Just 20 states earned a “meets requirements” designation from the Education Department this year for serving students with disabilities ages 3 to 21 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The U.S. Department of Education says New York discriminated against a Long Island school district for keeping its Native American mascot, violating federal civil rights law. Secretary Linda McMahon said the state ban is unfair because mascots like “Dutchmen” and “Huguenots” are still allowed.
Des Moines Public Schools is launching new "Reimagining Education" initiatives, including expanded preschool busing, sixth-grade changes, and a Diploma+ graduation option.
Placing students directly into college-level classwork, rather than developmental classes, improves outcomes, according to a recent study by the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR). The research, which includes synthesized data from two large-scale experimental studies across 12 community colleges in New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin, found that students who bypassed developmental courses were […]
California’s audacious goal of having half of all K-12 students enrolled in bilingual education programs by 2030 has encountered one big stumbling block.
The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators.
Well-designed online public schools offer something the pandemic's improvised remote learning never could: a complete educational infrastructure built from the ground up, free tuition and backed by the same standards as any other public school.
