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Getting ready for back to school season? As schools reopen for the academic year, we hope these stories, resources, and essays help students, teachers, and parents have a smoother transition.
New data shows the state’s chronic absenteeism rate was still significantly higher last year compared to 2018-19.
Here’s how our school librarian fostered our love of reading and new ideas.
Policy changes and budget cuts could deprive immigrant students of the safe, engaging learning environments they deserve.
These practices can feel like luxuries, but they are necessities.
Students of color deserve teachers who look like them. But the responsibility to educate Black students shouldn’t fall disproportionately on Black educators.
New data shows the state’s chronic absenteeism rate was still significantly higher last year compared to 2018-19.
Elevated rates of absenteeism have bedeviled school districts across the country in the wake of the pandemic.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights wrote to the district that it has found its Black Student Success Plan and a policy on gender identity are discriminatory.
Debates about what teachers can say — and what they should say — have intensified as GOP officials seek consequences for some who’ve commented about Kirk’s death on social media.
"Esta detención injusta ha frustrado y paralizado mi educación y mis esfuerzos momentáneamente", dijo Dylan. "Pero no me hará renunciar a esforzarme por alcanzar mis metas educativas".
How many students are enrolled in Tennessee’s new voucher program? The state won’t say.
After seeing the toll burnout was taking on her colleagues, this Manhattan teacher traveled to Spain and Italy to learn new ways to help them recharge and find joy.
A new 21-member, partly-elected school board has navigated most of its core functions: picking a leader, approving contracts, and balancing a budget. Interviews with more than a dozen elected and appointed members provide a window into how this experiment in Chicago democracy is going so far.
“I don’t think we should be spending taxpayer resources to bring that into our district,” said a District 49 school board member.
As Michigan’s state superintendent, Glenn Maleyko will oversee the Michigan Department of Education and report to the elected State Board of Education.
Experts point to factors like surges in private and homeschool options and general population decreases. The losses come with big implications for Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ budget and impending school closures.
Two years ago, the Students for Fair Admissions decision ended affirmative action as the nation knew it. The Trump administration has repeatedly cited the ruling as it seeks to end a wide range of efforts to support students of color and diversify schools.
A new report from NYC’s Education Department shows that 90 out of about 400 high schools offer journalism classes.
Sherry Jackson uses her love of zoology to teach students skills that will help them no matter what career path they choose.
The move comes two months after the school’s contract was renewed by the Chicago Board of Education and two years after it unveiled plans for a $22 million renovation.
Charter school leaders are planning to rally on Thursday, less than two months before the mayoral election. Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner, has criticized the sector.