The Signal in Education News
In April 2024, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made a bold promise: The state would revamp its approach to literacy and boost state reading scores by double digits. “We’re turning the page on how we teach students how to read,” she said in front of a first grade class in Albany. The state would raise […]
The California First Court of Appeal overturned a decision by the Contra Costa County Superior Court, ruling that West Contra Costa Unified School District must hire more qualified teachers and update one of its schools in order to comply with the Williams Settlement Legislation.
IPS school board selected Hasaan Rashid in a 4-2 vote to fill Gayle Cosby’s vacant seat.
The lawsuit pushes back on new grant conditions that bar funds being used for programs that support “gender ideology” or “illegal immigration.”
Rising costs next school year grew to $122.9 million, a gap the district was able to close by reallocating funds, district leaders said.
A suburban Detroit school district has agreed to give First Amendment training to staff to settle a lawsuit by a teenager who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The school board is moving forward with Superintendent Tony Watlington’s proposal to slash school spending to reduce the district’s budget deficit.
The push to drop a state testing mandate for ESA vouchers follows an audit based on that rule that showed most recipients under-perform their public school peers.
All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I now that board members voted earlier this week to fully restore the course at the middle school level. The 50,000-student system made headlines in 2014 when it eliminated the curriculum for eighth graders in an effort…