A Vermont high school board has voted to join a legal challenge mounted by a group of 32 school boards statewide over district consolidations. The anti-merger lawsuit is against Act 46, which encourages consolidation as schools face declining enrollment and rising education costs. A Vermont high school board has voted unanimously to join the legal […]
The Detroit school board is asking state education officials to support letting only institutions with elected boards to authorize charter schools in Michigan. Their resolution noted that the Detroit Public Schools Community District is among the state’s 10 active charter school authorizers and the only one governed by an elected board. The Detroit school board […]
An early estimate shows Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposal for a school finance fix would provide three times more dollars for property tax relief as it would additional money for school districts in 2020. That gap would widen to five times more by 2021, costing the state an additional $3 billion over that time period, according […]
Iowa schools need certainty about the future of the statewide 1-cent sales tax that generates money to help pay for infrastructure. The Iowa Legislature can provide it by repealing the 2029 sunset on the tax, or, better yet, making the tax permanent. There will never come a day when districts do not need money for […]
Our system of education is a national tragedy and is at the root of all our nation’s challenges. That millions of our nation’s children suffer irreparable harm makes the American education process a disaster of unprecedented scope and scale. Children in charter, parochial and public schools are failing throughout the U.S., and each failure has […]
The Oklahoma State Department of Education notified school districts across the state that the release of brand new school report cards set for this month will be delayed. The district accountability review window will therefore be open in late January after the close of the assessment precode window. The Oklahoma State Department of Education notified […]
Designed for users of all experience levels and abilities, each AI-in-a-Box provides curriculum, hardware and software for schools and teachers to provide 10 hours of STEAM and project-based education. It teaches six key concepts of artificial intelligence, including visual recognition, facial recognition and more. ReadyAI, the first teacher-friendly K12 Artificial Intelligence (AI) education company, announced […]
People often applaud vocational education in theory, provided it is “for someone else’s kids.” Those kids are most kids, and a false promise of college success does more harm than good. We owe them our focus and the best pathway that we can construct—one that carries them as close as possible to the destination their […]
The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic launched the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience. It focuses on research around the intersection of literacy and health across education content areas including early childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale Child […]
The Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success Foundation launched an online database that will expand access to STEM educational opportunities for Illinois students from minority and underrepresented backgrounds. The statewide database will aggregate available STEM education programs, resources and opportunities. The Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success Foundation (CPASS) launched a new online […]
