Public Education
‘Evidence of backsliding’: Students’ math and reading scores aren’t bouncing back from school closures(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Studentsâ academic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled despite efforts to make up for the learning loss, according to a Tuesday report. Students on… Read More
Legislation, Opinion
Pennsylvania risks being left behind in education reform as governor breaks campaign promiseThe unexpected benefit of the COVID pandemic could be that the logjam preventing K-12 education reform may finally have been broken â at least outside of Pennsylvania. … Read More
Public Education
Not one student proficient in math in 10 Minneapolis, St. Paul public schools(Daily Caller) â At least 10 elementary and high schools in the Minneapolis Public School District and St. Paul Public School District in Minnesota, did not have a single student… Read More
Legislation, Opinion
McClatchy, Iorio collude to keep kids uneducated(The Sentinel) â One-third of public school students in Kansas cannot read or do math at grade level, and the McClatchy newspapers and columnist Sharon Hartin Iorio seem determined to… Read More
Legislation
Poll: Large majority of Chicago voters support school choice(The Center Square) â Two out of every three voters are dissatisfied with Chicagoâs public education system, and some 62% of them support school choice, a new Illinois Policy Institute… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas education commissioner claims âproficientâ is a made-up term(The Sentinel) â Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson last week told the State Board of Education that âproficient is a made-up term that the federal government makes us define.â Watson… Read More
Public Education
Not a single student is proficient in reading or math at 55 Chicago schools(Daily Caller) â In 55 Chicago Public Schools, not one student met grade level expectations in either math or reading during the 2021-2022 school year, according to a Wirepoints report. Read More
Public Education
Illinois schools underperforming despite increased funding(The Center Square) â Public education advocates say Illinois’ evidence-based funding model has adequately funded schools. However, one lawmaker says students are still underperforming. Illinois’ evidence-based K-12 schools funding model… Read More
Public Education
Not one student was proficient in math in 23 Baltimore schools, report says(Daily Caller) â In 23 Baltimore City Schools, zero students tested proficient in math in 2022, according to a report by Project Baltimore. Through an analysis of 150 Baltimore City… Read More
Legislation
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt renews support for school choice as legislation pends in state senateIn his state of the state address on Monday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt prioritized education reform and school choice. âParents spoke loud and clear at the ballot box… Read More
Legislation
Nebraska school choice proposal gets hearing, support of governorA school choice bill in Nebraska is back up for consideration, this time with support from the governor. âWe canât let one kid fall through the cracks and… Read More
Legislation
Kansas Gov. Kelly: School choice for my kids but not yours(The Sentinel) â Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is staunchly opposed to school choice, except for her own children. Alumni newsletters show Kelly and her husband, Dr. Ted Daughety, could… Read More
Public Education
Illinois State Board of Education names new state superintendent of schools(The Center Square) â The Illinois State Board of Education has named its 31st state superintendent of education, but not everyone is on board with the selection. Tony Sanders was… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districtâs student achievement deception is all too typical(The Sentinel) â Frustrated with district officialsâ refusal to acknowledge a student achievement crisis, a group of Rose Hill parents mailed a postcard to residents showing the tragic truth â… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Department of Education takes ‘another lap on the grade inflation tour’(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Department of Education conducted a fifty-city âKansans Can Success Tourâ in 2021 that felt like high school pep rallies, with the announcement of record-setting… Read More