The Signal in Education News
Wendy Castañeda Leal, a superintendent from a small school district in Kern County, received more than 658,000 votes in the primary for California superintendent of public instruction with the help of a small team of volunteers and without any campaign contributions.
The federal education department said it found 61 boys on girls’ sports rosters in Jeffco Public Schools. The district says the boys weren’t competitors.
New Jersey’s 50 smallest school districts each reported fewer than 221 students last fall, with the tiniest enrolling just 53 children, according to new state data.
Alison Lee still remembers the conversation that helped her see why young people turn to the safety of artificial intelligence for companionship and belonging. She was talking to a high school student and the girl told her, “Nobody dances at prom anymore.” A researcher at The Rithm Project, a nonprofit focused on human…
Students’ cellphones, smartwatches, and other devices must be turned off and out of sight during school, according to a policy adopted by the Denver school board Monday.
Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera, both board presidents of high-performing school districts, are running for state superintendent of public instruction with differing views on transgender students, funding and ethnic studies.
Gov. Newsom warns it's prudent to hold back the funding in case a flood of expected new money dries up; school districts disagree.
Texas charter schools recently saw their smallest enrollment bump in state history, signaling that similar forces crushing traditional public districts may soon hit them as well.
Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however.