A survey of Denver's teachers found that smaller class sizes and expanded mental health services were preferred solutions over SROs and metal detectors. But teachers elsewhere want more police in their schools.
Sun Prairie Area School District came under fire last month when a lawsuit alleged that an 18-year-old male student entered a locker room while four girls who just completed a swim unit were rinsing themselves off.
It would take a teacher 30 years to save for a 20% down payment for a "median home" in San Francisco Unified School District in California, according to a new analysis breaking down some of the most—and least—affordable districts for teachers.
Superintendents take heed: Even liberal voters—particularly Black and Latino parents—are open to exploring alternatives to traditional K12 education in communities across the country.
Districts are now spending ESSER money at a rate of $5 billion a month, a pace that will exhaust the funds by the 2024 deadline, according to the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University.
A new school board quickly enacted its agenda in Woodland Park. Now teachers are leaving and the board faces growing opposition, including from lifelong GOP voters.
Bad behavior at school is leading to an alarming surge in students getting suspended in Jersey City, and the superintendent thinks social media is partly to blame for the rise in violence.
Chronic absenteeism spiked at 10 million students in 2020-21—that means more than one in every five students in the nation missed at least 10% of the school year.
The 4-day school week, seen as a powerful recruitment tool, could cause as much learning loss as the pandemic but over a protracted period of time, according to a new Rand Corporation analysis.
