Black educators have an incredibly positive, measurable effect on the lives of young Black students. When kids see teachers who look like them, they perform better academically.
Districts risk losing students to homeschooling and private schools if they cannot offer families a flexible blend of in-person and virtual instruction post-COVID, a new study finds.
Economic and demographic realities are pressuring colleges to produce employable graduates and many schools are innovating to attract underserved groups.
Just as newspapers lost subscribers, some public schools have been losing students, and like papers, some responded to losses in revenue and enrollment by laying off teachers, narrowing the curriculum, and eliminating programs.
“If we are identifying students who are eligible, we need to make sure that they have access to this program. Otherwise, we are intentionally underserving gifted students we’re punishing the kids for not having transportation. Absolutely ridiculous.”
Rural school systems reopened their buildings to in-person instruction more swiftly while leaders of districts of all sizes provided more tutoring and hired rather than fired staff.
Metro Nashville Public Schools graduates face lifetime earnings loss with COVID compounding college affordability and access challenges, a new report says.
