Emerging data suggests school districts such as Chicago are making headway. But experts say this is only the start of an undertaking that will likely take years.
A boost in early childhood education, more funding for K-12 schools, and a major investment in accessing higher education are in the final version of the 2024 budget that the House passed early Saturday morning. It now heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk to be signed.
Superintendent Alex Marrero previously suggested schools should decide on SROs. Now he wants the school board to set policy.
Illinois legislature approved a measure giving themselves more time to draw Chicago’s school board districts. Once signed by the governor, the deadline will move from July 1, 2023 to April 1, 2024 — seven months before the first elections on November 5, 2024.
Also known as the “festival of lights,” Diwali is observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists as a celebration of light over darkness and good over evil.
Board members approved millions in spending on technology, summer programming, and curriculum. They also denied a charter school application.
Decrying infighting on the Denver board, Ballenger said he wants ‘to make school board meetings boring again.’
Many Michigan schools are trying different methods to recruit and retain teachers, including increasing compensation and providing development opportunities.
Many schools opted out of a controversial social-emotional assessment. Now NYC is ditching the tool.
Teachers and parents raised concerns about the DESSA, a social-emotional learning tool that schools began using last year.
In March, the Newark Board of Education filed an appeal over the state’s decision to approve North Star Academy’s charter school expansion, one of the largest charter school networks in the city with six elementary, six middle, and two high schools.
Teach for America Detroit has been expanding its model to include retention and development for several years.
La familia está planeando una demanda por homicidio culposo contra las Escuelas Públicas de Denver.
Superintendent Tony Watlington wants new incentives for educators to work at schools that are difficult to staff, a $70 million overhaul to curriculum materials, and more.
The Illinois governor announced Wednesday that there is a 2024 budget deal with lawmakers. Here’s what it could mean for education.
The district will pay some students to attend an orientation program for freshmen and launch a hotline for families exploring options in June.
With just a month until the school year ends, families are scrambling to find alternate summer programs for their children.
Early state results show some progress for the class, but about three-quarters of students fell short of expectations on the state reading assessment.
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State policy that cuts off aid has been in effect for at least a decade, even though there’s little evidence it works.
Illinois legislators pass bill that requires school districts to have a full-day kindergarten bill by 2027 as spring legislative session starts to wind down.
Although asbestos is only considered a health hazard when it starts to flake, several school closures linked to the material this year have caused serious concern among Philadelphia parents and others.
5280 Freedom School’s founder said the inability to open will hurt Black students who are not served well in district schools.
THE CITY and Chalkbeat hosted a session at Brooklyn’s Central Library about how to get appropriate mental health support for kids in NYC public schools.
Families say publicly funded, privately run charter schools in New York are allowed to punish and discriminate against students by calling in emergency services.
Very few Chicago students are graduating from high school with associate degrees. The district wants to change that.
As security surveillance technology evolves in schools, experts say oversight and community discussions of its implementation should grow too.
The decision to start the new school year with steady budgets, however, doesn’t mean schools are completely immune from cuts.
Superintendent Tony Watlington has been promising to release a five-year strategic plan since he took office. Almost one year and a $450,000 consulting contract later, that plan is set to go to a vote May 25, but the public knows next to nothing about it.
But up to 60% of third graders could be at risk of being held back as a stricter reading law kicks in.
The first day of school is typically the Thursday after Labor Day, but families want confirmation. Other districts finalized their calendars by March.
Officials struggle to reassure the public that planned staff reductions will help stabilize the district’s finances.
The new law — a priority for GOP lawmakers at the start of the 2023 legislative session — creates Career Scholarship Accounts to pay for internships and apprenticeships with local employers for students in grades 10-12.
The new FAFSA college aid application is expected to be rolled out this year. It might penalize families with small businesses and farms
Suspensions are also up 6% compared with the same period in 2019, just before the pandemic hit.
For future school years, education department officials are bracing for some big expenses to comply with the law.
The definition was the most pressing question lingering as thousands of students head to summer school
Next school year, the Harrison school district will have 42 Filipino teachers on staff.
The family is planning a wrongful death lawsuit against Denver Public Schools.
Illinois legislators passed a bill on Friday that will require the State Board of Education to create a literacy plan for public schools to ensure that schools are teaching evidence-based reading.
Mike Johnston y Kelly Brough son los candidatos a alcalde de Denver. Vota antes de las elecciones el 6 de junio.
Part of a New York Academy of Sciences program, seventh graders get excited when their trail cameras catch critters in a nearby park.
When Mrs. D first told me she wanted to meet with my daughter, I was filled with wrongheaded ideas about what a school social worker does.
Testing do-overs, appeals, summer learning camps come next for struggling readers who want to avoid retention
Hope Academyis celebrating its 17th graduating class since opening in 2006 as the state’s first recovery high school.
Districts for the soon-to-be-elected Chicago Board of Education must be drawn by July 1, but lawmakers could finalize a map in the coming days. Those who spoke at the latest public hearing rejected the current proposal, saying it is rushed and does not represent public school families, which are mostly Latino.