The Signal in Education News
More families across the country are experimenting with private school as states—and soon the federal government—use taxpayer-supported scholarships to encourage them to leave public school.
NYC’s Education Department is proposing to update attendance rules and require every school to have a trained liaison to help students struggling with school avoidance.
New Jersey’s 50 smallest school districts each reported fewer than 221 students last fall, with the tiniest enrolling just 53 children, according to new state data.
Top Tennessee Republicans have heralded Houston’s intervention as a model they want to replicate in the Memphis-Shelby County district. In the first two years of the takeover, more Houston students achieved proficiency on state reading and math tests, and no school received an “F” rating in the state accountability sys…
K-12 schools should provide career navigation to students, a new FutureEd report says. Its author believes more counseling and embedding career education into curriculum can help.
Across classrooms right now, many educators are noticing the same shift: Students are even harder to reach than they were just a short time ago. In a recent survey, teachers pointed to rising disengagement as a growing concern, with more students opting out of learning in both loud and quiet ways.
A new book by author Jennifer Wallace, coupled with real-life classroom experiences, illustrate how to show students they matter.
The IPS board has a vacancy after Allissa Impink resigned. The appointee will be selected June 25 by the board and serve until a newly elected board member takes office in January.
Nancy Staudt is leading the RAND School of Public Policy at a moment when higher education is being pushed to evolve in a world defined by constant change.