"Our schools are, sadly, under-resourced and there is an unstated expectation that educators will spend their own money on school supplies and equipment," Vice President of the National Education Association Princess Moss told USA Today. "We don't ask nurses and doctors to provide their own equipment for doing their jobs."
Ron DeSantis rose to prominence in part on his “anti-woke” agenda, especially when it comes to education. In some settings, culture-war messaging seems to be receding.
The big picture is that kids at every grade are still behind where they would have been without the pandemic. All three reports look at student achievement in the spring of 2019, before the pandemic, and compare it to the spring of 2023. A typical sixth grader, for example, in the spring of 2023 was generally scoring much lower than a typical sixth grader in 2019.
U.S. News' analysis of nearly 18,000 public schools across the country ranks schools based on college preparedness, student achievement and STEM education.
A loose coalition of 250 school leaders is experimenting with deeper learning, social-emotional skills, self-direction and career readiness as they and their teams seek new ways to equip students for success after high school graduation.
The number of teacher vacancies in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools—more than 500 as of last week—was big enough to grab attention. But the back-to-school scramble to find teachers isn’t limited to the state’s second-largest district.
Efforts to minimize discussion pertaining to race, gender and history come in many forms, declares PEN America in a recent report. Nine in particular are being used to reduce students' exposure to "harmful content."
The approach goes beyond robotics and computer science class. Teachers and students embrace artificial intelligence in nearly every subject taught, from English to art class. So far, the machines seem to be winning over students, parents and teachers, but there is still a lot to learn.
Pandemic relief funds have been a game changer for districts desperate for the resources necessary to continue high-quality instruction amid teacher shortages and other issues. But leaders' spending habits will change once these funds run dry, a new survey suggests.
Parental pressure appears to have played a major role in the sudden departure of the superintendent of North Monterey County USD in California and in a number of other districts.
