As NYC students figure out college plans, many are scrutinizing how administrators respond to campus activism.
Maintenance projects for existing Memphis schools will take priority, Feagins says.
A trip to the Arctic inspired Brooklyn Prospect High School’s Caitlyn Homol to create a unit exploring “the relationship between motivation, action, and climate attitudes.”
The district and school board have already held several meetings and votes on their $4.5 billion budget.
A collaboration backed by the Yale Child Study Center has expanded a longstanding model that relies on clinicians and lawyers to provide what amounts to a legal prescription for issues like stress and anxiety.
The board picked Gionni Thompson, a longtime administrator who’s worked in other Colorado schools.
The City Council will not vote to confirm Joyce Wilkerson’s appointment to the school board. But Mayor Cherelle Parker plans to put her on the board anyway.
“We want to be a place that has a lab site that’s like, ‘We’ve figured this out. We have a cadre of schools that, in my most aspirational dream, have eliminated the achievement gap,’” one principal said.
“It's a fundamentally wrong and unfair practice,” one student said, calling it “affirmative action for the wealthy.”
The rollout of California's teletherapy apps has been slow and social workers worry some youths who need clinical care won’t get referrals.
About 8% of New York City students opted out of the state’s reading test last year, roughly double the pre-pandemic rate.
The new school board, nominated by Mayor Cherelle Parker, will be seated on May 1 and have its first action meeting May 30.
After hearing from parents, the board passed a resolution to create a special task force to review each school’s health and culture.
The Colorado Education Association says it’s concerned about whether there’s enough sustainable funding for the new formula, but indicated that it’s open to further talks.
Lawmakers send bill to the governor, who signaled that he'll sign it
Feagins expects the board to approve the new plan in September, following the Aug. 1 election.
Black and Native American families, low-income families, and parents or children with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by such laws.
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City Council gave their final approval to Mayor Cherelle Parker’s eight school board picks on Thursday, but Joyce Wilkerson’s nomination is still deferred.
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.
As Tennessee 4th graders await test scores, lawmakers debate policies that could hold back thousands
Senate and House still at odds over how to revise a 2021 reading and retention law
The smaller budget is largely the result of expiring federal relief dollars, and Adams’ proposal saves a slew of programs that were on the chopping block.
McCormick vowed to fight portrayals of public education as a boogeyman, as Indiana Republicans lean into support for school choice.
The student-led group, Chi Youth 4 Justice, organized a series of forums this spring at high schools across the city.
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Supporters of the statute say it will help students by making sure they learn about a variety of viewpoints. Critics argue it will intimidate professors and make prospective teachers less prepared to run classrooms well.
The lawsuit alleges that a teacher at George Washington Carver Montessori School 87 encouraged students to attack a 7-year-old fellow student with a disability.
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
Leaders say hiring community school coordinators, like Aurora has at each of its zone schools, is key to making the model work.
Chicago will offer the grants to students with disabilities who attend either public or private schools.
A Manhattan parent board’s nonbinding resolution to revisit school guidelines on transgender girls' participation in sports raised alarms among trans students and their allies.
In redrawing the maps, the board also considered the racial makeup of the proposed districts.
Lee plans to push for policy again next 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.