Platforms and apps that provide parents direct communication and unfiltered access to grades, schedules, school news and emergency announcements offer better access than ever before. Many districts keep parents informed with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media, but more sophisticated tools have emerged as technology has evolved. Platforms and apps that provide parents direct […]

A widespread belief that it’s illegal to give away extra or uneaten school food no longer has any basis in reality. In 2011, the federal Good Samaritan Act was amended to cover schools, so certain uneaten items can be donated, instead of going to waste. Los Angeles USD launched “Healthy Students, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities” […]

Despite recent controversies, most K12 U.S. history textbooks now devote more space to viewpoints outside of the white-European male narrative, historians say. “The whole approach to historiography has changed” says Luess Sampson-Lizotte, vice president of humanities & science product development at Pearson. “It is a little broader and more inclusive of multiple perspectives of the […]