First-person education stories

Tennessee lawmakers voted this week to approve the proposal, but it threatens to disrupt an existing contract between the university and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

Senate and House still at odds over how to revise a 2021 reading and retention law

The plan to transfer ownership of the School 110 building dovetails with the district’s expected renewal of its Innovation Network agreements with KIPP Indy.

The vote comes one year after a mass school shooting in Nashville that prompted calls for gun restrictions

Detroit students have more options for summer classes this year

“This decision making was clearly rushed,” one lawmaker said. “It's not best practice, but this is where we are.”

Former Board President Joyce Wilkerson’s nomination by Mayor Cherelle Parker was deferred, and city officials expressed displeasure about the district’s charter school policy.

The Bookmobile seeks to increase children’s access to physical books and promote the pleasures of reading.

More than 40,000 employees work on the Denver airport campus.

The joint initiative between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union provides up to $500,000 per school for wraparound services.

By far, this marks the city’s largest commitment to date to replace the dwindling pandemic aid.

Hundreds of metro Detroit educators learned earlier this month they’ll receive scholarships to visit the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta.

The video of one student hitting another is connected to a lawsuit alleging ongoing abuse was ignored by School 87, according to attorneys involved in the suit. IPS says it takes student safety seriously and reacted to the situation swiftly.

Title IX rules announced Friday reverse Trump era changes, make clear denying gender identity harms students

Gov. Josh Shapiro says the testing change will mean less time spent preparing for the tests and more time for actual learning.

Almost 75% of the city’s high schools do not have student publications, according to a 2022 study.

Jon Wilcox, the principal at Petoskey Middle School, grows Christmas trees on his property and raises honey bees in his spare time.

A new report finds that at least half of new state preschool spending was backed by federal pandemic relief. More kids are enrolling, but can states keep it up?

Chicago Public Schools is using local and state definitions to track the enrollment of migrant students, making it harder to understand the needs of new students

The process of getting the 2023 gift from Mackenzie Scott was exciting and mysterious, leaders at Early Milestones Colorado said.

Black and Hispanic students have historically had far less access to sports. The situation has led one school’s dean to file a federal civil rights complaint.

Studies show students who complete federal financial aid applications are far more likely to attend college.

Proposed legislation would also block the current school board from changing admissions policies at selective enrollment schools.

Amid a literacy crisis in Michigan, these educators want nearly every public school in the state to have a library and a certified librarian.

One is participating in an intensive apprenticeship program at Bloomberg and the other dashed off 23 college applications.

The CEO of The Learning Source, which provides adult education at locations across the state, said thousands of Colorado adults will lose out.

Century-old Humes was operated as a charter under the state’s unraveling Achievement School District.

Schools are supposed to give parents of students in temporary housing free MetroCards each month. But problems with distributing them are leading to absences and fare evasion tickets.

The teachers union shared more details about demands it will make as it negotiates a new contract with Chicago Public Schools.

The sponsor of the bill says it would create a culture of expectation that formal education must begin early.

Parents, teachers, and others have long criticized the practice of reassigning teachers after the school year has begun. But it’s unclear if ‘leveling’ is gone for good or merely paused.