Subscribe to District Administration
Web replica of the print magazine.
The numbers both confirm and contradict what some had suspected about which New York City families had chosen to send their kids back into school buildings in September several days a week and which would participate when schools reopen next week to elementary and special needs students.
California officials released the long-awaited Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, a 113-page blueprint to remodel the state’s Byzantine child-care system and dramatically expand public preschool.
It’s time to start looking at two areas that education reformers have avoided: what is being taught in American classrooms, and how it’s being delivered.
Disconnects between K-12 and higher education data systems can lead students to have their college eligibility determined incorrectly, leading them to be unfairly rejected from our public universities.
Bridges Collaborative is betting that getting educators and housing advocates in the same room — virtually, for now — will help break the inertia that has settled into pushes for integration across much of the country.
Concerned about spreading the virus through instruments or singing, student music groups are finding innovative ways to perform together.
The teachers hope the care packages will help bridge the gap between the virtual classroom and the students' homes.
Many European nations have managed to flatten the coronavirus surge while keeping schools open, reducing academic and economic disruption.
For months, the agency had failed to process complaints of discrimination against students during the pandemic. Now it appears to be taking some steps forward.
“One of the side effects of COVID-19 for an incoming teacher is we don’t get to see those best practices in motion.”
Just 10 days after closing New York City's schools because of rising coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the nation's largest school district will begin a phased reopening next week.
President-elect wants to expand resources for public schools and reinstate several civil-rights guidelines that were rescinded.
District officials say they want more positive interactions between students and school police.
"The training made me realize that I shouldn't dismiss anything for the sake of fulfilling a lesson plan," one teacher said.
Fairfax County Public Schools published an internal analysis, showing that between the last academic year and this one, the percentage of middle school and high school students earning F’s in at least two classes jumped by 83 percent: from 6 percent to 11 percent.
Subscribe
Digital Edition