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Proponents of the “Future-Ready Facilities Plan” say the plan will improve equity and opportunities for students districtwide, while opponents say the plan lacks clarity and transparency, and that the shifts would be disruptive to students’ educations.
Texas law has mandatory consequences when any campus achieves five failing grades in a row—the state must either close the offending campus or take over the entire school district.
City council members rallied outside of the board meeting on Thursday and called on board members to resign over their vote to approve school closures.
A new bipartisan bill would require more transparency for Ohio private schools receiving Education Choice and Education Choice Expansion vouchers. Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township, recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 443, also known as the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act. “The…
Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.
Gov. Jeff Landry was adamant Tuesday that Louisiana public school teachers would not see a pay cut in the upcoming school year, but he did not specify where he would find the tens of millions of dollars needed to avoid it. “I think the teachers deserve certainty. They deserve stability. They deserve respect and a […]
All but one current school board member is running, plus dozens of newcomers and former candidates. The Nov. 3 election will end 30 years of mayoral control of Chicago schools.
The Colorado Department of Education released preliminary results for the Colorado Measures of Academic Success. The data mirrors key trends in recent nationwide test scores.
Juan Lozada’s grandson missed out on almost his entire fifth-grade year at his dual language elementary school in San Antonio, Texas. All because of a child-friendly knife, marketed as safe for ages 3 and up, that the boy brought to school in September 2025 to cut fruit for his lunch. Lozado was one of the […]