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Legislation would ensure 'diverse' selection of books in school libraries New York State

Waterford ― The Board of Finance held its final budget public hearing last week and will now send its proposed $102.6 million budget for 2023-24 to the Representative Town Meeting. The budget calls fo...

Waterford ― Superintendent of Schools Tom Giard presented a proposed 2023-24 education budget of just north of $55 million to the public earlier this month. The proposal is a 5.99% increase compared t...

New York City law requires every school to have a staffed library, but students are increasingly left without one.

In her eighth executive order issued in her first two days as governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday directed state Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva to lay the groundwork for her proposed education overhaul.

In her eighth executive order issued in her first two days as governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday directed state Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva to lay the groundwork for her proposed education overhaul.

“We defended these books, which remained in the library ... We saw book banning slow down, and that was really phenomenal to see.”

There is no Democrat or Republican way to teach reading. There is a correct, scientifically based way and an incorrect, guess-work-based way. It just so happens that conservatives have long championed the correct way, and progressives have long been enchanted by the incorrect way. With rampant learning loss, and states still flush with COVID-19 relief cash, it’s time to follow the Deep South’s lead and focus on the science of reading.

It’s been a tumultuous year for public schools in Chicago and Illinois. But there has also been joy and resilience. Here are a dozen of Chalkbeat Chicago’s top stories of 2022.

PW looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year, and what they portend for 2023