A group opposed to race-based initiatives complained to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that the program unveiled this week is discriminatory.
More students than expected have been eating school meals, making the program more expensive than anticipated.
In the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the graduation rate is 78% while the dropout rate is 16.15%.
A group opposed to race-based initiatives complained to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that the program unveiled this week is discriminatory.
Most eligible families will receive the Summer EBT funds automatically. But last year among NY families required to apply, few submitted applications, according to state data.
‘Black history is American history,’ Illinois State Superintendent Tony Sanders wrote in response to guidance about diversity from the U.S. Department of Education.
Changes out of Washington have only increased the degree of difficulty, writes Chris DeRemer.
‘We most heartily agree with President Trump,’ says a resolution urging teachers to fall in line.
Lawmakers have until Feb. 20 to pass bills through their chambers of origin.
Indiana Learns gave families grants to pay for tutoring, but its future was uncertain after federal funding ran out.
Black history: Colorado lawmakers want to create standards to ensure it’s taught amid attacks on DEI
“Colorado can set the example that we will not tolerate that foolishness here in Colorado, and we will not allow people to divide us,” bill sponsor Rep. Regina English said.
The planning foreshadows changes ahead for the state’s most ambitious and aggressive school turnaround model
Auditor General: Cyber charter funding reform needed
Mold, dust, and a severe allergy: Manhattan guidance counselor sues NYC schools for denying transfer
A counselor at Manhattan’s P.S. 28 says she experienced a series of severe allergic reactions to conditions at her school. A new lawsuit claims the city broke disability laws in denying a transfer.
House lawmakers have passed their proposed budget, which includes $9.6 billion in tuition support dollars that fund public schools and the private school voucher program.
Newark students collaborated to put together this guide on how to vote in the April school board election, which also includes information about the Newark Board of Education.
Rufo popularized the idea that CRT had infiltrated American schools. Now his social media posts appear to be driving cuts at the Education Department.
Chicago Public Schools could face federal pushback to its plan to improve outcomes for its Black students.
After clearing the Senate education committee on a party-line vote, Linda McMahon will face a full Senate vote to become President Trump’s education secretary.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his annual budget and state of the state address on Wednesday. Here is what his proposal includes for education.
Chicago schools unions fight over growing pool of staff for students with disabilities
During his State of the State address on Wednesday, Pritzker said that educators have told him that cellphones are a distraction.
PBS had deleted the LGBTQ history videos in response to a barrage of executive orders seeking to rid schools of “discriminatory equity ideology” and abolish DEI programs.
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PBS had deleted the LGBTQ history videos in response to a barrage of executive orders seeking to rid schools of “discriminatory equity ideology” and abolish DEI programs.
Students with disabilities at Perry Meridian High School and Rosa Parks Elementary were repeatedly subject to violence from other students, the lawsuits state.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez was one of six finalists considered to be Clark County’s next superintendent
The state and plaintiffs failed to reach an agreement that would have outlined remedies to New Jersey’s entrenched school segregation.
Amendments approved Tuesday removed or reshaped several original provisions of the bill.
Shannon Houtrouw has been teaching computer science since 1998. This year, he learned he won a top award for educators.
Joe Garcia has become a state and national higher education leader. But heading Colorado’s community colleges is the job in which he’s felt most effective.
Newark city leaders braved freezing temperatures Tuesday for the grand opening of the new Ronald L. Rice Arts Center West in the city’s West Ward. The new center will provide a safe educational space for city youth to explore the arts, mentorship, and healing.
“Donald Trump, ¿no oyes?”, coreaban. “¡Los inmigrantes son bienvenidos aquí!”.
El distrito está organizando sesiones de diseño con la comunidad para obtener ideas de los asistentes.
The mayor appointed Cydney Wallace, an activist, mother of four, and Chicago Public Schools parent to represent the Chinatown, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Gage Park neighborhoods Chicago Board of Education.
Patricia Houston is director of Children's Community School, a nonprofit preschool and early childhood education center in a racially diverse but rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
The Detroit school district has seen a small reduction in chronic absenteeism for high school students since introducing a perfect attendance incentive.
Reading passages cannot take the place of reading books.
Trump Education Department targets school district diversity efforts for civil rights investigations
Practices such as essays that allow students to discuss their ethnic background and admissions policies that de-emphasize test scores could represent illegal discrimination, an Education Department letter said.
The board had received lots of communications asking them to affirm their support and clarify their guidance to schools.
Some families and educators in New York City are preparing students for what to do if they run into federal immigration agents outside of school.
Around 170 Colorado child care centers are owned or backed by private equity firms.
La demanda se presentó una semana después de que redadas en edificios de apartamentos en Denver y Aurora causaran temor entre estudiantes y familias.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice said Thursday his department believes in the value of teaching “all of history,” including lessons around racism.