We are seeing school leaders take action on professional events to support educators as they work diligently to bring students up to speed following 2020.
Cybersecurity instruction for educators appears to be lagging even as a large majority of districts are spending more to fight off ransomware and other cyberattacks.
The Chicago Public Schools inspector general says there appears to be widespread problems with the way students who stop coming to school are being tracked.
Our kids participate in the testing, so we should look at their positive results and see how we can apply lessons learned to U.S. schools more broadly.
The arts have been part of public education almost from the beginning. Nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, the father of American public schools, believed that the arts enhanced learning.
Says the CEO and co-founder of imagiLabs, "What excites me is a future where no child is left behind to gather the essential skills for the digital age simply due to a lack of access to tools and teachers who can help them to code."
With COVID-19 cases rising steeply, some school districts are encouraging masking as many kids return to classes after the holiday break. Boston, Newton, Arlington and Cambridge school districts are all strongly recommending masking in schools through Jan. 13.
