A nationally-known attorney that focuses on Title IX and sexual assault cases is asking the U.S. Department of Education to open a new investigation into Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS).
The New Mexico Public Education Department is asking state lawmakers for a $6.7 million budget increase, citing the need to address an ongoing lawsuit that centers on accusations that the state is failing to meet constitutional obligations to provide essential educational opportunities…
An Indiana lawmaker is raising concerns that Indianapolis Public Schools’ proposal to share tax referendum funds with charter schools violates state law.
A University of Minnesota statement shows that students in District 196 earned a combined 5,432 college credits from the institution last year.
Nearly all of South Burlington's 24 school bus drivers voted on Nov. 15 to unionize, amidst what they describe as the "hardest working conditions in years."
With large numbers of teachers resigning from schools, Diane Tavenner and Michael Horn dive into what exactly is happening right now in schools, explore how it’s different from past teacher shortages, and ask bigger questions about who is a teacher…
Indiana’s largest teachers union is calling on state lawmakers to address educator burnout and ongoing teacher shortages during the next legislative session that begins in January.
Florida’s State Board of Education remained steadfast on Tuesday in its effort to defend the state’s school mask rules from federal interference, a stance that comes just as all districts have come into compliance with state rules after months of…
School vaccine mandates go back 200 years. They've defeated many legal challenges. Will they work for COVID?
Earlier this year, Congress decided to try a remarkably straightforward approach to reduce child poverty: give their families more money. As part of the Biden-backed American Rescue Plan, Congress expanded the child tax credit, which provides cash benefits to most households…
New legislation in Congress to prioritize parents’ rights to know what books their children are reading in school and the identity of guest presenters in classrooms underscores how such culturally divisive issues could stay in the political spotlight as conservative…
Schools can use federal COVID-19 relief money on bonuses to retain school bus drivers, reimbursements for costs parents incur in sending their kids to and from school, and other strategies to alleviate transportation problems they may be facing, the U.S. Department of…
Colorado officials have ordered 15% of the state’s school districts to replace low-quality elementary reading programs, a major step toward enforcing a 2019 law that requires schools to use reading curriculum backed by science in kindergarten through third grade. The state…
After 18 months of untraditional learning, students are showing up at school lacking fine motor, academic and social skills
Brianna Crusoe no longer frets about how she’ll provide for herself and her two young children after moving from a low-paying casino job into a union electrical apprenticeship with a strong salary and benefits. Ms. Crusoe, from D’Iberville, Mississippi, is…
A month after the U.S. Department of Education announced it would overhaul the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, thousands have begun to see their student loan balances disappear.
