In Alaska's Bering Strait School District, which serves 1,900 students in 15 schools spread throughout an area the size of Minnesota, sports teams have to travel via small planes to play their opponents. The smallest school in the district, located…
Four months after Chicago’s early learning chief stepped down, another top administrator is leaving, amid the city’s critical rollout of universal pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds. Michael Abello, the chief of early childhood education for Chicago Public Schools, is leaving this week…
Wisconsin lawmakers are seeking to increase the supply of classroom teachers by changing state pension rules. Two proposals — one from Democrats and one from Republicans — aim to address a growing shortage of instructors by allowing retired teachers to…
First lady Melania Trump on Tuesday was loudly booed at an antidrug event in Baltimore for middle- and high-school students. The booing lasted for about 30 seconds as Trump was introduced at the Baltimore Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness. As…
A new survey by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy finds Arizonans want more money spent on education.
Ohio has 984 teachers employed in what the state Department of Education calls e-schools, according to 2019 data. More than 24,000 students are enrolled in 14 schools, nine of which are dropout-and-recovery schools for struggling students. Training for online education…
How bad is Detroit’s student chronic absenteeism problem? Wayne State University researchers have identified eight conditions — such as poverty, unemployment, and even cold temperatures — that are strongly correlated to chronic absence, and the city leads all other large…
A third of Oklahoma schools’ performance is slipping, based on metrics released by the State Department of Education Monday.
No frogs were harmed in the making of a Florida high school’s science class. J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey began using synthetic frogs for educational dissections last Wednesday.
Two schools in the Indian River School District are state finalists in a nationwide contest linked to STEM – science, technology, engineering and math.
New Hope Elementary School student Nicholas Webb held the baseball-sized Sphero robot in his hands, pondering the possibilities.
Parents and family child care providers will help guide California’s revamp of early childhood education, a signature issue of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
Ariseynni Pimentel was held back three times in ninth grade. Josh Silva went to three different high schools in as many years. Alex Winangun skipped school every day after his morning classes, with few consequences.
Palm Beach County school leaders have added their voices to the chorus nationally claiming in court that the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul has not only imperiled the health of millions of teens but drained district resources to tackle epidemic-scale nicotine addiction…
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Frank Brogan stopped by Oak Ridge’s Robertsville Middle SchoolWednesday morning to hear about its programs — including a satellite that will be launched next October. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — U.S. Assistant Secretary…
