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Federal officials allege the district violated Title IX by allowing transgender students assigned male at birth to use girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms, share overnight accommodations with female students, and to participate in girls’ sports.
Brown Center on Education Policy scholars analyze the COVID-19 and culture-war era through a nationally representative survey of 1,002 school board members, documenting firsthand perspectives on the conflicts that defined this turbulent period in school board governance.
Tennessee students have nearly returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and have also made significant improvements in reading, according to a recent report that charts how well schools have recovered from harmful closures. The state has revamped both subjects in recent years, starting with the passage of th…
Four of the five people hoping to be the first elected Chicago Board of Education president could get muscled off the ballot. All nine of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointees have also had their petitions challenged.
Superintendent Tony Watlington said $50 million in one-time funding from the City Council will not restore hundreds of staff positions the district is planning to cut.
NYC wants to mandate middle schools and encourage elementary schools to include students on school leadership teams. All members, including students, would get a $300 stipend.
Pennsylvania allows 17-year-olds to be poll workers, so high school students help run elections in counties around the state, including hundreds in the 2026 primary.
Letting students decide how they learn is almost as important a goal of Mayfield High School near Cleveland as learning itself. The school lets students skip traditional classrooms and lectures if they don’t fit how a student learns best. They can work independently at their own pace, earning credit based on what they…
Teachers can help ease the math anxiety that many students feel by creating more joyful learning experiences.