A credit card assigned to the former charter school official accrued tens of thousands of dollars in travel, high-end dining, and alcohol purchases. The official was terminated earlier this year.
The board had rejected the Early College Charter School of Philadelphia’s application in February, a move that raised eyebrows.
“I can see why kids are feeling like this, because they have so much access to media all the time,” said a Denver preschool teacher.
The school board initially planned to consider an agreement with the Department of Justice over an investigation into its asbestos management program at its Thursday meeting. But Board President Reginald Streater said the DOJ was not ready to proceed.
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said graduation and literacy rates are improving, and a high school attendance incentive program has yielded some positive results.
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Episode 8 of P.S. Weekly tackles the emotional and social fallout of the pandemic, looking at mental health issues that left many students unable to attend class.
Dylan’s arrest has sparked outrage among local elected officials. Torres is the first federal elected official to publicly intervene on his behalf.
Many of the NYC mayoral candidates voiced support for the SHSAT and said they’d expand the number of specialized schools.
A credit card assigned to the former charter school official accrued tens of thousands of dollars in travel, high-end dining, and alcohol purchases. The official was terminated earlier this year.
Weekly meetups at the Detroit Public Library remind my friends and me about the power of IRL connection.
Teenagers representing dozens of high schools made the case that pushing back on President Donald Trump’s administration is a matter of standing up for constitutional rights.
As several politicians called for the release of the Bronx student arrested by ICE, one voice was notably more muted: Mayor Eric Adams’.
Two proposed bills would create resources and incentives for districts to teach students to read using research-backed strategies, including phonics and word decoding.
Nearly half of states offer multiple diploma options or pathways to graduation. But adopting that approach carries its own set of challenges.
The bill requires the Illinois State Board of Education to create guidance around establishing and expanding dual language programs across the state.
Magaña is the executive principal of Grant Beacon and Kepner Beacon middle schools. If elected, he’d resign from that position due to conflict of interest rules.
The four June meetings will focus on how the district should engage with the new Indianapolis Local Education Alliance
As lawmakers passed big changes to taxes, the quarrels featured everything from allegations of stolen goat’s milk to anonymous texts.
The arrest, the first known ICE detention of a current New York City public school student in Trump’s second term, sent shockwaves through the student’s tight-knit Bronx high school.
Schools must start screening students in the 2027-28 school year.
Summer school in the Detroit Public Schools Community District is a key part of getting kids on track academically.
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance includes former mayor Bart Peterson, City-County Councilor Maggie Lewis, and IPS teacher Tina Ahlgren.
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The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance includes former mayor Bart Peterson, City-County Councilor Maggie Lewis, and IPS teacher Tina Ahlgren.
If the suit is successful, it would become harder for schools to suspend students for long periods of time.
I’m no longer fighting Silicon Valley’s best efforts to capture human attention. Now, I battle boredom, and that’s a winnable fight.
Plan to help struggling schools wins support on DPS board, but opposition to school closures remains
“I feel like this isn’t coming from a crime and punishment lens,” school board President Carrie Olson said.
The school board is currently considering five people for the job of interim CEO, who will replace outgoing schools chief Pedro Martinez.
The Supreme Court tied 4-4 in a case over whether an explicitly religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The tie means a lower court ruling will stand, blocking religious charters.
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an admissions policy that aimed to create a more diverse student body at an elite high school. But the Virginia attorney general said his office found evidence of anti-Asian American bias.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off earlier this year.
Money that was supposed to go to vendors for flood damage repair and services for students with disabilities was instead diverted to “malicious actors” bank accounts, according to the City Controller.
Episode 7 of P.S. Weekly explores the state of youth climate activism, ranging from apathy to action, and one Manhattan student’s push to get her high school to compost.
Students in Newark Public Schools’ middle grades are attending classes in overcrowded buildings that don’t meet state space requirements, a new report finds.
Schools such as Richards High School tried more flexible grading during the pandemic. They are reversing course after students were passing with little effort and weren’t coming to class.
State grants helped ski resorts, school districts, and museums create new child care classrooms.
Under federal law, schools are not allowed to suspend students for long stretches if the behavior in question is linked to their disability. A Chalkbeat investigation found schools have been breaking the rules for years.
The detailed list comes more than a month after New York City officials announced they are approving an additional 3,700 teachers to lower class sizes.
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow school districts to decide whether they want to use students’ test scores in teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations. This would end a requirement that schools must tie teachers’ performance to students’ success.
Research finds that shorter school weeks lead to less learning and don’t save school districts money. That hasn’t stopped their growth.
Offers for New York City’s free preschool programs went out last week. In some neighborhoods, demand outstripped supply, but in others, thousands of seats will go unfilled.
State Republicans held a hearing about the Philadelphia school district’s finances. But no district representatives were present to answer lawmakers’ questions.
As a teacher, I know ed tech will never compare to building IRL relationships with students.