NPR The Supreme Court declined to review a Boston school admissions policy reserving seats for top GPA students in each neighborhood. This is the second time the court has avoided intervening in geographically based admissions since its 2023 ruling against affirmative action.
More than half a million school-age migrant children have arrived in the U.S. since 2022, according to immigration court records collected by Syracuse University, exacerbating overcrowding in some classrooms; compounding teacher and budget shortfalls; forcing teachers to grapple with language barriers and inflaming social tensions in places unaccustomed to educating immigrant students.
For years, rural systems have lagged behind in integrating edtech into instruction. But now, thanks to greater internet access and more affordable and innovative technologies, conditions are ripe for rural districts to catch up.
The share of children ages 5 to 17 enrolled in public schools fell by almost 4 percentage points from 2012 to 2022, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found, even as the overall population grew.
We're not going to string you along with a lot of build-up here (pun intended): The average age of schools in the U.S. is nearly 50 and more than a third of the buildings were built before 1970.
After years of reporting a declining school-age population, Denver Public Schools is seeing a surge in the enrollment of newcomer students - many from Venezuela - a country in a deep economic and political crisis.
By Bill Brancato, Vice President, IT Systems and Digital Strategy for Kelly Education December 19, 2023 There’s no doubt that substitute teachers are the heroes who step up to allow learning to continue when teachers are absent. While they cover millions of classrooms each year, many states no longer require them to have an education […]
