Imagine being a high school graduate and finding out a few months before your big day that a court decision has put in jeopardy your ability to walk across the stage and receive a diploma. That is the reality for 170,000 New Jersey high school students who as of this moment have no clear path to graduation.

Why hasn't the strategy to increase teen sleep by delaying school start times been more widely implemented? A new study in Seattle shows the power of starting the day later. What remains largely unknown is whether interventions designed to improve sleep patterns among teenagers may also prevent or delay the onset of mental disorders.

Schoolzilla PBC launched Metric Zoom, a service to help school systems dig deeper into their data. ... K12 Inc. updated its mobile app with new features. ... A Georgia district signed on with ACG Solutions/The Critical Response Group to implement school security mapping technology.

In just four years, Johnson Elementary School in Scottsburg, Ind., improved its school grade from a C to an A. Principal Chris Routt says the change was a conscious decision backed by conviction.