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Pandemic relief money is flowing to class-size reduction but research evidence for it isn’t strong

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Georgetown University professor Marguerite Roza tracks school spending and she’s also seeing a new 2021 trend of schools’ hiring more teachers in order to reduce class sizes.

High school valedictorian swaps speech to speak out against Texas’ new abortion law

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The Richardson Independent School District says that students choose their own messages to share at graduation. But noting that Smith's speech was not approved and "not in the podium book" of remarks for the event, the district says it will look at ways to prevent similar switches from taking place in the future.

D.C. Mayor nominates Philadelphia school official to be D.C.’s superintendent of education (subscription)

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Christina Grant is expected to start her job in the administration immediately on an acting basis. The post requires approval from the D.C. Council.

Virginia advocates seek path forward for electric school buses despite lack of state funds

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State lawmakers committed this winter to phasing out diesel-powered school buses within a decade, but the measure was unfunded, leaving state and local officials in search of funding to make the transition.

Florida board renames schools honoring Confederate leaders

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A Florida school board has voted to rename six schools named for Confederate leaders, but will keep three others named for a French colonizer and a U.S. president who supported slavery and forced Native Americans to move west along the Trail of Tears.

Oklahoma law forbids K-12 vaccine requirements

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Oklahoma became the first state to enact legislation banning K-12 vaccine requirements.

80 new teachers in an Ohio school district spent the day riding a school bus through area neighborhoods

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“Being a teacher in Hamilton is more than what you do in the classroom, we want our teachers to absolutely be absorbed in the community.”

Nation’s skeletal school mental health network will be severely tested

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On average, school psychologists are responsible for more than double the recommended number of students and school social workers are responsible for almost five times the recommended number.

How NYC’s school screening algorithms cement segregation across America’s largest district

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Why students end up at one school instead of another can be a bit mysterious–the product of “screening” algorithms that more than 100 high schools in the city customize and then use to decide which students to admit, often using variables like test scores, attendance, and behavioral records that disproportionately affect students of color.

Teacher on leave after speaking out against pronoun policy for students

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"I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it's against my religion," Loudoun County, Virginia, teacher Byron "Tanner" Cross said.

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