Data from the Iowa Department of Education reveals a significant trend in the state's education landscape: in the first two years since the passage of Iowa's voucher law, 36 new private schools have opened while 16 public schools have closed. The legislation, passed by Governor Kim Reynolds and Republican lawmakers in 2023, aims to expand school choice for families.
As the brother of a recent graduate from the University of Wyoming's College of Education, Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne, has seen firsthand how lagging teacher salaries in Wyoming affect the state's pool of educators.
When Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom training, one goal was to make the profession more attractive to individuals from different paths who could offer hands-on learning to students.
Georgia's Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods now says school districts may teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies after all, now that Georgia's attorney general said the state's law against teaching divisive racial concepts specifically exempts such college-level courses.
Utah lawmakers set aside $72 million last year to help schools fund critical security upgrades, such as bulletproof window film, security cameras and emergency alert systems.
Less than a month before Oklahoma school districts begin classes, the state schools superintendent issued guidance for how public schools might incorporate his directive that the Bible be taught in every classroom.
Florida Republicans, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, want to let tiny private schools open in libraries, movie theaters, churches and other spaces where they can fit makeshift classrooms.
Two years after Utah lawmakers mandated that all public schools in the state provide students with free period products, students who use them are missing class less often and feeling more confident.
