More From the World of K–12 Education

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‘The kids simply cannot handle it’: Why New York students are reading fewer books

Library at Southport Elementary School in Perry Township on Fri., Nov. 17, 2023 in Southport, In.

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When Plastic Companies Write the Lesson Plans

This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school...

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Delaware District to Replace Police Officers With Constables in Middle Schools

The Christina School District will phase out its use of school resource officers at middle schools, and replace them with constables.  Following a heated debate at a meeting earlier this month, the Christina school...

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Virtual School Enrollment Has Doubled in Recent Years, Following Pandemic-Era Surge

Remote learning during the pandemic was a nightmare for some students, but others have stuck with it, new data shows. Just over 600,000 public school students attended fully virtual schools in the 2024-25 school year,...

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Huge homeschool enrichment program closes in Colorado, following stricter rules and demise of authorizer

Colorado Homeschool Enrichment, a program with 48 campuses in Colorado, will not offer publicly funded classes for home-schoolers this year.

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Detroit district maintains growth in literacy and math on the 2026 M-STEP

DPSCD's proficiency rates on the 2026 M-STEP suggest the changes the district have made are yielding continued improvement, researchers say.