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Two more senior Education Department officials are leaving as Samuels tees up his first major cabinet appoints.
The bill would create a transition committee focused on how to merge over 100 programs and initiatives.
A school board policy would be more prominent and harder to change than the superintendent policies that already exist. But a board member worried about giving families false comfort.
This spring, eight public high school students are reporting audio stories about the New York City school system’s most pressing education issues for the P.S. Weekly podcast.
Tennessee Republicans are moving forward with efforts to track the immigration status of K-12 students. But an effort to charge undocumented students tuition for public schools appears dead for the year.
Gov. Jared Polis wants Colorado to participate in the federal education tax-credit program. Democratic lawmakers opposed to the idea want rules on how the program operates in the state.
The district’s building problems stem from decades of underfunding from the state, union leaders and some members of City Council said Wednesday.
Gov. Bill Lee has declined federal funding to help feed low-income students over the summer. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change that.
Smith will stay in Denver through the end of the school year. The district will start a search for his replacement soon.
Bautista, an appointee of Mayor Brandon Johnson, said she is stepping down after winning a new sabbatical prize.
Test scores, attendance, and diploma attainment will all factor in. A new addition will give students points for their scores on the Classic Learning Test.
Doing so could save the state money, according to a new report.
Could you pass a 100-question U.S. citizenship test? A new Tennessee bill would require aspiring teachers to do so, on top of existing licensure requirements.
For the first time, administrators said the district is proposing authorizing a charter with an agreement that no more than 20% of its enrollment can be from DPSCD schools.
States-rights rhetoric is colliding with a wave of federal pressure over hot-button topics. School leaders say D.C. influence hasn’t faded — in some ways it’s intensified.
The building for Acero Santiago in West Town is owned by the Archdiocese of Chicago but was put up for sale last summer. Since then, parents and teachers have been pushing CPS to take over the building.