During a classroom visit at the Perkins School for the Blind here in Watertown, Carla Curran shares 3D models of microscopic phytoplankton, 5,000 times their original size, with a lively group of teenagers. She has engaged more than 100 Perkins…
About 25 years ago, a public school in the Baltimore suburbs invited Deborah Roffman to teach a class on puberty to fifth graders. Roffman, who was known as the “Sex Lady” at the private Park School of Baltimore, where she…
Puneet Chowdhary lives in Michigan and researches Parkinson’s disease. She’s worked in the U.S. legally since 2001. She got married here, and her two children are U.S. citizens. And she’s one of an estimated 800,000 immigrants waiting in the decades-long…
Local journalism and education are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. What happens when one crumbles?
Just days after beginning an initiative drive to increase casino taxes, Las Vegas-area teachers filed a petition to increase Nevada sales taxes and raise more than $1 billion per year for schools. The political action group Fund Our Schools, backed…
Lawmakers will push plans to legalize marijuana, underwrite tuition-free college, respond to concerns about mass shootings and improve a beleaguered public education system during a 30-day legislative session that begins Tuesday. Political battle lines are forming on issues ranging from…
Four states currently ban the practice of secluding students at school. Illinois lawmakers want Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to make it 50. “This shouldn’t be controversial,” said U.S. Rep. Sean Casten.
When State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond took office in 2019, he announced that recruiting more male teachers from diverse backgrounds would be one of his top priorities. That is a principal focus of two new offices he has…
District officials are considering a range of $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion for the next bond package, expected to be sent to voters in November.
Some aviation experts said Wednesday that they were puzzled after the crew of a commercial airliner decided to dump fuel at low altitude during an emergency landing, causing a vapor to fall on schoolyards and neighborhoods east of Los Angeles…
Police assigned to Chicago schools will have access to some student data, but they will not be allowed to intervene in school discipline, according to a long-awaited agreement outlining school policing. Details are publicly available for the first time in…
New nationwide polling indicates that the public considers education to be a top issue in the 2020 presidential race—but maybe don't lunge for any conclusions. The Gallup polling results released Monday find that education was one of five issues rated…
As he seeks to shore up support among evangelical Christians who were key to his election in 2016, President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce new federal guidance he has said will "safeguard" students' ability to pray in school. The…
South Carolina senators started their debate on a massive public education overhaul bill Wednesday with a lengthy explanation of what all is in the bill. Senate Education Committee Chairman Greg Hembree promised to take as much time as needed to…
Some Tennessee parents were accused of misspending thousands of dollars in school voucher funds while using state-issued debit cards over the past school year, a review by The Associated Press has found, and state officials say they do not know…
