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The South Dakota Board of Education Standards will hold its second meeting since revealing the revised social studies standards that drew controversy again this summer. A day before the official deadline to register or submit public comments, the Board had received nearly 900 comments from teachers, school board members, parents, school administrators and more. The […]

Most school districts adopted their budgets last spring, long before state and national test scores laid out the extent of pandemic declines, particularly in math.  That’s why some school finance experts are urging districts to redirect some of their plans for federal relief funds toward learning recovery before that money is actually spent.  “From our […]

As the extent of pandemic learning loss became evident to educators and policymakers across the country, many states and districts turned to high-dosage tutoring as a potential solution. This makes perfect sense; after all, the research base for tutoring is as strong as for any academic intervention. Indeed, wealthy parents have paid out of pocket […]

The recent release of the 2022 NAEP scores, which showed historic learning declines in math and reading two years following the onset of the pandemic, has brought renewed urgency to conversations around learning losses and recovery. Beliefs about these topics shape how policymakers, educators and parents act to support students moving forward. Yet our research […]

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions, which has opened the door to higher education for countless students of color, could become unlawful by next summer if the Supreme Court rules against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Such a decision would harm curtail the diversity of student bodies at many colleges and universities by […]

The California Teachers Association spent heavily on school board races in the state, distributing $1.8 million to 125 local affiliates, which were required by union policy to add almost $1 million more to the total. That investment seems to have mostly paid off. California election results take weeks to finalize, but union-backed candidates are leading […]

An adoption case now being weighed by the U.S. Supreme Court could roll back measures designed to protect American Indian children from being taken from their families — a process frequently initiated in schools. On Nov. 9, the court heard oral arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen, which pits three non-Native families and the state of […]

WASHINGTON — The FBI has officially announced that a single minor youth is the main suspect in most racially motivated bomb threats to dozens of Historically Black Colleges and Universities earlier this year that terrorized students. The FBI in a statement on Monday did not release any further details — only that the individual is under […]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic still lingers in the number of students at traditional public schools in North Carolina. While average daily membership (ADM) at traditional schools is up from last year, it is still below where it was before COVID-19. On the other hand, charter school ADM is now almost 20% higher than […]

As with many teachers, I decided to pursue this career because I wanted to make a difference in the lives of my students and the world at large. My first professional foray had been in finance, but I figured I would be a happier person being part of society’s solutions. A big change was in […]