Once again, a justice system declined to bring charges against police officers in the killing of a Black American. Once again, demonstrators took to the streets to protest. Once again, a sense of hopelessness hung over communities. And once again,…
New York City Public Schools reopened part-time this week, but preparing to get more than 1 million children back to school, whether in-person or virtually, hasn't gone smoothly. Last minute schedule changes have left parents, teachers and students frustrated and…
The Maine Department of Education has downgraded another county’s schools from green to yellow because of an outbreak of the coronavirus. Oxford County joined York County with yellow rankings on Friday. The rest of Maine’s counties have a “green” ranking…
Expect schools to play a big role in mass inoculations once a vaccine is ready, while school staff may be high on the priority list of recipients.
Dr. Mario Ramirez answers questions about which safety measures are essential for schools to use when they reopen, and which are not.
After a suicide bomber struck a Kabul academy that prepares students for university entrance exams, one promising student briefly dropped out. That was in 2018. Shamsia Alizada, the daughter of a coal miner, returned to school after how long and…
Allison Gorsuch, the mother of a Chicago kindergartner, made an impassioned appeal in front of the city’s school board this week: Spell out soon how the district will decide whether to bring students back to school buildings and when. The…
To get better readers, elementary schools should spend more time on social studies. That’s one recommendation from a new study that looked at whether more time spent on various elementary school subjects was linked to improved reading ability. Social studies,…
From shiny red pencils reading "My Attendance Rocks!" to countless plaques and ribbons and trophies and certificates and gold stars: For as long as anyone can remember, taking attendance — and rewarding kids for simply showing up — is a…
Enrollment at U.S. community colleges has dropped nearly 8% this fall, newly released figures show, part of an overall decline in undergraduate enrollment as students face a global pandemic and the worst economic recession in decades. Often, enrollment in higher…
The failure to reach a deal on emergency coronavirus aid with the school year already underway leaves the education community frustrated and worried as challenges multiply.
Several western Nebraska schools are scrambling to deal with outbreaks of new coronavirus cases. About 70 students and staff at Gering High School were under quarantine this week after an outbreak, the Scottsbluff Star-Herald reported. That came after at least…
It's been six months since Dez-Ann Romain, a New York City principal, died of COVID-19, the first known K-12 educator to succumb to the virus that's now killed more than 200,000 Americans. This poem, by senior contributing writer Catherine Gewertz,…
School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like?
Traditional door-to-door trick or treating should be avoided this Halloween, under new national guidelines. But even with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest advice, Americans are still rallying to safely bring the spooky season to life. People are…
The Wall Street Journal reports that the online learning program Acellus Learning Accelerator, which had been purchased by schools across the country, is sparking complaints from teachers and parents in Hawaii and elsewhere. Parents by the thousands signed a petition and complained…
