A classroom at Bates Academy during the first day of school on August 25, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. Two teacher merit pay programs show benefits for students, according to two separate studies.
Higher education has been inching away from entrance exams. Less than 10% of U.S. institutions that grant bachelor’s degrees require a score from the SAT, or its fellow ACT test, for the fall 2026 admissions cycle. The...
Educators and parents shouldn't assume that children who struggle in kindergarten will just catch up with time, researchers say.
Ken Witt, the executive director of ERBOCES, said member institutions sometimes leave when they have political or administrative changes.
Memphis high schoolers significantly improved on Algebra and geometry state tests this year, seeing upwards of a seven percentage point increase.
Words like “failure” and “hardship” probably aren’t the first that come to mind in describing the legacy of the United States’ first president, George Washington. While Washington is generally viewed through a lens of...
Last year, Indian River County tied for the highest scores in third grade reading across all Florida districts. It came in seventh for English language arts learning gains and tied for the top spot for growth rates for...
As New York phases out Regents exams as a graduation requirement, the state has still not explained what will replace them.
Weequahic High School celebrates the class of 2026 on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J.
In a new poll, 57% of respondents said they were “very concerned” about the state of public education in Philadelphia.
For high school graduates about to head off to college the news is alarming: The degree they’re about to pursue might not land them the job they want. College grads are facing a tough job market, with headlines almost...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Touting his state’s soaring literacy scores, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves urged Oklahoma leaders to commit to tough reading policies. This year, Oklahoma enacted similar literacy laws as Mississippi,...
One of the ‘worst offenders,’ Tennessee is home to schools that have become more segregated over the past three decades. The post Report: Tennessee schools rank high in racial and economic segregation appeared first on...
Students are seen after school dismissal at Science Park High School in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
James Bell teaches integrated math at Chapman High School in Chapman, Kansas. Here, Bell explains a math concept to his students. The integrated math model “is the best of both worlds,” Bell says.
A demonstration of welding and CTE summer programs on April 8, 2025, at Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Parents, educators and researchers say that inclusive early education improves outcomes for students with disabilities and reduces the need for more intensive — and costly — special education services in older grades.
To meet the workplace needs of this moment, high schools must expand career technical education (CTE) and dual enrollment opportunities through local community colleges. Students need meaningful exposure to career...
Schools across the country are focusing keenly on two key priorities: teaching children to read and bringing down high chronic absenteeism rates that undermine learning. Both these goals could be scuttled by an alarming...
My kid was coming home, taking pictures of his math homework, feeding them into an AI engine, and writing a single prompt: Solve. The post My teenage son is using AI to do his math homework. I’m now helping his...
Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department. The post...
Policymakers and influencers from across the political spectrum spend a great deal of time thinking, talking and writing about how to close the wealth, opportunity and other gaps that are both markers and drivers of...
Microschools have operated in Indiana mostly as small private schools. But a network of public microschools is growing across the state, serving between 60 and 100 students per site.
Davenport, Iowa, superintendent TJ Schneckloth has an easy way of describing the impact of student absenteeism.  “Take your favorite book,” he said. “Let me rip one page out and it’s no longer your favorite book.”...
To improve school attendance in a state with one of the nation’s highest absenteeism rates, Oregon education officials on Tuesday presented lawmakers with a plan to repeal existing attendance laws. The high-level...
Math improvement rarely stalls because districts aren’t taking action. More often, it stalls because well-intentioned supports accumulate faster than schools can turn them into a coherent, actionable instructional plan....
The abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass is known for many things, but perhaps among the most significant is his views on education’s relationship to slavery. Douglass himself was born into slavery in Maryland in...
When a student is in crisis, the hardest problems are easier to solve when someone already knows their story, and trust is already there. The heart of New York City’s Every Child and Family is Known initiative are the...
Four Seward Park seniors joined the Knicks championship parade after winning a PSAL title, drawing cheers, selfies, and autograph requests from fans.