Report: 87% of state history standards do not mention Native American history after 1900, and 27 states make no mention of a single Native American in their K-12 curriculum.
While nonprofits provide assistance to low-income districts, school teams work to recruit girls and students of color, and educators teach inclusivity.
Funding for earthquake-related repairs at Gruening Middle School (pictured), among other infrastructure projects, is included in the Alaska district's 2020 proposal.
Districts are offering signing bonuses, filling gaps with social workers and counselors, training teachers to spot signs of distress, and developing intervention teams.
Guest columnist Mark D. Benigni, superintendent of Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, says standardized testing is not the problem. Rather, the issue is how some districts are using these scores.
Restorative justice in schools is a growing trend as administrators look to build relationships with students and school staff rather than use out of school suspensions—which can lead to incarceration.
District leaders are increasingly under the microscope for allowing implicit bias in education to fester on their campuses, with some schools facing the likelihood of lawsuits.
