Limited funds didn't prevent this district from making the most of their resources.

When North Carolina adopted the Common Core in 2012, Principal Sherry Robinson and her staff at Bald Creek Elementary School spent the year feeling at a loss. The rural Title I school was facing its usual host of challenges—a high achievement gap, a transient population and at-risk students—but now it lacked the resources to shape […]

More school districts now operate winter- and spring-break academies as a way for students to recover missing credits and to increase their chances of on-time graduation. Minneapolis Public Schools offers classes during vacations at about 20 high schools. Students can complete courses, retake classes they've failed or even get a jump-start on other work. The […]

Most public school teachers still have access to a state-funded pension plan. But for the majority, their retirement benefits will be worth less than what they contributed during their years in the classroom, according to an analysis by the Fordham Institute. The study, which examined the largest school districts in each state and in Washington, […]