Without national standards, there is huge variation between what one school and a district in another state may be teaching students at the same level.
Even though K-12 leaders expect recovery from COVID learning loss to take up to a year, a substantial number also feel optimistic about the future, a new survey has found.
Adaptions many educators made to online learning during COVID hold a key—along with stimulus funds—to reversing the nation's worsening teacher shortage.
The California Department of Education data shows that the number of students at K-12 schools dropped by more than 160,000 this academic year, most of them at the K-6 level, to a total of 6 million.
Many school districts have put out little information about 2021 summer learning and enrichment plans. Moreover, many of the plans released are missing high-leverage strategies like tutoring, assessment data, and clear communication plans.
As closing arguments were held Monday in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, students from some 110 Minneapolis-area schools walked out to protest the death of Daunte Wright in the nearby suburb of Brooklyn Center.
