Six Florida students, their parents and two authors sued Lake County Schools, which barred students who are in kindergarten through third grade from accessing “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book about two male penguins who raise a baby penguin together.
The reversal comes about one month after a review committee of staff and parents appointed by the district initially determined that the Bible contained “vulgarity or violence” and should have access limited to just high schools.
More and more educators are buying into artificial intelligence's potential to enhance learning and the teaching profession as a whole. Yet, unlike administrators, they still raise concerns over how it will impact the profession.
After decades of multidisciplinary research, the scientific community has achieved consensus—children need systematic phonics instruction to crack the code and learn how to read.
Several large districts are planning modifications to their school calendars in the coming years as students continue to struggle academically one year post-Covid.
There are no "green shoots'" of academic recovery emerging, with the Nation's Report Card showing the largest-ever drop in math scores by 13-year-old students and decreases in reading.
Disastrous test scores increasingly show how steep a toll the COVID-19 era exacted on students, particularly minorities. Schools are grappling with how to catch up, and the experience of one city shows how intractable the obstacles are.
Florida's capital city superintendent who has been under investigation for his "politically charged statements" and infusing “personal views” into his administration of the school district has settled with the state’s education agency.
