Search Results For blog

DC's high-impact tutoring programs are also improving school attendance

Bijal Shah | March 07, 2024

Overall, students were less likely to be absent on days when they had a scheduled tutoring session, with researchers finding a nearly 7% reduction in the probability of absence.

Opinion

How to create PD for AI in the classroom

Wess Trabelsi | March 07, 2024

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and with the right instruction and support, it can excite teachers and enrich students' learning.

Briefing

3 ways education shined in Biden's State of the Union address

Micah Ward | March 07, 2024

President Joe Biden made it clear in his State of the Union address Thursday that K12 education is on his radar. Here's what we learned.

Briefing

Leaders forced to close more schools by 2 big concerns

Matt Zalaznick | March 07, 2024

Wichita Public Schools in Kansas will close six schools to cover a $42 million budget shortfall as San Francisco's superintendent declares "We must have fewer schools than we do now."

Texas places state's largest charter school network under conservatorship

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | March 06, 2024

The state had been investigating IDEA Public Schools since 2021 and raised questions on its spending on things like a luxury driver and private jet.

Superintendent takes to Facebook to plead for better student attendance amid alarming rates

WGXA | March 06, 2024

In a passionate Facebook Live address spanning nearly 20 minutes, Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims drew attention to chronic absenteeism within the district.

Battling student absenteeism with grandmas, vans and a lot of love

Ana White | March 06, 2024

With more than half of students frequently absent, Pittsburgh Arlington has one of the highest rates of chronic absence in the district. Because of that, the nanas program tries to intervene early on.

Alabama school choice bill awaits Ivey's signature: 'Monumental achievement' to become law after heated debate

Nehal Nangia | March 06, 2024

HB129, called the CHOOSE Act, would create education savings accounts, or ESAs, for families of students to use toward eligible education expenses.

Virginia judge sets aside guilty verdict against former school superintendent

Bijal Shah | March 06, 2024

A judge has set aside a guilty verdict against ex-Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler who was convicted of a retaliatory firing of a teacher who reported that an elementary school student inappropriately touched her.

'Hey, I grew that': the Native American public school that's decolonizing foodways