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Pennsylvania will give public schools the option to delay federally required standardized testing until the fall, state Department of Education officials have announced.

Twenty Years of Failing the Schools To fix education, Biden must not only undo Trump’s legacy but reverse two decades of a disastrous ‘reform’ movement. President Joe Biden will have his work cut out in repairing the damage done to U.S. education caused by Donald Trump and his one-time Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. But Biden and his Secretary of Education nominee, Miguel Cardona, must also reverse at least twenty years of federal education policy, starting over with measur...

February 25, 2021 In the United States, the interest groups most strongly associated with neo-Marxist ideas would have been forced to operate more efficiently long ago, had they not assumed the mantle of social justice warriors. What American leftists like to describe as their commitment to greater fairness and equality almost always turns out to be a superficial rebranding of permanent dysfunction. Consider, for example, how teacher unions have for decades used left-wing ideology to protect an...

The state hopes to provide additional flexibility in testing requirements following the release of new federal guidance this week.

Charter schools proved more cost effective and yielded a greater return on investment than traditional public schools in seven cities, according to a new report led by Coorey DeAngelis and Patrick Wolf.

Share this article Share this article FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter schools are more cost-effective and yield a greater return-on-investment than traditional public schools in seven cities featured in a new report by a research team based at the University of Arkansas. "Making it Count: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools in Seven U.S. Cities" examines cost-effectiveness and return-on-investment (ROI) in Camden, Denver, Indianapolis, Shelby County (Memphis), ...

The state hopes to provide additional flexibility in testing requirements following the release of new federal guidance this week.

A student learns from home during the pandemic. Credit Ralston Smith for Unsplash As of this month, 83% of Michigan’s school districts say they’re already offering or planning to offer at least some form of in-person instruction, according to a new statewide survey. That’s a big jump from the  64% who were planning to do so in January, according to a release from Michigan State University. But while only 15% of districts say they’re still fully remote, researchers say those districts...

Share this article Share this article Key findings of the survey show: 52% of parents favor end-of-year testing this spring to measure the impact of the pandemic on student learning. 60% of parents are worried their child is behind and want more information on where their child is academically.   62% of parents believe their child to be behind compared to a normal school year. 49% of parents are worried their student will not be prepared for the next grade.  "As underscored by the results ...

Michigan schools shifting to provide in-person instruction Michigan school districts are shifting away from remote instruction toward offering some in-person instruction, with less than half as many districts providing remote-only instruction in February compared to January, says a new report. February also saw the largest increase (from 64% to 83%) in districts planning to offer some form of in-person instruction since the start of the 2020-21 academic year.   Governor Whitmer, who issued a g...