America’s youngest students entered school this year with weaker math and reading skills, compared with before the pandemic, according to new data that is surprising some educators. In kindergarten, students tested in 2023 were about 2 percentage points less likely to begin school at grade level in both math and reading, compared with 2019, data compiled by […]
A Missouri lawmaker wants to abolish the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and give the governor the authority to redistribute its powers, duties, personnel and property. The proposed legislation was filed by state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Republican from St. Charles County who is also seeking the GOP nomination in the 2024 Missouri governor’s race. […]
A Kentucky Republican lawmaker wants to rid the public K12 system of some programs used to make schools more inclusive of people of color, LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups. Sen. Stephen Meredith of Leitchfield filed Senate Bill 93 Monday. The measure contains language from laws and regulations passed in Florida and Texas aimed at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion […]
Like other first-year teachers, those granted emergency credentials were disproportionately assigned to work with children with disabilities, English learners and low-income students. And, in fact, they had more such children in their classrooms. Even so, their students saw about the same rate of growth in math and reading as children taught by regularly licensed educators. When the […]
The mistake stems from the department's apparent failure to update a key part of its aid calculation index for inflation, which has surged by some 20% since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is creating a first-ever public-facing strategic plan and wants residents' opinions on teacher retention, mental health test scores and other topics.
Superintendent Elizabeth Grant said change is hard—even good change. But she added that change is necessary as districts across the state and country continue to lose students.
State Superintendent Eric Mackey told board members in December that they couldn’t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.
Patrick Tutwiler, the state’s education secretary, will make his television debut to deliver the message that “school is where kids belong.” It's part of a multilingual campaign by the state's K-12 education department, including billboards and ads on radio and public transit.
