Student Success

Stop measuring degrees and start measuring skills

It's time for school leaders to create learning environments that set students up for success beyond the classroom.

Study: Texas school reopenings led to ‘substantial’ COVID spread

An additional 43,000 COVID cases and 800 deaths were tracked by University of Kentucky researchers during the first two months of in-person learning in Texas.

AFT president Weingarten calls for full school reopening this fall

The full return to classrooms should also bring together educators, administrators, families and communities to bring about a renaissance in instruction and student support, she said.

Here’s how schools are reacting to new CDC mask rules

Superintendents and entire states reacted quickly, adjusting masking rules for schools after the CDC said fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear them. 

9 safety actions to strengthen parents’ trust in schools

Doubts about school safety among Black and brown communities hardest hit by COVID can be overcome with prevention strategies, testing and vaccinations, a poll shows.

STEM Signing Day provides college and career springboard

Growing up, high school senior Ayonnah Tinsley never saw engineers who looked like her. She wrote a children's book to expand perspectives.

2 states, and counting, ban critical race theory in schools

Oklahoma and Idaho ban schools from teaching the theory that says racism is embedded in U.S. culture and public services.

5 ways restorative practices benefit girls of color

Community circles and other restorative practices can boost health, wellbeing and academic achievement for girls of color, a new Georgetown University study has found.

Expert: Policies that target LGBTQ+ students harm development

Barring schools from teaching about gender identity or sexual orientation could increase risky behaviors among students in the LGBTQ+ community, expert says. 

2 big questions in push to vaccinate 12- to 15-year-olds

Officials determining where 12- to 15-year-olds will get shots and whether schools will require COVID vaccines after F.D.A. approves Pfizer-BioNTech for younger teens.

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