First-person education stories

Some highly rated preschools will be allowed to have classes of 24 children under the new rules.

Los expertos dicen que eliminar las clases básicas no es la solución para las puntuaciones bajas en lectura.

New York has been “a rather hostile political environment” for charter schools, Success CEO Eva Moskowitz said Wednesday.

Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie recently introduced legislation for the state’s Office of Children and Family Services to conduct a feasibility study for universal after-school.

After five years in federal prison, Stephan Young wanted to turn his life around to set an example for his 7-year-old son. He found help from the city’s reengagement center

Board members say the provisions in Marie Feagins’ agreement were necessary to protect the district.

Lawmakers unveiled the proposal on Tuesday after a week when budget committee members had to make big cuts.

Proposed legislation is meant to ‘expand what’s working,’ according to Memphis Rep. Mark White, the bill’s sponsor.

The next total solar eclipse in the state will not occur until 2079.

The program, called Handle With Care, involves referrals by police to schools when law enforcement encounters children at traumatic events like domestic violence or sudden deaths.

Carolyne Quintana, a deputy chancellor who oversees the department’s signature literacy initiative, is leaving at the end of the school year.

Nueva Jersey considera una variedad de factores al identificar las escuelas que necesitan apoyo, incluido el rendimiento académico.

Maestros en estos puestos describen sentirse abrumados mientras intentan apoyar a muchos estudiantes que son nuevos en el país en clases mucho más numerosas de lo normal.

This year, fifth and eighth grade students will shift to computer-based state exams. Some educators worry the move will affect performance.

The guidance is new this spring and comes in response to the influx of newcomer students.

Experts say taking away science or social studies is not the solution to low reading scores.

An estimated 78,000 teachers, firefighters and nurses are among the group of borrowers who will see their debts canceled under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Their place in the city’s education landscape has taken on new importance as the share of English learners has also increased.

Students in Washington, D.C. were less likely to miss school on days they had a scheduled tutoring session. Researchers think the relationship kids build with tutors has a lot to do with that.

Los graduados de la escuela secundaria de este año serán elegibles para más de 14.000 nuevas becas ofrecidas a través de Opportunity Next Colorado. Pueden elegir entre carreras como ingeniería, profesionales de la salud, especialistas en informática, así como construcción, familia y ciencias sociales, educación, manufactura avanzada y más.

Los padres sin número de Seguro Social ya pueden contribuir a la FAFSA. La solicitud FAFSA ayuda a los estudiantes a obtener ayuda financiera y pagar por la universidad.

Every school will have certain guaranteed staff, including an assistant principal, a counselor, and core classroom teachers, under a new funding formula officials plan to use starting next school year.

University of Northern Colorado school officials said the work to better represent the state’s population and get more Hispanic students to graduation isn’t done.

Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said the district needs names to go with the allegations in order to investigate them.

District leaders urged lawmakers to reform the 15-year-old school funding system.

On Wednesday, groups that support students considered to be at-risk asked legislators to continue to increase funding for programs that benefit children with high needs.

The data comes as state education officials are engaged in a multi-year effort to rethink high school graduation requirements.

Martinez said the district is working to find other options for transportation, such as adjusting bell times, but CPS has struggled to hire more bus drivers.

Mayor Eric Adams is cutting nearly $7 million from NYC’s after-school program, scrapping about 3,500 seats at a time when interest in programs is on the rise.

The charter school’s building needs to be rezoned to open and going to the Indianapolis City-County Council is the next step.

Screening students, for example, has taken up a lot more time for some teachers.

Children First’s proposal could mean nearly $100 million in additional aid for the city’s public schools.

Northeast High School Principal Omar Crowder said the school has provided additional mental health services and police patrols near the school have increased after a shooting wounded eight students March 6.