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Advocates Recommend Policies To Improve Sex Ed, Reduce Teen Pregnancy In Arkansas
Arkansas needs a more robust sexual health education landscape in order to reduce the state’s high rates of teenage pregnancy and births, a coalition of advocates for children’s health and wellbeing asserted in a report published Wednesday. The report from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families includes several policy recommendations to “move Arkansas into an […]
Opinion: Want to Spur your Child’s Intellectual Development? Use Audiobooks Instead of Videos
It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll. Half of these parents say their kids watch videos every day – some even several times a day. But staring […]
Lahaina Schools to Close for Fire Anniversary
Lahaina’s four public schools will close on Aug. 8 to honor the first anniversary of the Maui wildfires, the Board of Education decided on Thursday. Students at King Kamehameha III Elementary, Princess Nahienaena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate and Lahainaluna High School will begin classes on Aug. 7 as planned. Incoming freshmen at Lahainaluna High School will […]
New State Office Will Focus on Growing Michigan’s Population
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a new state office to help implement a plan intended to reverse Michigan’s population decline after she announced earlier this week that she was disbanding the Growing Michigan Together Council. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) on Friday announced the creation of Michigan’s Growth Office, which it said would be […]
Experience Shows High-Dosage Tutoring Provides Lasting Impact for Student Success
When schools closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact was deep and long lasting. In Maryland schools, test scores fell to an all time low, particularly in math. In 2021, counties received funds to provide high-dosage (intensive) tutoring to students to close gaps caused by school closures. This funding ensured that students […]
Title IX ‘Milestone’ Goes into Effect for Students in Less than Half the Country
New protections against sexual harassment and discrimination, including for LGBTQ students, went into effect in less than half the country on Thursday as legal challenges to the Biden administration’s Title IX rewrite pile up. Nonetheless, in a webinar with district and college officials, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona called the new rule a major “milestone” and […]
The Pandemic Set Young Kids Back. Their Struggle to Recover is Especially Acute
While older children are showing encouraging signs of academic recovery, younger children are not making that same progress, and are sometimes falling even further behind, especially in math. New data released July 1 points to the pandemic’s profound and enduring effects on the nation’s youngest public school children, many of whom were not yet in […]
This Community College Shifted to Eight-Week Courses. Here’s What They Learned
On Monday, July 15, Isothermal Community College (ICC), the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), and the North Carolina Student Success Center (NC SSC) hosted a one-day workshop to share lessons learned about ICC’s transition to an eight-week course format. Representatives from 14 North Carolina community […]
Artificial Intelligence Degree Programs to be Available at Oklahoma Universities
OKLAHOMA CITY – Students at some of Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities will soon be able to pursue undergraduate degrees in artificial intelligence. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved artificial intelligence degree programs at Rose State College, Southwestern Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma on June 4. While some universities have […]
Kansas City Charter School Found Locking Up Phones Left More Time for Learning
Facetime calls. Blaring music. Video games. “You name it, it was happening” during class at DeLaSalle High School, said Breona Ward, director of college and career progressions. Students’ cellphone use got in the way of learning at the Kansas City charter school. The difference Ward saw in her English classroom was “night and day” after […]
With $8.5M Investment, New Mexico Tries Once Again to Get Tutoring Right
In April, New Mexico launched a tutoring effort with all the “high-impact” elements experts say lead to success: small groups, led by a trained tutor for 90 minutes of instruction spread throughout the week. It was the third attempt in two years. With the school year winding down, some districts never even got word the […]
Bill to Protect Kids Online Could Buoy a Far-Right Push Against Trans Youth
When the Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in support of the most significant new online safety rules for children in decades, it delivered a major victory for parents who blame the ills of social media for injuring — and in some cases killing — their kids. But civil rights activists and free speech groups warn that the […]
Florida Schools Won’t Hit Pre-pandemic Enrollment in Next Decade, Economists Say
A state forecast indicates Florida schools will experience declining enrollment in five of the next six years, with the one positive year representing less than a 0.1% increase. The student enrollment forecast from the state Office of Economic and Demographic Research predicts that 12,379 fewer students will attend traditional public schools during the 2024-2025 school […]
South Carolina Spending $2.5M For Child Care But Fewer Families Will Benefit
COLUMBIA – Fewer families in South Carolina will receive help covering the cost of child care as federal COVID-19 aid dries up and the state replaces just a quarter of that lost funding. For about three years, amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the federal government raised income limits, making more parents eligible for federal dollars […]
To Maximize the Impact of Curriculum Mandates, Follow the Science of Reading
This is part two of a three-part series spotlighting school leaders across Maryland who have recently implemented high-quality literacy curricula. (See our prior installment) Gary Willow is Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at Washington County Public Schools in Hagerstown; below, he shares how the district nurtured homegrown expertise and built community support to ensure […]
NYC Civic Org is Educating Teen Voters About Online Political Misinformation
As political misinformation and disinformation intensify online, civic organizations are tackling media illiteracy among young people ahead of the November presidential election. A Deloitte survey found that over half of Gen Z teens get their news from social media, and a poll last year found that 60% of 13- to 17-year-olds are likely to believe […]
California Lost 420K Public School Kids in 4 Years — & May Drop 1M More by 2031
California public school enrollment passed the 5 million mark in 1991. That number quickly grew to 6 million by 1999 and then reached 6.4 million students in 2004. Then, the growth machine stalled. California has long seen a large percentage of its residents move to other states, but international immigration and high birth rates more […]
Maryland BOE Not On Same Page About Literacy Policy To Hold Back Third Graders
Some members balked Tuesday as the Maryland State Board of Education reviewed a proposed literacy policy that could lead to third grade students with reading difficulties being held back, with one calling it “harmful to children.” Board member Susan Getty, an educator of 40 years that includes 35 years teaching prekindergarten and kindergarten, said the […]
Ohio’s School-Based Behavioral Health Partnerships Jump 200% Since 2017
An Ohio group said data showed “troubling” trends in youth mental health, but also said optimistic trends exist in school-community partnerships to address student behavioral health. The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers, which says it represents 165 private entities that provide “community-based prevention, substance use, mental health and family services” in […]
Free Summer Camp For More Kids? Connecticut Sen. Murphy Pitches $4B Investment
U.S. Sen Chris Murphy visited Camp Courant Friday to announce newly proposed federal legislation that would invest billions of dollars into free summer programs for kids across the country. The Hartford camp, which bills itself as the largest and oldest free summer day camp in the country, serves hundreds of children each year. It would be among those […]
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