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Idaho school’s STEM team watches project take off into space

A team of North Idaho STEM Charter Academy students landed among the stars. The Project DaVinci student team counted down to December 12 when...

Encouraging students to take AP exams

Houston ISD spends more than $1 million a year on AP test fees, but its leaders estimate potential savings each year of $9.3 million...

College and career readiness solution bought by Follett

Follett acquired NextTier Education, a cloud-based software program that provides counselors, students and parents with guidance, information and insight to help students achieve their...

Indiana officials call for a crackdown on ‘too big to fail’ virtual schools

In a 7-1 vote, the Indiana State Board of Education recommended that state lawmakers impose stricter rules on virtual charter school and the agencies...

One easy way to increase diversity on college campuses

America's inequality problem is bigger than Harvard, the University of Michigan or the SAT. But there are steps universities can take to ease the...

Parents are biased against even quality ‘urban’ schools

In urban areas across the country that give parents significant choice over where to send their kids to school, educational stratification and racial segregation...

Kids shouldn’t have to sacrifice privacy for education

This year, the media has exposed a string of harms to individual privacy by the technology sector's leading firms. But policymakers must intervene specifically...

Partnering to help students learn news literacy skills

StudySync is collaborating with The News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonprofit organization that helps educate middle and high school students about how to separate...

Montana tax credit that benefited religious schools is unconstitutional

Montana's high court struck down the state's tax credit for school scholarships because it primarily benefited religious schools, running afoul of Montana's Constitution. The...

Lack of transportation, conflicting deadlines put school choice out of reach for some, study finds

More Colorado students use school choice to opt into traditional district-run schools than use it to attend charter schools. Those who do so are...

Shelby County Schools’ consolidation plan could close 28 schools

The Tennessee district's proposed consolidation plan calls for closing 28 schools, building 10 new ones and putting additions on five more schools over the...

New Jersey district chooses Mark Daniels as leader

Mark Daniels will become the superintendent of schools for the East Windsor Regional School District, effective Feb. 1, 2019. He currently serves as assistant...

Not all purchasing cooperatives are created equal

Partnering with a cooperative to streamline your district's procurement process can save you valuable time and money. But with so many cooperatives in the...

Boise district’s school board chooses internal candidate

Coby Dennis, the Boise School District's deputy superintendent, has been picked to serve as superintendent. He will take over from Superintendent Don Coberly, who...

Connecticut superintendent announces retirement

Abby Dolliver, superintendent of Norwich Public Schools, announced her intent to retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. She has served as...