The Signal in Education News
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Claire Galloway-Jones stepped up to lead the Brookline school district’s Office of Educational Equity in July 2023 at a time when families, staff and students were losing trust. The wealthy, coveted district on Boston’s edge faced allegations of repeatedly failing to address incidents of racial bully…
Michigan’s State Board of Education voted Tuesday to urge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to forgo opting into the federal tax credit scholarship program.
Declines in reading scores started before the pandemic. But some school districts are helping students make progress with targeted support and science-of-reading-based instruction.
Suspension rates, however, spiked in the first school year with limits in place, particularly for Black students, an Education Next paper says.
Tennessee officials tried to make less-affluent students a priority for Education Freedom Scholarships next year. But most new EFS vouchers went to families with higher income.
Indianapolis Public Schools to cut $17 million in central office for 2026-27 school year as district faces financial shortfall. This follows $7 million in school-based budget cuts.
District leaders would not say how much less funding they are steering directly to schools or how many positions might be cut. But they made it clear many school budgets will be tighter, though special education funding will increase.
Mamdani’s budget scales back teacher hiring, aims to reduce the cost of private special education services, and offers a modest pay bump for early childhood education staff.
When students fall behind in the early grades, they rarely catch up; a lack of teacher coaching compounds low performance.