Public Education
San Francisco scraps ‘equity’ plan to pass kids who score 21% on tests after backlash(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Shortly after San Franciscoâs public schoolâs chief announced a âGrading for Equityâ plan, she changed course after it was lambasted from both sides of the… Read More
Courts
New Mexico must address âcontinuing violationâ of studentsâ rights in failing to educate, judge rulesÂA New Mexico judge has ordered the state to create a remedial plan after its âcontinuing violation of at-risk studentsâ constitutional rightsâ â rights to receive an adequate public education,… Read More
Opinion
Kansas education board’s proposal is designed to keep hiding bad student outcomes(The Sentinel) â Which of the following provides a clear understanding of student achievement in Kansas: 33% of Kansas students are below grade level in math, or 33% of students… Read More
Public Education
Soaring levels of non-English speaking students may be driving national reading test scores into ground(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Rapidly-increasing levels of non-English speaking students in schools across the nation may be contributing to the abysmal reading scores reported in recent years nationwide. Data… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian schools in Kansas outperform similarly-sized public schools once againKansasâ Christian schools are performing better in reading and math than even the best public schools on average. David Dorsey, senior education policy fellow at the Kansas Policy Institute,… Read More
Opinion
F-minus: a tale of two citiesâ school districts(The Daily Signal) â The Nationâs Report Card recently went public. Itâs the kind of thing that kids hide from their parents. The National Assessment of Educational Progress offers a… Read More
Opinion
Make the National Assessment of Educational Progress great again(The Daily Signal) â Florida has led the nation in education since 2019, instituting revolutionary educational reforms such as first-in-the-nation progress monitoring assessments, universal school choice, supporting parental rights in… Read More
Public Education
Republican lawmakers push for higher academic standards for Wisconsin schools(The Center Square) â A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers are asking the state to reverse the process of lowering school standards. State Sen. John Jager, R-Watertown, and Rep. Bob Wittke,… Read More
Public Education
Analyst: Illinois students poor SAT showing a bad sign for future(The Center Square) â Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is warning what falling Illinois state test scores could spell for the state moving forward. Data recently analyzed by the Illinois State… Read More
Public Education
State tests show students still struggling with learning loss(The Center Square) â Test results from last yearâs PSSA and Keystone tests, two measures of academic performance across Pennsylvania, show modest improvement in most areas, but the schools have miles… Read More
Public Education
U.S. students falling behind in math, science, says international examU.S. students are falling behind in key STEM subjects, an international exam revealed. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which began in 1995, measures math and science… Read More
Public Education
Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains(The Center Square) â Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report. Read More
Public Education
School choice is on top in Milwaukee, not public schoolsÂCan a troubled district really contain multiple top schools? Thatâs apparently the case in Milwaukee, a beleaguered urban district with widespread problems of poverty, crime and… Read More
Public Education
Latest Wisconsin school scores show school choice success, group says(The Center Square) â A school choice group in Wisconsin say the latest standardized test scores, even with the recent changes, show the choice is good for students. Nicholas Kelly, president… Read More
Government
Tim Walz has so far failed to improve test scores in his state despite shelling out billions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a $2.3 billion educational spending bill in 2023 meant to improve his stateâs school system,… Read More
Public Education
Nearly 1 in 3 public school students are lagging behind in school, government data shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Nearly one-third of K-12 students were behind grade level at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, according to a recent survey by the National… Read More
Public Education
Lowest-spending Virginia school districts surpass top spenders in some subjects(The Center Square)Â â Recent data on school district spending gathered by the Virginia Public Access Project appear to support the conclusion of a late-February Reason Foundation study assessing the relationship… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school choice program shows remarkable progress for low-income students(The Sentinel) â ACE Scholarships, a Kansas program that provides partial funding for lower-income families to send their children to a private school of their choice, is… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee school enrollment down, students still behind(The Center Square) â A new report says most students in Milwaukee schools are not getting any better of an education now than they were 30 years ago. The Wisconsin Policy… Read More
Public Education
Student test scores still falling despite hundreds of billions in pandemic aid(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Student test scores are continuing to fall four years after schools moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday by… Read More