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Feedback On Indiana’s Diploma Overhaul Plan Continues As Officials Deliberate
As state education officials pump the brakes on a plan to overhaul Indiana’s high school diplomas, concerns from Hoosier teachers, students and families are mounting over the proposed graduation requirements. With the deadline fast approaching for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to finalize the changes, state leaders are asking for more statewide feedback — […]
Cellphone Pouches to be Piloted at Schools Across Delaware
The 2021-22 academic year was the hardest for George Read Middle School Principal Nicholas Wolfe, an educator for 17 years. It was the school’s first full year back since the COVID-19 pandemic. Wolfe recognized that his students were struggling and started researching the effects of cellphones and social media on adolescents’ mental health. “It was […]
Why America Is Lagging Behind in Catching Students Up After COVID
This essay was originally published in September, 2023 as part of the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s “State of the American Student” report. As part of the effort, CRPE asked 14 experts from various sectors to offer up examples of innovations, solutions or possible paths forward as education leaders navigate the current crisis. (See all […]
Days from Start of New Title IX Rule, Courts Offer Divided Map of Red and Blue
Updated A federal district court judge in Missouri has blocked implementation of the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule in six additional states — Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The latest injunction, ordered late Wednesday, brings to 21 the total number of states where the U.S. Department of Education can’t enforce the rule on […]
Inspiring: Kamala Harris Remembers the First Grade Teacher Who Shaped Her Life
Through the years, Vice President Kamala Harris, who now looks to become the nation’s 47th president, has repeatedly pointed back to a first-grade teacher as a defining influence who helped her get to where she is today. “My first-grade teacher, Mrs. Wilson, encouraged me when I was her student,” Harris posted to Facebook back in […]
South Dakota Freedom Scholarships Awarded $10M, $260K Converted to Loans
SIOUX FALLS — A scholarship program that incentivizes graduates to stay and work in South Dakota has awarded 2,785 scholarships to 1,995 students in its first two years. “Most all of them are going straight into the South Dakota workforce,” said Freedom Scholarship Coordinator Elli Haerter. The board that oversees the program revealed data from […]
Improving Student Success And Closing Equity Gaps: Lessons From Forsyth Tech
A new case study released in June highlights Forsyth Technical Community College as a leader in improving student success and closing racial equity gaps. The case study, from the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California, documents changes implemented at Forsyth Tech under the leadership of president Janet Spriggs. Forsyth Tech used strategic planning […]
Who Should Be Allowed to Cross the School District Line: Bureaucrats or Parents?
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case Milliken v. Bradley, which is regarded by many academics and observers as one of the most consequential judicial decisions in our nation’s history. The 1974 decision overturned a desegregation plan in Detroit that would have encompassed both the Detroit Public Schools and 53 nearby […]
Distracted Kids: 75% of Schools Say ‘Lack of Focus’ Hurting Student Performance
Nearly three years after most kids returned to in-person classes, new federal data reveals troublesome student behavior – from threatening other students in class and online to lack of attentiveness – continues to make learning recovery challenging. Top challenges in more than half of the country’s schools were students being unprepared or disruptive in the […]
Opinion: No Textbooks, Times Tables or Spelling Tests: Things My 6th Grader Didn’t Learn
My daughter recently completed sixth grade at our local public school. She had a wonderful experience with warm teachers and a positive school culture. Judging by her state test scores, she’s well on track academically. And yet, I’m left with a nagging sense of gaps in her education thus far. I’m far from the first […]
Oregon Governor Proposes $500 Million Boost for Schools, Changes to Funding
With Oregon’s public schools staring down a fiscal cliff this school year as the historic federal investment from the last few years expires, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing changes. She’d like to help schools keep up with rising costs in the years ahead by updating the way schools are funded. She estimates that those changes […]
Indiana SAT Scores Continue Downward Trend, Latest Test Results Show
Only a quarter of Hoosier highschoolers who took the SAT during the last academic year earned college-ready scores in both reading and math, according to newly-released results. More than 80,000 high school students, primarily juniors, took the test in 2023-24. Of those, about 24% of students met the readiness benchmark on both subject portions, according […]
Bloomberg’s $1B Gift to Johns Hopkins Will Make Med School Free for Most Students
Mike Bloomberg, the media mogul and former New York City mayor, has given Johns Hopkins University US$1 billion to eliminate tuition for most its current and future medical students, the school and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced on July 8, 2024. The gift will also expand financial aid for students studying several other fields at Bloomberg’s alma […]
Nearly 140,000 Missouri Kids Under 5 Get Free Books Every Month
At the beginning of each month, 4-year-old Ada Caldwell, 4, runs to the mailbox to see what new book is inside. “She gets excited about going to get the mail,” said Ada’s mother, Tara Caldwell. “Not many things come in the mail anymore. She really likes that part of it.” The free books are sent […]
Louisiana Delays Ten Commandments in Classrooms while Law is Challenged
An agreement has been reached to temporarily stop Louisiana schools from placing the Ten Commandments in every classroom while a case from parents who oppose a new law requiring the displays works its way through court. U.S. District Judge John DeGravelles of Louisiana’s Middle District in Baton Rouge signed off on a compromise Friday between […]
Students Headed to High School Are Academically a Year Behind, COVID Study Finds
Eighth graders remain a full school year behind pre-pandemic levels in math and reading, according to new test results that offer a bleak view on the reach of federal recovery efforts more than fours years after COVID hit. Released Tuesday, the data from over 7.7 million students who took the widely used MAP Growth tests […]
The Nation’s Second-Largest Teachers Union Endorses Kamala Harris for President
American Federation of Teachers delegates representing the union’s 1.8 million members overwhelmingly voted to endorse Kamala Harris’s fast-moving bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee today. “I spoke in support of the resolution — for our students, our patients, our families, our communities, our democracy and ourselves!” union President Randi Weingarten wrote on X from […]
Imagination Library Expands Across Montana, Governor’s Office Announces
Imagination Library of Montana celebrated the statewide expansion earlier this summer of the program providing free books to children. An initiative of First Lady Susan Gianforte, Imagination Library of Montana is a partner of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Governor’s Office announced in June the growth of the nonprofit that boosts early childhood literacy. “It […]
Opinion: From CA to DE, 17 Districts Are Working Together to Battle Chronic Absenteeism
Updated After nearly three decades working in education, I would hardly call myself naive. I’ve been a school counselor, principal and district superintendent. I’ve served or worked in rural, urban and suburban schools. Along the way, I’ve received recognition for closing learning gaps, increasing graduation rates and recruiting male teachers of color to the workforce. […]
Youngkin Signs Order on ‘Cell Phone-Free Education’ in Virginia Public Schools
Virginia will soon establish guidance to restrict or eliminate student cell phone use during instructional time at school. On Tuesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33, which directs his administration to “heed the call” of parents, public health professionals, educators and others by establishing cell phone-free policies and procedures for school divisions, in light […]
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