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Some schools pledged anti-racism last year, but are they following through?

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Schools were specifically challenged for perpetuating racism through whitewashed and incomplete histories and were called on to play a new role: to teach the next generation to be anti-racist.

Alabama governor signs bill lifting yoga ban in K-12 schools

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Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill allowing K-12 schools to offer elective yoga classes to students, ending a nearly three-decade ban on the practice in the state's public schools.

Texas pushes to obscure its history of slavery and racism (subscription)

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The proposals in Texas, a state that influences school curriculums around the country through its huge textbook market, amount to some of the most aggressive efforts to control the teaching of American history.

How one state is using education college students to plug an ongoing teacher shortage

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Faced with an ongoing teacher shortage during the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Connecticut announced plans late last year to allow college students to teach in public school classrooms, offering aspiring educators hands-on experience while alleviating the staffing crunch for administrators.

A support system for principals juggling multiple crises

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Free expert coaches helped school leaders figure out every-day logistics in a pandemic, and think about the future of schooling, too.

States and districts may not be ready to spend $122B in Rescue Plan funds, but the unions are

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We are already seeing union campaigns to boost hiring, even though the much-predicted teacher exodus never materialized. In fact, we lost fewer school employees through resignations and retirement in 2020 than in 2019.

Sacramento high school investigating after teacher displayed Nazi flag in classroom

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A full investigation is currently underway as officials seek to determine why the teacher "thought the flags were appropriate to use.”

Chicago kids are required to learn about police torture. So how’s it being taught?

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"The Reparations Won curriculum tells the stories of the survivors, what they went through and how they came out of it. Students become more engaged when they hear actual real life stories of people that are in their communities and have gone through things like this."

Nevada district agrees to pursue online academy for next school year

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Nevada's associate superintendent for school improvement, Kody Asmus said if a student or a family wants online learning, “they’re going to get it, they’re going to find it, whether it's homeschooling or open-enrolling to another school or district that is offering it, and we would just love to keep our kids with us."

Report: High poverty districts bear the brunt of the teacher turnover in Michigan

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More than three-quarters of the students attending schools with a 30% turnover rate or more were from low-income families.

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