At least 25 states and the District of Columbia allow schools to suspend students for "willful defiance", according to the LawAtlas Project's Policy Surveillance Portal. This week, California became the first state in the US to ban such suspensions for all students, expanding a pre-existing ban on the disciplinary practice for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.
In order to curb chronic absenteeism, K12 leaders must "double down" on creating a culture that invites students into the classroom and outlines the positive impacts of regular attendance, a new report declares.
A Wisconsin Democrat is asking the state Supreme Court’s new liberal majority to eliminate funding for the state’s four taxpayer-funded school voucher programs and independent charter schools while also lifting state-imposed limits on the amount of funding public schools can receive without a referendum. If successful, the lawsuit would upend the state’s K-12 education landscape […]
Chief of Schools Scott Schneider, is getting eager support from education voices in Jacksonville and beyond—and was previously endorsed by several Duval School Board members when he sought superintendent jobs outside of Jacksonville.
Roughly 1 in 3 new teachers hired across Texas last year were uncertified, meaning the state has no way to know if they received rigorous training. That’s up from 12% in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
The state-appointed leaders of Houston’s public school system approved a new evaluation system for campus administrators on Thursday. Superintendent Mike Miles says it’s key to improve the quality of classroom instruction, but critics argue it depends too much on standardized tests.
Republicans have long despised the federal government's involvement in education, but lawmakers in Tennessee are considering an unprecedented step: rejecting all federal funding in the name of ending what they call Washington's "excessive overreach."
While public libraries have been the center of debate about appropriate books for children, Alabama's school libraries have mainly remained unchallenged.
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Three years ago, about 30 students across eight different schools throughout Denver Public Schools went to the board of education to pass a climate change policy. Now, they're receiving national attention for their efforts.
