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A year ago, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency swept into the Department of Education and devastated its research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Nearly 100 contracts for major statistical collections and research studies were canceled. Roughly 90 percent of IES staffers were laid off, stal…
When the Pennsylvania Department of Education released reading scores in December, the news was grim. Not only was performance still far below pre-COVID levels, the percentage of students meeting expectations had fallen for a fourth straight year. For Rachael Garnick, a former first grade teacher, the results were a re…
Following $4 billion in a school model that ensures students are healthy, engaged and supported, funding could be in the state’s funding formula.
Under HB 4079, school districts would need to develop a policy to identify when federal immigration officers are on school property—and then inform parents, staff, some students, and some service providers about those sightings.
Indiana’s new school accountability system is officially on the books, pending a few final signatures. The State Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to formally adopt the new statewide model, locking in a redesigned A-F grading system that state officials said better reflects student progress, literacy an…
The bill says that school instruction must "Not describe, portray or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest."
When Kim Whitman’s son was in kindergarten in 2015, it was the first time their school district rolled out a one-to-one device program, assigning an electronic device to every child. Beyond using it in the classroom, the children were required to bring it home each night to charge it — but with that came the temptation…
Today, about 80 percent of K–12 students use computers or tablets at school--up from about 50 percent before the pandemic. Even as parents worry about too much “screen time,” schools are ramping it up.
Phillip Levine explores the changes in college affordability, updating a previous Brookings piece with more recent data.