Newark adopted a universal enrollment system in 2014, but political tensions between district officials and charter schools split the system several years later.
Parents and students say Philly's selective admissions application process is very complicated and stressful to navigate. Experts think universal enrollment could address that problem, but it's not a cure-all.
As the new academic year started last month, more students were being taught by educators who had not yet completed the training or testing needed to earn a Hawai‘i teacher’s license. The Hawaiʻi Department of Education...
Nikita Lenahan always knew she wanted to work in early childhood education. What she wasn’t sure about was how she would pay for her education. She decided to pursue her passion, but she had to rely on student loans...
West High School sophomore Alex works on his computer earlier this month in the Denver school's multi-intensive autism center classroom, which is outfitted with beanbags and other flexible seating.
The California Department of Justice dropped felony charges against five pro-Palestinian protesters who were accused of breaking into the Stanford University’s administrative office and barricading themselves inside in...
In 2016, I was running six schools I had founded in six years. And I was completely spent. I started getting alarming signals from the people in my life. Friends would pull me aside and ask if I was ok. My clothes...
As a key element in the state’s package of early literacy reforms, Gov. Gavin Newsom included $200 million in last year’s state budget to pay for instructing elementary school teachers in the new reading strategies. On...
How long can one school year last? In Fairfax County, Virginia, this year, it will take 297 days between the start and end of the year to deliver 180 days of instruction. How is that possible? Well, weekends, obviously....
There's widespread concern that policies like grade floors and no-zeros grading are hurting students in the long run and not giving parents and others accurate information.
One year after California’s deadline to make transitional kindergarten available for all 4-year-olds, many families and children have reaped the benefits of the new grade. Some schools, however, still face challenges in...
As a parent of children with learning disabilities, a researcher studying family-school partnerships and a board member of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to families...
Minneapolis Public Schools is taking the first steps toward closing as many as 16 schools after years of declining enrollment has left it with an expansive real estate portfolio that includes more than 12,000 empty...
Girls High’s freshman class this year is triple the size of the one three years ago. But at the start of the year, the district didn’t let the Philadelphia school hire enough staff to keep up.
When Aaliyah Duah was 17, she realized one of the major differences between an underserved community like Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, where she grew up, and more affluent ones was early access to information on how...
Ohio students’ reading scores rose slightly last school year, the first the science of reading was mandated, but it’s too soon to say whether the phonics-based lessons are making a difference. About 63 percent of Ohio...
Students at a Brooklyn school celebrate the first day on Sept. 10. NYC is hoping to make a dent in the chronic absenteeism rate, which was 33.5% in the 2025-26 school year.
The chronic absenteeism rate for Michigan schools has declined for the fourth year in a row.
Sharon Jackson, a longtime home-based childcare provider in Millbrook, Alabama, cares for infants and toddlers every weekday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the evenings, she reopens her program, extending her hours as late as...
Aurora, Colorado By mid-afternoon, Nabila Chehab has worked nearly a full day running one of Colorado’s universal preschool sites out of her home. She’s been awake since 5 a.m. and on her feet for hours. By 2 p.m., two...
New York At 10:30 p.m. on a Monday in the Bronx, it’s bedtime for many children. But at Juana Grisel Peña’s apartment, 2-year-old Brandon is just arriving. Peña, who goes by Grisel, greets him with a hug as he joins...
The Board of Regents took another dangerous step this week: one that could leave New York’s 1 million high school and middle school students less prepared for college and the workforce. The discussion on NY Inspires,...
Students attending microschools are progressing at the same rate as their peers nationally and sometimes a whole lot faster than expected, even though parents often choose such programs because their kids have...
California this summer started its HOPE program, putting $3,000 in accounts for foster and Covid-bereaved youth as they start adulthood without parental support.
Indianapolis Public Schools announced last week that it was leaving Enroll Indy, and doubled down on that decision after the citywide enrollment system announced it was cutting costs.
Something wasn’t adding up in Davidson County Schools. Students were making strong gains in reading in kindergarten and first grade. They were developing foundational skills and, for the most part, reading accurately....
San Francisco parents are calling on schools to limit the use of AI in a literacy and reading program, following Los Angeles Unified’s ban on AI use by students, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Nearly 1,000...
A year ago, a report from the University of California San Diego made major waves when it showed that a rising share of its incoming freshmen had math skills that were below the high school level. Was this problem...
Appointed a decade ago, the education commissioner insists that when he has direct oversight, academic gains follow. His critics await better student outcomes. The post Mike Morath wanted Texas to reach No. 1 in...
What happens when middle school students hit the reading comprehension wall.