A federal judge ruled that a Virginia school system illegally discriminated against Asian Americans when it overhauled the admissions policies at an elite public school.
Staff shortages in the classroom and elsewhere are the leading reasons some big districts have shifted to virtual learning this week, with administrators hoping to bring students back quickly.
Extended learning, tutoring and small-group instruction lead the way as schools work to accelerate—rather than remediate—to ward off COVID-era learning loss.
A small but growing number of districts are mandating vaccines for eligible as the COVID delta variant disrupted the beginning of yet another school year.
District leaders are having to change menus daily as food suppliers are forced to substitute products, putting pressure on students with allergies to check ingredients.
AFT leaders and union members are going door-to-door in dozens of communities to convince students to get vaccinated and return to in-person instruction.
Mandating masks when school starts will prevent a divide from emerging between students who have and haven't been vaccinated, say authorities in one state.
This article was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio, via Kaiser Health News. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Scott Dulle scoured the internet for ways to safely get kids back into St. Thomas More School, a private pre-K-8 school in Kansas City, Missouri, where he works as the director of building and grounds. When […]
Grace James Academy of Excellence, part of Jefferson County Public Schools, focuses on STEM with its GEMS program—which stands for "girls excelling in math and science,