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Back to School Reading List
Getting ready for back to school season? As schools reopen for the academic year, we hope these stories, resources, and essays help students, teachers, and parents have a smoother transition.
Gayathri Ramkumar is one of 22 semifinalists for Colorado’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award.
It’s challenging to sell my students on the merits of democracy when the instruments of government are being used to attack their communities.
At first, I worried that I wasn’t worthy of my specialized high school seat. Now, I know better.
This is my story of eviction and resilience.
By the time I was 11, I was exposed to toxic comments and content.
Gayathri Ramkumar is one of 22 semifinalists for Colorado’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award.
The candidates include three who ran for the board last year.
After-school providers are relieved to get some $1.3 billion in overdue funds, but they’ve already experienced enormous disruptions.
Mary Filardo, executive director of 21st Century School Fund and a parent activist, says Philly officials should be honest, share data, and acknowledge they can’t ‘accidentally’ fix big problems.
It’s challenging to sell my students on the merits of democracy when the instruments of government are being used to attack their communities.
El Departamento de Justicia de Biden encontró problemas pendientes en el programa de aprendizaje de inglés de Newark, pero bajo Trump, la supervisión federal se detuvo sin decir si se resolvieron.
At first, I worried that I wasn’t worthy of my specialized high school seat. Now, I know better.
Three Colorado school districts, three charter schools, and a Board of Cooperative Educational Services are seeking to join District 49’s lawsuit against the state.
The push to standardize reading interventions represents one of the first literacy initiatives under Mayor Eric Adams that will directly affect high schools.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon signed by 16 other governors calling the freeze of federal funds “a failure to fulfill the Department’s most basic responsibility.”
A recent Supreme Court ruling that supported parents’ religious right to opt their child out of LGBTQ-inclusive lessons could aid parents worried about a new curriculum that draws heavily on texts like the Book of Genesis and the Sermon on the Mount.
It will be up to states to opt in to the new program, which could help fill the gap between rising private school tuition costs and vouchers that families receive.
Trump’s budget bill cuts and a Tennessee lawsuit could further hurt already-strapped colleges. Students and communities both could suffer.
The Trump administration says the changes affecting Climate.gov are about ‘restoring gold standard science.’ But science educators worry about losing the free classroom resources it has provided.
Michael Mann, a North Star Academy school principal, sticks to the basics when it comes to community engagement: He’s outside at dismissal every day — 'rain, snow, or shine'.
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing several State Head Start associations and parent groups in the lawsuit.