for a teaching job but was denied the position because of his citizenship status.
The Woonsocket Education Department is taking steps to curb chronic absenteeism in its young students. If parents do not comply, they could be called in front of a judge.
Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled again Friday as the Chicago Teachers Union's strike enters its second day.
Suicide rates for teens between the ages of 15 and 19 increased by 76 percent between 2007 and 2017. And the suicide rate for 10- to 14-year-olds nearly tripled over that same time period, according to CDC's data.
Every morning, students from each of New York City’s five boroughs pull on red plaid uniforms and head to an unusual school in East Harlem.
