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A day after State School Superintendent Richard Woods presented Literacy Leader Awards to 10 Cobb Schools, the Cobb County Board of Education Meeting focused on the importance of literacy and

As Lynn Brantley bid farewell to the district she's served for the past three decades, the soon-to-retire New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) literacy…

“Freedom Schools are not just culturally responsive, but we invest in young people – developing their sense of self-agency that they can make a difference in their home, their community and in the world,” expressed Dr. Wilson, who is expected to discuss Freedom Schools further, and the most recent CDF State of America’s Children 2021, during the NNPA’s annual summer convention in June. By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA The Children’s Defense Fund has always lived b...

This story has been updated to reflect the portion of students who will remain in distance learning in Elk Grove Unified. California school officials scratching their heads over how to roll out standardized tests this spring could soon have another option. On Tuesday, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education that would allow California school districts to use locally selected tests rather than the Smarter Balanced statewide assessmen...

Ashley Anderson writes that flawed tests used in Utah schools don't tell us anything useful about students or schools.

Members of the Aiken County Board of Education brainstormed solutions to the school districts substitute teacher shortage at its Dec. 8 meeting. A lack of substitute teachers was part of the boards Nov. 17 decision to move schools back to hybrid instructional models – a combination of in-person classes and distance learning days. The Back-to-School Advisory Committee reported declining fill rates for classrooms in need of substitutes that month, when district-wide quarantines peaked as stu...