The students had all recently failed the English Language Arts Regents exam, according to families and staff.
“At some point, all of us as board members are highly conscious of the fact that we’re going to have to close schools, we’re going to have to consolidate schools,” one board member said.
One initiative will give $1,000 bonuses to teenagers who work 100 hours or more this summer and complete financial literacy training.
Since 1965, Fayette County schools have been operating under a desegregation order. Some worry that without court oversight, the system will resegregate.
In total, the winning candidates raised $63,500 and spent $36,600 in the election.
The goal is for students and teachers to develop a richer understanding of Memphis’ pivotal role in American history, at a time when discussions of race are constrained by state law.
Some families travel hours each day so their children can attend the Bright MINDS program in Lakewood.
The national effort will also support young people who want to enter the behavioral health workforce with stipends and experience.
El distrito escolar de Adams 14 recibirá más tiempo para continuar su plan de mejoras trabajando con socios administrativos parciales, después de un voto del Consejo Estatal de Colorado la semana pasada.
Council members questioned officials as the looming expiration of federal COVID relief money threatens to shave $808 million from the Education Department’s budget.
The program will train young adults ages 18 to 24 to act “as navigators serving middle and high school students,” according to state officials.
Daniel Kiel, whose documentary chronicled the ‘Memphis 13,’ sees vouchers and ‘colorblind’ policies eroding progress on desegregation.
Nearly half attend schools with high concentrations of poverty, while funding disparities undermine recovery from learning loss.
A survey of Michigan residents found wide support for higher salaries for beginning teachers.
Organizers of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago are inviting high school students to design buttons and other memorabilia.
Teenage boys wrapped up in Indianapolis’ justice system are dealing with trauma, a proliferation of guns, and little fear of death. Kareem Hines and his team of mentors are trying to help.
In P.S. Weekly’s food episode, fourth graders visit NYC schools’ test kitchen, high schoolers rate grilled cheese sandwiches, and students dish on having microwave access.
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If restorative justice funding is cut, advocates worry schools will increasingly resort to suspensions instead of alternatives like peer mediation.
Under state law, schools must conduct at least four lockdown drills each year. Lawmakers and advocates say that’s “excessive and ineffective.”
Students, parents, educators, and advocates have big asks for the 2024-25 School Aid Budget. They worry the state won’t be able to fund them.
The teachers union propelled Johnson to City Hall with an education platform promising more funding and staff at neighborhood schools, housing for homeless students, and free public transit passes.
Before the pandemic, at least 137 schools serving roughly 70,000 students did not have a school nurse, according to one estimate.
Advocates say there are about 45 outdoor preschool programs in Colorado.
Teaching Brown v. Board? Don’t forget the Black women who fought school segregation in landmark case
History often pays attention to Oliver Brown and the male lawyers behind the landmark case. But 12 Black mothers from Kansas also played a crucial role in challenging inequities in their children’s schools.
The contract provision in question has to do with the end of the so-called budget stabilization factor, which withheld funding from Colorado’s K-12 schools.
Unintentional marijuana use is spiking among young children, while the district is dealing with hundreds of incidents involving weed and vape pens.
Mock legal and legislative proceedings dispel notions of teen disengagement in Adam Williamson’s class.
Ethnomathematics tries to make math relevant, with students calculating the slope of Hawaiian mountainsides or using trigonometry to evenly space braids.
Students at First Avenue School last year were among the first to test Khanmigo, an artificially intelligent chatbot developed by Khan Academy and powered by ChatGPT technology.
Beasley Academic Center’s Tammy Anderson — known for her killer dance moves and infectious smile — will be one of four crossing guards honored in an awards ceremony next week.
Education was a big issue in 2024, with a school funding formula rewrite dominating the last weeks of the legislative session.
As childhood hunger is on the rise, New York City is scaling up a program for schools to donate food directly to families in need or to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens.
For the third year in a row, about 53% of Indiana high school graduates are going to college.
Christel House’s College and Careers program tracks and supports graduates for five years after they leave high school. Now, it’s expanding the program to four Indianapolis schools.
As Moms for Liberty and other conservative groups sought to gain control of American school boards, they turned to a blueprint drawn up in one Texas town.
The pro-Palestinian encampment at the Auraria Campus is the largest such protest in the state. Students at the schools have mixed feelings about it.
Los distritos escolares de Colorado inscribieron a mas de 8 mil nuevos estudiantes inmigrantes entre octubre y el 29 de febrero.