The waivers permit food service providers to offer free meals to families of school-age children to last them through the week without restricting them to specific distribution centers.
Parents' confidence in public schools soared while their support for online learning grew sharply despite the COVID shutdown of schools this spring, according to an annual education survey.
Momentum is building for an emergency stimulus fund that would help schools bring broadband internet access and WiFi to students left out of online learning.
High-stakes testing does not cause teachers to leave education or switch schools or districts. In fact, it may help retain some new teachers, a study has found.
School mascots that community members find offensive are being replaced. However, some school board members are choosing to stick with problematic mascots—even staking their political lives on the nicknames.
Top education officials say they are preparing to implement Tennessee's newly enacted voucher law a full year ahead of schedule while unveiling key requirements surrounding the program.
The state Senate approved a $19.7 billion early education and school funding proposal. The bill would increase state support for local school districts by $900 million over the next two years. Some administrators have raised concerns that it is insufficient given the growing size and needs of their student populations.
Public school teachers and their supporters rallied in Raleigh for the second year in a row. They want more money for student support staff, such as counselors and nurses—features now included in the state House budget written by Republican legislators.
A lawmaker's proposal to curb the costs of Arizona's soaring corporate-funded private school tax credit program might just make it to the governor's desk this year. The bill would gradually decrease the rate the tax credit's cap is allowed to grow from 20 percent to 2 percent or the rate of inflation by 2024.
