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As I climbed the steps to the stage on the morning of my junior high graduation, I felt my heart racing. Just a few feet away stood a microphone and hundreds of eyes waiting for me to begin. As the commencement speaker,...
Across West Virginia, public schools are rapidly closing. Political leaders are cutting taxes and funneling hundreds of millions of taxpayer money into a school voucher program, while wringing their hands about local...
The state's school administrative units will soon be required to craft their own budgets and voters will be empowered to vote down those budgets, under a law that Republicans hope will help drive down K12 costs. The...
Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state — in Anchorage, Wasilla,...
As I climbed the steps to the stage on the morning of my junior high graduation, I felt my heart racing. Just a few feet away stood a microphone and hundreds of eyes waiting for me to begin. As the commencement speaker,...
The percentage of  3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school dropped during the most recently available five-year lookback window of federal data, though that picture is likely clouded by COVID-era school...
The three largest skill gaps in the younger workforce represent “the very skills most essential to humans in the AI era,” per a report from Cangrade.
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...
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is starting community-led working groups in five districts. They're expected to issue recommendations by the end of next school year.
The housing crisis has become an education crisis. Here's how schools can help students find a safe place to call home.
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.
The State Board of Education will vote on incorporating more Christian stories into public classrooms as well as on deemphasizing race and cultural diversity in history lessons. The post More Bible stories in public...
Vandals last weekend tore down fencing that was erected recently at Cooley High School in Detroit. The district is planning to demolish the historic building this summer.
Students listen in class at a dual-language elementary school in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson still hasn't created a noncitizen advisory board for Chicago's school board, which is required by state law.
The new law took effect immediately and came after legislators overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
While the U.S. celebrates over the Fourth of July weekend, four candidates will be vying for the top post of the nation’s largest teachers union. The National Education Association’s leadership election will decide the...
Rayhan Ahmed (far right), a science teacher at Brooklyn's Gotham Professional Arts Academy High School, recently won a FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence.
While some say such degrees could increase college affordability, two groups blasted them as “stripped-down curriculum that prioritizes speed.”
PETERSBURG, Va. — For years, the schools here have been stuck in a very bad place. As Petersburg’s once-booming manufacturing base hollowed out, crime increased and residents’ health worsened. Along the way, places for...