1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (245+ words) As studies continue to find that additional school funding alone does not guarantee improved student literacy rates, Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced the Improving America’s Literacy Act last month to address declining elementary literacy. “Federal dollars…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (735+ words) (The Center Square) – The Council on Social Work Education refused to oblige medical watchdog Do No Harm’s May letter that requested the accreditor remove diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements from its accreditation standards that Do No Harm sees as abandoning…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) Participation in Texas’ new school choice program has topped 85,000 students, but another 121,000 remain on the waiting list, a new report says, with many unlikely to receive funding this year. The state rolled out its new $1 billion Texas Education Freedom Accounts…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (340+ words) Even as the Badger State’s public-school enrollment dropped this academic year, researchers have been at a loss to explain why homeschooling is the “fastest growing education option,” according to Wisconsin Public Radio. “Recently released numbers from the Department of Public…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (337+ words) (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a letter to university presidents and board members to reaffirm their commitment to academic excellence and to outline reforms aimed at restoring confidence in higher education. McMahon asked…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (621+ words) (The Center Square) – Following the recent passage of Chicago Public Schools’ $9.96 billion budget, state leaders and lawmakers have had mixed reactions to the board’s inclusion of an unguaranteed $435 million in taxpayer funding. After hours of deliberation, board members voted on…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (539+ words) “We do not know if we… In the latest financial fiasco to beset Chicago Public Schools, the district’s CEO warned parents in an email that its school year may not start Aug. 24 as scheduled. “We do not know if we…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (714+ words) Attendees said the event gave them an abundance of resources to help with the many decisions they face in their schools. “It’s been very impactful in a very practical manner,” Hope Nguyen, head of school at Agape Classical Christian Academy…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (354+ words) Students as young as 11 had their privacy violated through an explicit survey administered by a suburban Boston school district, the U.S. Department of Education has concluded. Parents filed federal complaints against Burlington Public Schools after students were required to participate in…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (562+ words) More school districts west of the Mississippi are implementing four-day school weeks (4DSWs), but other states are cracking down on the policy, arguing a shortened week harms students’ learning and academic performance. Across the country, at least 26 states and more than…...