First-person education stories

Juntos, an immigrant rights organization, found schools lack the proper resources, training, and support to help newcomer students acclimate and succeed.

The legislation was inspired by the “heartbreaking” stories of Michigan foster youth.

The Detroit school district last week approved extending the superintendent’s term to 2028.

The program, called Handle With Care, involves referrals by police to schools when law enforcement encounters children at traumatic events like domestic violence or sudden deaths.

Carolyne Quintana, a deputy chancellor who oversees the department’s signature literacy initiative, is leaving at the end of the school year.

This year, fifth and eighth grade students will shift to computer-based state exams. Some educators worry the move will affect performance.

The guidance is new this spring and comes in response to the influx of newcomer students.

An estimated 78,000 teachers, firefighters and nurses are among the group of borrowers who will see their debts canceled under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Their place in the city’s education landscape has taken on new importance as the share of English learners has also increased.

Students in Washington, D.C. were less likely to miss school on days they had a scheduled tutoring session. Researchers think the relationship kids build with tutors has a lot to do with that.

Every school will have certain guaranteed staff, including an assistant principal, a counselor, and core classroom teachers, under a new funding formula officials plan to use starting next school year.

University of Northern Colorado school officials said the work to better represent the state’s population and get more Hispanic students to graduation isn’t done.

Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said the district needs names to go with the allegations in order to investigate them.

On Wednesday, groups that support students considered to be at-risk asked legislators to continue to increase funding for programs that benefit children with high needs.

The data comes as state education officials are engaged in a multi-year effort to rethink high school graduation requirements.

Mayor Eric Adams is cutting nearly $7 million from NYC’s after-school program, scrapping about 3,500 seats at a time when interest in programs is on the rise.

The charter school’s building needs to be rezoned to open and going to the Indianapolis City-County Council is the next step.

Screening students, for example, has taken up a lot more time for some teachers.

Children First’s proposal could mean nearly $100 million in additional aid for the city’s public schools.

Northeast High School Principal Omar Crowder said the school has provided additional mental health services and police patrols near the school have increased after a shooting wounded eight students March 6.

Sherry Gay-Dagnogo cast the lone dissenting vote on Superintendent Nikolai Vitti’s contract extension, citing the timing of the vote.

The decision written by Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett focuses on whether government officials use accounts to act in their official capacity.

As grant funding ends, the programs are seeking support to pay tutors and help more high school kids with ‘getting their creativity out.‘

The proposal would widen criteria for determining which students could be held back — and give parents a say.

Two years after first introduced, lawmakers began considering bills aimed at preventing violence in Michigan schools.

Dual language programs are meant to teach students in English and another language.

Maha Hasen has made it her mission to bring computer science to Fordham High School for the Arts and reach more girls.

Federal law that protects the educational rights of homeless children and youth under 21 says young adults should be enrolled in school immediately, but the city is not meeting this requirement, advocates say.

La ley federal protege los derechos a la educación de los niños y jóvenes menores de 21 años sin hogar y establece que los jóvenes adultos deben ser matriculados inmediatamente en la escuela, pero la ciudad no está cumpliendo este requisito, dicen los defensores.

The report’s recommendations include ones that require cooperation from the city and other organizations.

The change follows updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s accelerated plan to offer free preschool to all 4-year-olds in Michigan requires more teachers. Nonprofits plan to help bring more educators to the profession.