After an uncertain and challenging start to the school year, students will be able to return to Lahaina schools in mid-October, officials said Tuesday. Hundreds of children from Lahaina have been attending schools elsewhere on Maui or undergoing distance learning since the Aug. 8 inferno that left much of the historic town in ruins, killing […]

As the director of Bridges Transition Childcare in Evansville, Vanessa Quarles wears many hats. She writes the grants, coordinates training to comply with those grants, pays the bills, purchases curricular materials, covers for sick employees and hires personnel — the latter of which includes Facebook ads, distributing fliers and visiting local colleges to recruit applicants. […]

Most school districts only used Mississippi’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive results. The school-based telehealth program was created by the Mississippi Department of Education, which gave $17.6 million of pandemic relief money to the […]

The Maryland State Department of Education released detailed results Tuesday on how some students in the state’s 24 public school systems fared on the latest standardized tests. Broader results from each school system were released last month from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) tests students took during the 2002-23 school year. The latest data […]

A small school in a small district in rural Ohio may not be where you would expect to find a cohort of student patent holders. And yet, at Greenon High School (student body 500), in Enon, Ohio (population 2,450), you would.  This becomes even more surprising considering the significant challenges rural schools face in delivering […]

David “T.C.” Ellis is known today as an educator and a school founder — he launched St. Paul’s High School for the Recording Arts in 1996. But back in the day, he was a rapper. Being friends with Prince since childhood, Ellis hounded the star to give him a chance as a rapper. Prince threatened […]

Michigan State University fired head football coach Mel Tucker on Wednesday on the grounds that he violated the ethical conduct portion of his contract. The letter sent to Tucker Wednesday from the university rehashes Tucker’s admitted actions toward sexual violence advocate Brenda Tracy as misconduct. Tracy reports that Tucker sexually harassed her, whereas Tucker said […]

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) failed to investigate a significant number of formal complaints against schools not following federal laws to protect students with disabilities during the 2021-2022 school year, according to a new report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. Auditors found state education officials investigated and resolved 61 complaints during the 2021-2022 school […]

With federal pandemic relief funds nearing expiration, Hoosier schools still have about $1 billion up for grabs. The money still to be claimed is part of the more than $2.8 billion made available to Indiana schools through temporary federal funding, according to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). Approved by Congress in 2020 and 2021, […]

When the only two other girls in Rebecca Wang’s high school computer science class were absent, she felt uncomfortable.  “It’s not that the boys weren’t welcoming to me,” she said. “It was more that I didn’t see other girls in the classroom.” Rebecca, a 17-year-old from San Jose, California, decided to do something about it. […]

There is a 1905 photograph taken by Lewis Hine titled “Italian Family Seeking Lost Baggage, Ellis Island.” It shows a mother, with a scarf covering her hair and a baby in her arms, and two children: a boy, about 11 or 12 years old, with what looks like a laundry bag over his shoulder, and […]

TOPEKA — A new labor report revealed the current annual rate of degree and certificate completion at Kansas colleges and universities would be insufficient to meet anticipated growth in demand for young, educated workers and could leave the state’s economy with an estimated 34,000 shortfall by end of this decade. Analysis by the Institute for […]

WASHINGTON — As Congress barrels toward a partial government shutdown, the White House Monday warned that a program that helps millions of low-income families afford healthy food could see substantial cuts. The White House released a state-by-state breakdown, estimating that nearly 7 million people who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, […]

Los Angeles charters could lose access to space in nearly 350 district schools under a resolution the school board approved Tuesday. The action is likely to upend decades of practice in one of the more charter-rich districts in the country. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has 45 days to draft a policy that makes co-location — as […]

Most Oregon students have not regained ground in key subjects following the COVID pandemic, but steep declines in English language arts, math and science proficiency that occurred during the pandemic are beginning to level off, according to the latest results from statewide assessment tests. Gov. Tina Kotek said in a news release that the latest […]

Last fall, Florida’s Duval County Schools pegged 450 eighth graders who were off-track for high school algebra to take part in an ambitious new tutoring effort. The results caused a stir among principals. By the end of April, nearly half the students did well enough on tests to skip a second year in lower-level math.  […]

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin published a piece not that long ago arguing that Democrats have an opportunity on K-12 issues:  “Democrats would be wise to reclaim the issue of K-12 education, starting with a recognition that the United States has long been falling behind international competitors and suffered another blow with COVID. They might […]

Mike Miles, the superintendent appointed by the state in the summer to turn around the Houston Independent School District, said Saturday he would need the next four to five years to put it on the right path. “We have to build a culture of high performance,” he said during a Texas Tribune Festival panel. “This […]

Ten of Michigan’s 15 public universities have committed to admitting high school graduates with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher during their fall 2024 admission cycle. Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State University, Lake Superior State University, Northern Michigan University, Oakland University, Saginaw Valley State University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, University of […]

It’s a quote that has circulated all over social media: “My teacher thought I was smarter than I was, so I was.”  The origin is unknown, but the quote resonated deeply with educators, especially those in science, technology, engineering and math. The foundational idea is crystal clear: The adults in schools have the power to […]