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Two new studies call for a large investment in K-12 education so Colorado can provide an adequate education to every student. The studies differ in how to achieve that goal.
Here’s how I reassured teachers ‘fearful of speaking the truth.’
I’ve endured student aggression throughout my decade in the classroom.
At Forest Glen, I learned that authentic, empathetic leadership can transcend language and cultural differences.
The transfer process was time-consuming and full of disappointment. It was worth it.
Two new studies call for a large investment in K-12 education so Colorado can provide an adequate education to every student. The studies differ in how to achieve that goal.
Eight months of increasingly contentious negotiations have produced some notable agreement — and little progress on other issues.
Tobye Ertelt says more students are checking out books since the pandemic.
The Detroit school district wants to use revenue from an 18-mill operating millage to pay off its remaining debt.
David Banks’ comments come as conversations about school cellphone bans are once again heating up in Albany.
Another school calendar battle? NYC faces a 1-day week after next year’s winter break.
Nineteen of the 30 schools selected for the first Journalism For All cohort are in the Bronx and Brooklyn, and the schools have an average student poverty rate of 84%.
The night before Christmas break, Chicago’s school board voted to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. Now what?
Amber Faris has sponsored the Gay-Straight Alliance at her Kentucky high school for nearly two decades. That’s given her insight into the kinds of support LGBTQ teens need right now.
Gov. Jared Polis has increased his ask for the state’s new funding formula by $35 million for the upcoming fiscal year.
Superintendent Alex Marrero has fewer goals this school year, but he said the academic goals he does have are more ambitious.
New York lawmakers will have to navigate questions over how to update the state’s school funding formula, as well as the uncertainties of a second Trump presidency.
The rates are the highest in a decade, and the percentage of students graduating without a waiver increased from 2023 to 2024.
Enrolling all eighth graders in algebra was supposed to get more students taking calculus in high school.
The ruling on Christmas Eve will also prevent board members from “obstructing” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’s powers in his final six months.
Chicago Board of Education members took the extraordinary step of attending negotiations