Last year, 38 states enacted nearly 100 laws providing additional resources to support mental wellbeing in K-12 schools. Dozens of additional school mental health bills became law this year.
The average K-12 student accessed 74 different ed-tech tools in the first half of the 2021-22 school year while the average teacher used 86, according to LearnPlatform.
"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID.
Do a lot of students in your schools care about state-level education policy? Well, there is a group of teens in Kentucky who care quite a lot and are no longer shy about getting involved.
Female superintendents and superintendents of districts serving mostly students of color have been disproportionately impacted by turnover since the beginning of the pandemic though all leaders are reporting heavier workloads.
While K-12 leaders are invested in advancing digital transformation, most have not prepared for the increasing security threats these technologies have introduced.
Here are three facts about college-going: it's not getting more expensive, students often lose track of the application process, and some who get accepted never actually enroll.
Recent limits on teaching LGBTQ topics and student activities fly in the face of years of growing inclusion and affirmation by educators, schools, and yes, even state lawmakers.
Education officials want to use federal education funds to conduct focus groups and surveys to analyze students' moods over the next year, and come up with recommendations on how schooling can be improved.
Many people have experienced languishing or a “sense of stagnation and emptiness” during the pandemic, comparing this feeling to “looking at life through a foggy windshield.”
