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For many Spanish-speaking families, getting technology for remote learning has been tough, so a Nevada parent launched her own initiative to help

When Ajuah Helton was a college student, her financial aid package came up a few thousand dollars short. What happened next threw her off course. Her mom took out a high-interest federal loan that she ultimately couldn’t repay. The next…

Even though many Indiana districts have reopened campuses, some school superintendents want the freedom to offer fewer instruction days — so that they can better prepare teachers and adapt to the unpredictable constraints imposed by the COVID-19 virus. They promise…

A group of historians wants a national site dedicated to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared school segregation illegal to incorporate locations in South Carolina that helped pave the way for the case. Historians and family members of…

An Arkansas school superintendent died Tuesday from the illness caused by the coronavirus, officials said. The Atkins School District announced that Superintendent Jody Jenkins died due to complications from COVID-19. Jenkins announced on Sept. 13 that he had tested positive…

Young people deserve a say in how to keep their communities safe, writes high school student M’munga Songolo.

Chalkbeat reported Philadelphia schools head William Hite said in a Thursday press briefing that teachers this semester “mark remote students present or absent at every class period, similar to when school buildings were open. A student who attends first period,…

The Washington Post reported Loudoun County Public Schools on Friday apologized “for the school system’s long history of segregation and acknowledged its persisting legacy of racism in the classroom.” A letter and video addressed to Loudoun County’s Black community read, “The additional…

The Washington Post reports that Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran “has ordered Miami-Dade County Public Schools to fully open its buildings five days a week by Oct. 5.” That’s “more than two weeks earlier than the system, the fourth largest in…

The New York Times reported that “as the weather cools and winter looms, many school leaders in snow-prone states are preparing teachers, parents and students to say goodbye to snow days.” This month, New York City, “the nation’s largest school system, canceled…

Education Week reported that “high school football is roaring back amid the pandemic, with several states, including Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont, reversing course in just the past two weeks on decisions to postpone the sport until spring.” Across the nation,…

Chalkbeat reported that Newark’s on-time graduation rate “reached 81% in 2020 – the highest it’s been in decades, district officials said.” The milestone came “after the state eased graduation rules in response to the pandemic, helping push Newark’s rate up 5…

Chalkbeat Colorado reported that for two years, no one has “gotten a clear answer about the primary curriculums Jeffco’s 90 elementary and K-8 schools use to teach children how to read.” District leaders “told Chalkbeat that each school has the…

The Wall Street Journal reports that some teachers are discovering new career options in the pandemic as demand grows for so-called micro-schools and other alternative education schemes flourish in the new normal. Companies that help teachers find those unconventional positions are…

The Wall Street Journal reports NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ignored a warning of a looming teacher shortage by an advisory council of experienced education and social services leaders he assembled earlier this year. David Banks, an appointee and president of…

Chalkbeat New York reported the New York City Department of Education reversed its policy and “educators will now be allowed to work remotely if they are teaching students who are learning from home, according to a new agreement reached Friday…