Federal policy and reform
The vice president has championed more funding for high-poverty schools, Head Start, and school desegregation efforts. Those positions will likely face political headwinds if she wins.
The program is a rare example of a pandemic-era program that Congress has made permanent. But delays in many states have left families scrambling.
School leaders say facilities spending will help with academics and engagement in the long run. But the decision also left them less pandemic money to spend on learning loss.
As ESSER money expires, new research suggests that pandemic dollars helped academic recovery, but a lot more will be needed for a full recovery.
Parents without Social Security numbers can now contribute to the FAFSA. But schools are still working to support families that have to manually enter financial information.
The president’s pitch to continue some pandemic-era programs and increase financial aid faces a hostile Congress.
Students say hands-on help has been crucial for navigating FAFSA challenges. But school counselors can’t help parents without Social Security numbers until federal officials fix a critical issue.
To truly close the digital divide, a new National Education Technology Plan calls for schools to move from passive use to active learning.
The Biden administration highlighted tutoring in Chicago and efforts to combat chronic absenteeism in Detroit as officials urged schools to do more to raise student achievement.
Another 35 states have signed on to offer Summer EBT. Among them: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Eligible families will get $120 per child to boost their grocery budgets when school isn’t in session.
Three private vendors serving Illinois also secured grants to add electric buses to their fleet.
Investments in other needs would suffer, panelists conclude
U.S. rises in world rankings for math, reading, science as other countries’ performance slips
The drop in suspensions likely reflects a combination of fewer students learning in person and a reticence among educators to remove students from the classroom.
Aging school buildings, lagging teacher pay: ‘The needs are so great,’ says head of Memphis district.
Federal education officials have received at least nine complaints involving antisemitism or Islamophobia on college or K-12 campuses since Hamas attacked Israel last month.
Critics say lower grades for public schools will advance Gov. Bill Lee’s school choice agenda.
A long-awaited Biden administration program is putting $12.5 million toward school integration efforts.
A new federal rule permits 3,000 more districts to give free meals to all students. But without additional funding from Congress, many will likely hold off.
The group will begin meeting in early November and report to the legislature by Jan. 6.