By the numbers

Summit Learning, the Zuckerberg-backed platform, says 10% of schools quit using it each year. The real figure is higher.
National

20 hours ago

High school admissions

Chicago

18 hours ago

Some feared GoCPS would drive high schoolers to charters, but enrollment is up at neighborhood schools

measuring progress

Indiana

1 day ago

As innovation schools mature, Indianapolis Public Schools leaders grapple with how to measure their success

help wanted

Newark

Updated 1 day ago

Newark Public Schools looks to build new enrollment system

Home grown

Colorado

1 day ago

Rural Colorado faces a teacher shortage. University of Colorado Denver has plans to help.

First Person

First Person

National

May 15, 2019

I was a white teacher who couldn’t talk about race. A journey through successful U.S. high schools changed my thinking.

“I know what schools and classrooms shouldn’t look like. I want to know more about what they can be at their best.”

First Person

Colorado

April 24, 2019

I’m a Denver principal who’s watched too many colleagues leave. Here’s how our new superintendent could help.

Principals feel undervalued, and too often my peers are placed into their roles and not offered enough support when it gets tough.

First Person

Tennessee

April 23, 2019

As the parent of African-American kids, this is what I want from Memphis’s next superintendent

I know superintendents come and go. Still, I hope our next schools chief can improve a system that often feels like it operates to keep certain communities in power.

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moving forward

Tennessee

2 hours ago

Two Memphis students have done everything together – including earning full-tuition scholarships to college

When Aaliyah Allen and Roy Webster walked across the stage during graduation exercises at their Memphis high school Saturday, they capped off four years together.

Real-life lessons

Chicago

4 hours ago

Surprise — Lori Lightfoot’s first City Council address is to high school students

The new mayor surprised teens at a mock government day at City Hall. “You probably conducted more business efficiently than maybe we have in a long time in City Council."

re-evaluation

Colorado

5 hours ago

Aurora used drug-sniffing dogs 28 times at schools — and community is asking why

A high school student was tackled and handcuffed at an Aurora school last month after a drug-sniffing dog found marijuana edibles in his backpack.

transportation

Colorado

6 hours ago

Denver to offer teens a free transit pass on their smartphones

To help boost the mobility of young people, Denver will offer 12- to 18-year-olds free transit passes usable with their smartphones this summer.

How I Teach

How I Teach

National

May 17, 2019

Meet the Brooklyn science teacher who got Elizabeth Warren to narrow her education secretary options

Liat Olenick teaches at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School.

How I Teach

National

May 15, 2019

How the National Teacher of the Year offers history lessons plus ‘love and care and comfort’

Two teachers boycotted the annual White House ceremony celebrating the nation’s top teachers. But Rodney Robinson, the national teacher of the year, wasn’t one

How I Teach

Detroit

May 13, 2019

From genetics to robots, here’s how one Detroit science teacher brings the real world into the classroom

Joel Hockin looks at his eighth-graders and sees great potential.