International flags flutter from the ceilings of the outdoor hallways at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed. When the school year begins,…
When Austin school officials applied for a $1.5 million federal grant to embark on a school integration initiative, they were blunt. The city and school district had a long history of intentionally segregating black and Latino families and students, they…
The U.S. Department of Education provided Chalkbeat with copies of applications that were submitted for the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant program in 2017. The $12 million initiative was meant to help school districts start or continue efforts to make…
It took a little more than a decade for the University of Chicago to reinvent itself, going from a well-regarded but largely regional school to an extremely selective university with national prestige. In 2006, the Hyde Park university admitted more…
In the mornings, the B61 city bus in Brooklyn feels like a school bus, filled with students criss-crossing District 15. Sixth-grader Melina Mays climbs aboard in Red Hook, along with her neighbors and friends. Many peel off along the way,…
A small, private higher-education institution in Massachusetts long known as Lasell College recently underwent a subtle but significant transformation: It changed its name. Now the school goes by Lasell University. Its longtime president, Michael B. Alexander, described the new name…
New efforts to better align school curricula and classroom teaching with the unique needs of Native American students are among the reasons for new hope that South Dakota may be turning a corner toward improving educational achievement for the state’s…
A coalition of 23 attorneys generals is lending their support to Gavin Grimm, the former Gloucester High School student who sued his local school district after it barred him from the boys’ restroom and refused to change his transcripts to…
A change in how Miami-Dade’s public school teachers are evaluated on their students’ test scores could be coming. Miami-Dade County Public Schools administrators on Wednesday introduced a proposal to partner with United Teachers of Dade to develop an alternative student…
There are countless families across Colorado who have lost loved ones to suicide. Sheri Cole is one of them. Ten years ago, her 16-year-old son, David, died by suicide. “I didn’t know the things I know now, which I know…
Rosie Phillips says she found her nonverbal son dazed and with Taser prongs still in his body. A HuffPost investigation shows that kids are getting Tasered at school around the country. Two years ago, at the start of the school…
The recent Chicago Teachers Union strike drew up-close attention from Democratic presidential candidates in Illinois, a state won by Democrats in the last White House contest. For 2020, it's possible we could see a twist on that story: big-city teacher…
The front-runners for the presidential nomination are moving away from the charter school movement, and black and Latino families ask why their concerns are lost. The night before Democratic presidential candidates took to a debate stage here last week, black…
Proposed changes to the massive trove of civil rights data the U.S. Department of Education collects from every public school in the country—including the addition of information on religous-based bullying and elimination of other data points—has drawn organized praise from…
The Oregon Department of Education released its annual statewide report card Tuesday, giving a glimpse into Oregon's public school system for the 2018-19 school year. Officials reported an increase in statewide graduation rates, stagnant or slightly declining class sizes, a…
