Government, Public Education
These states suffered an academic plunge despite spending more per student(reimaginED) â Itâs award season here at reimaginED, and weâre reviewing a trend from âthe Nationâs Report Cardâ for low-income students who tested in all 50 states between 2003 and… Read More
Culture, Public Education
California lawmaker proposes more Narcan kits in schools amid fentanyl drug crisis(The Center Square) â A California state lawmaker says heâll introduce a proposal in the coming legislative session to provide schools with Narcan kits and increase prevention efforts as fentanyl-related… Read More
Government, Public Education
Democrat-majority North Carolina Supreme Court rules against lawmakers in school funding case(The Center Square) â A North Carolina trial court will determine the exact amount of whatâs expected to be hundreds of millions in education spending ordered by the state Supreme… Read More
Public Education
After test scores show record decline for NYC students, Mayor Adams proposes $4 billion for school heaters in âunrealisticâ energy programThe mayor of Americaâs largest city announced a plan in late October to spend $4 billion to electrify school heating systems as part of an energy… Read More
Government, Public Education
Barriers mean Pennsylvania parents can’t easily switch from one public school to another(The Center Square) â In Pennsylvania, like much of America, parents will struggle if they want to transfer their children from one public school to another. In a… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Bailey demands apology from Pritzker over COVID school closures(The Center Square) â In the final days of the campaign for Illinois governor, the major party candidates are taking jabs at each other for closing schools during the pandemic. Read More
Government, Public Education
Michigan ranks poorly in public school open-enrollment study(The Center Square) â Michigan has some catching up to do with other states when it comes to providing open enrollment opportunities for the stateâs public-school students. The Reason Foundationâs … Read More
Public Education
Federal court to Ann Arbor Public Schools: stop gagging student speech on Proposal 3(The Center Square) â A federal court has ordered Ann Arbor Public Schools to stop gagging conservative studentsâ political speech about Proposal 3. The court order follows Skyline High… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz receives 34 life sentences for 2018 school massacreThe shooter who took the lives of 17 students and staff members at a Florida high school four years ago was sentenced to 34 terms of life in prison this… Read More
Public Education
Denver public schools may close 10 schools due to low enrollment; critics blame poor planningDenver Public Schoolsâ superintendent is recommending the closure of 10 elementary and middle schools, citing low enrollment from declining birth rates and a changing housing… Read More
Public Education
Parent says Pennsylvania school district hides gender-affirming education, and superintendent confirms itMothers and fathers âare not co-parenting with the government,â a frustrated Pennsylvania parent told her local school board after discovering her kids were being taught about âgender-affirming careâ and… Read More
Public Education
Famous Florida law prohibiting sex and gender identity teaching in lower grades faces renewed legal challengesÂOpponents of Floridaâs new law protecting young schoolchildren from age-inappropriate instruction in sex have renewed their legal fight against it. The lawsuit by a handful of students, parents,… Read More
Public Education
Washington state’s superintendent Reykdal briefs education board on his ‘enormous’ budget ask(The Center Square) â Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal addressed a number of education-related topics during a Thursday update to the Washington State Board of Education, including… Read More
Public Education
CRT is taught in Kansas, says Lansing school board member(The Sentinel) â Education officials insist that the tenets of critical race theory are not being taught in Kansas and other states, but a new survey of young adults indicates… Read More
Public Education
Report: Pandemic policies set average WV school district back 7 months in math(The Center Square) â Every West Virginia school district saw significant learning losses between 2019 and 2022, with students being more than three-fourths of a year behind on average, according… Read More
Public Education
Local taxpayers without children in school canât formally complain about instructional material, decides Tennessee school boardA Tennessee school board is barring local taxpayers from formally raising concerns over textbooks and materials in the classroom unless they have a child in the district. Williamson… Read More
Public Education
Educators and bus drivers among 132,000 Illinois public employees with six-figure salaries(The Center Square) â An audit of Illinois public employee salaries and pensions found a staggering number of employees were in the six-figure club. The nonprofit government watchdog organization … Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district says accountability is key to its performance; policy group to follow up with panel discussion(The Sentinel) â The Wabaunsee school district has consistently outperformed surrounding districts and the state average on math and reading state assessments tests over the last several years. While the… Read More
Public Education
Report: Kansas could use accreditation threat to force schools to eliminate Native American mascotsSome are so eager to rid Kansas schools of Indian mascots that theyâre floating the threat of tying it to accreditation. An advisory group to the Kansas State… Read More
Public Education
Political move? Nebraska State Board of Education forbids public comment during final public meeting before Nov. 8 electionThe Nebraska State Board of Education (SBOE) wonât allow public comment at its Nov. 4 meeting, with critics suggesting the move is political. The Friday meeting is just… Read More