Trump Education Department targets school district diversity efforts for civil rights investigations
Practices such as essays that allow students to discuss their ethnic background and admissions policies that de-emphasize test scores could represent illegal discrimination, an Education Department letter said.
The Detroit school district has seen a small reduction in chronic absenteeism for high school students since introducing a perfect attendance incentive.
Reading passages cannot take the place of reading books.
Trump Education Department targets school district diversity efforts for civil rights investigations
Practices such as essays that allow students to discuss their ethnic background and admissions policies that de-emphasize test scores could represent illegal discrimination, an Education Department letter said.
The board had received lots of communications asking them to affirm their support and clarify their guidance to schools.
Lawmakers have until Feb. 20 to pass bills through their chambers of origin.
Some families and educators in New York City are preparing students for what to do if they run into federal immigration agents outside of school.
Around 170 Colorado child care centers are owned or backed by private equity firms.
La demanda se presentó una semana después de que redadas en edificios de apartamentos en Denver y Aurora causaran temor entre estudiantes y familias.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice said Thursday his department believes in the value of teaching “all of history,” including lessons around racism.
Makeba Averitte, an art teacher at Liberty Grove Schools, connects art in the classroom to life outside the classroom — from building family relationships to providing clothes and haircuts to students.
New Jersey has allocated nearly $2 billion for school construction projects across school districts but those funds have already been committed to emergency projects, leaving no funds for new projects, state leaders said.
Health and education officials say a change in how the federal government funds health grants would have devastating impacts on Colorado’s health care system and economy.
The superintendent said the result was ‘not a surprise,’ while the teachers union president said it was decided on ‘a technicality in contract language.’
The housing will be income-restricted and all K-12 educators in the region will be eligible to apply.
A state panel, whose members are appointed by Gov. Bill Lee, would have more authority over charter growth.
Linda McMahon promises at confirmation hearing that Education Department overhaul won’t hurt funding
Democratic senators wanted details about Trump’s intentions toward K-12 schools. McMahon deflected many questions — including whether schools might risk their federal funding by teaching standalone African American history courses.
The district’s commitment to limit immigration officers’ access to schools ‘cannot be squared with state law,’ Attorney General Todd Rokita writes.
Questions emerge about which company will manage the program, and how the state will verify students’ legal residency.
District officials didn’t say how students with access to the books would be able to find them.
The lawsuit was filed a week after raids on apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora caused fear among students and families.
Amid confusion over shifting ICE guidance, NYC schools offers first direct communication to families
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew blasted Mayor Eric Adams over the confusion, calling the shifting guidance “a selfish political ploy.”
More than 3,000 students in the Detroit school district have been identified as homeless. The actual number is likely much higher.
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More than 3,000 students in the Detroit school district have been identified as homeless. The actual number is likely much higher.
Sin cambios significativos en las evaluaciones de lectura, matemáticas y ciencias, el distrito no alcanzó los objetivos fijados en su plan de mejora.
Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice amid growing conflict with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Trump’s education secretary pick likely earns hundreds of thousands from the bonds, which are popular among wealthy individuals.
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Student achievement in Union City and Hillside, among other districts, has defied national trends reaching pre-pandemic levels in reading and math.
Leaders of the Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy face both federal and state cases in which they’re accused of defrauding the state of millions of dollars.
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Only Congress can officially shut down the agency. Yet cuts to research, low staff morale, and Linda McMahon could all play a role in the president’s push to reduce its footprint.
Youth in the system are calling on the Michigan Department of Education to require schools to immediately release their transcripts.
One canceled contract tasked researchers with finding ways to help students struggling in math due to pandemic learning disruptions.
Senate Bill 518 would force Indianapolis Public Schools to close 20 schools and lay off hundreds of employees, Superintendent Aleesia Johnson tells lawmakers.
Education budget and protections for immigrant students will be on the legislative agenda, as the Trump administration’s policy changes create new uncertainty.
Observers raised fears that Adams may face additional pressure to crack down on immigrants and reverberate across the nation’s largest school system.
Several of the city’s borough presidents are trying to expand the representation of young people on community boards. The move comes as New York is expanding civics education.
A survey of more than 16,000 parents, students, and school staff found most people preferred starting school before Labor Day.
‘The pandemic has not only driven test scores down, but that decline masks a pernicious inequality that has grown,’ one author of the new report said.
Dozens of Colorado parents, library leaders, and others spoke in support of the bill.
Minimum teacher pay would see a bump under Lee’s proposed budget.
A University of Colorado Boulder researcher said the study results show Zearn Math helped students, but other factors also likely contributed to math gains.
Two Aurora teachers talk about how their students experienced last week’s immigration raids.