Free- and reduced-price lunch, used for decades to set school funding levels and track other accountability measures, no longer serves as an accurate proxy for student poverty, researchers say.
Despite a wave of new laws that hit schools this week, a majority of adults oppose banishing sexual orientation or gender identity topics from U.S. classrooms.
Student voice surged in importance pre-COVID as educators sought new ways to engage learners. Now, a growing number of districts is making student voice a key strategy in recovering from the pandemic.
An advocacy group, Equality Florida, plans legal challenge against divisive new law banning schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
Given staffing shortages, it's hard enough to keep schools open, let alone allow time for teachers to be out of the classroom for trainings. Technology is enabling us to flip this outdated model.
Officials will observe classrooms, interview staff and analyze data at more than three dozen schools and the central office. The review will track the district's progress after a 2019 audit found "major structural challenges" and dozens of low-performing schools.
President's budget request includes $1 billion in funding for school counselors and mental health professionals. The administration proposed similar funding in 2022 but it was cut from the final spending package.
The Biden Administration—calling teacher shortages one of education's most "critical challenges"—is urging district leaders, higher education and states to collaborate to move more student-teachers into classrooms to speed K-12's recovery from the pandemic.
