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The $1.1 billion math solution? Gates Foundation makes math its top K-12 priority

The Foundation's education team invests in teacher prep, research, curricula for next decade amid widespread math score drops, teacher shortages.

Tackling teacher shortages: This Alabama school district has the fastest-growing English learner population

More than half of 2,500 students in the small Russellville city school district now identify as Hispanic or Latino, and about a quarter are English language learners, or EL students.

Student protests prompted schools to remove police. Now some districts are bringing them back

An uptick in violence intensified calls from parents for renewed police presence in school buildings. But students are carrying on the fight for police-free schools.

Yuba City high school football players apologize for participating in slave auction

Three Yuba City high school football players apologized during an NAACP press conference on Monday for their involvement in a mock slave auction that ended their team’s entire season.

How a Colorado district changed its reading curriculum to better reflect students

The idea was to take a curriculum that had earned high marks for teaching kids to read and expanding their knowledge of the world and make it more culturally responsive.

‘It was a lot to take in’: Parent reacts to Highland Springs school brawl

A massive brawl at Highland Springs High School in Henrico has injured many students and one resource officer.

Iowa school districts in limbo on handling transgender sports ban

Iowa school districts are navigating gray areas with the state's new law banning transgender girls from playing in sports that align with their gender identity.

Extreme weather has devastated schools around the country. Now their students are suffering

More than two weeks after the category 4 storm slammed into the coast, those schools are still closed as families and school districts recover from one of the state’s worst natural disasters.

$275M verdict for toxic exposures at Monroe school, adding to swelling cost

The lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals — which owns chemical giant Monsanto, the manufacturer of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs — is the fourth to result in a multimillion-dollar verdict.

Could nation’s report card provide October surprise this election season?

For policy wonks and lots of elected officials, the upcoming National Assessment of Educational Progress results are a big deal.

Utah governor wants schools to ban cell phones in classrooms

Gov. Spencer Cox is calling on schools to try cell phone bans in classrooms to improve kids' focus and mental health.

GOP sees parents’ rights as sleeper issue in midterms

Republicans are seizing on the issue of parents’ rights ahead of November, arguing it could swing key Senate and House races toward their party and help them win back power in Congress. 

After pandemic pause, field trips again enlighten kids—and sustain nonprofits

Excitement bubbled as second graders at the Fulton County school stowed away science notebooks and waited in an increasingly boisterous cafeteria for buses to take them on the year’s first field trip. 

English learners make up nearly half of this kindergarten. Here’s how the school’s adjusting

In kindergarten, there was a 74% increase this year of EL scholars; they now make up about half the class, said principal Kendall McManus-Thomas.

Hurricane-hit Florida school districts are getting back to class

Florida communities hardest hit by Hurricane Ian continue to get their schools back on track, as they aim to provide a degree of normalcy and routine to children.