The Signal in Education News
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish the new Workforce Pell Grant program on Friday. Established by the federal budget reconciliation bill in 2025, Workforce Pell Grants expand traditional Pell Grant eligibility to programs that are between 8-15...
More than 160,000 Texas families applied for the vouchers. Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock said he expects the program to reach capacity in its first year.
Gov. Bill Lee wants to double the number of students who can use vouchers. Parental demand for vouchers is high, but data about outcomes for students who use them is lacking.
The governor’s first spending plan commits more than $13.8 billion to education with record funding for K-12 and preschool, expanded tutoring, and new youth mental health services.
Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than their peers in at least 18 other states and in 20 other states in reading — a dramatic rise from the state’s standing a decade ago. Experts say the big gains in fourth grade reading were in large par…
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma Senate plan to fund education initiatives with money designated for teacher pensions has drawn mixed reactions in the week since Republican leaders unveiled it. Groups representing active and retired educators, along with legislative Democrats, have opposed Senate Republicans’ idea to redire…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite rejecting a Jewish charter school a second time, an Oklahoma state board is preparing to argue in the school’s favor in court. The Statewide Charter School Board on Monday voted to deny a resubmitted application to open Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School. Board members said they had no choice but t…
This story was reported by Mark Keierleber and written by Kathy Moore Months before the Los Angeles school board approved a $6.2 million contract with AllHere, an AI chatbot maker that is now being investigated by the FBI, top district leaders were invited to a meeting with its CEO and a consultant, who is a […]
State Sen. John Liu said he is open to extending the deadline for NYC to meet strict class size caps. Any changes could be negotiated as part of the state budget deal.