School leaders said the pay jump has made it much easier to attract teachers to small rural school districts. However, the law—called the LEARNS Act—also got rid of mandated annual raises.

The Native American Community Academy network, which numbers 13 schools in five states, has big plans but faces growing pains.

The do-it-yourself approach has two downsides both of which affect students, one researcher says. One problem is that it’s time consuming. The other problem is that teacher-made materials may sacrifice the thoughtful sequencing of topics planned by curriculum designers.

The field is just getting started with artificial intelligence, but experts say to be cautious about student privacy and potential bias.

The Los Angeles school district’s decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance’ has benefited students — but also required a major investment in less punitive discipline methods.

Students miss hundreds of thousands of days of school each year for subjective infractions like defiance and disorderly conduct.

‘Education is the climate solution’: How young people are developing skills and resilience and reducing school systems’ carbon footprint.

Under the Investing in Innovation program, or i3, the federal government gave out $1.4 billion between 2010 and 2016 to education nonprofits and researchers for the purpose of developing and testing new ideas in the classroom. But only 26% of the innovations yielded any positive benefits.