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Records show some candidates were hand-picked by 1776 Project PAC, a national conservative political group that spent more than $160,000 this spring on local public school board races.
The LAO likes the idea of moving the Department of Education under the control of the governor but wants the Legislature to get involved in the details.
Portland Public Schools is turning four days that were originally intended for instruction, grading or paid time off into furlough days.
Are you still working toward your New Year’s resolution? By this time of year, most people have long since forgotten their goals to hit the gym or eat healthier foods. Pensions are sort of like New Year’s resolutions. Policymakers always promise, to themselves and to their constituents, that this will be the year they’…
Parents, lawmakers and county leaders across Hawaiʻi have made a recurring request to the education department in recent years: open up school playgrounds and fields for the public when classes aren’t in session. The ask seemed to be gaining traction at the start of this year, with lawmakers introducing multiple propos…
School hiring processes play a crucial role in determining the racial demographics of the American teacher workforce — including by putting non-white teaching candidates at an apparent disadvantage — according to a study released in February. In dozens of school organizations around the country, Asian American applican…
Populism, identity politics, school closures, and financial irresponsibility have taken their toll on public confidence in American education
Post-pandemic teacher working conditions have plummeted as classroom disruptions surge, fueling a crisis in U.S. schools.
While prevention remains essential, 2025 has reinforced a hard lesson for district leaders: it’s not a question of if a cyber incident will occur, but how prepared a school system is to respond and recover when an attack happens.