Lee plans to push for policy again next year.
“This decision making was clearly rushed,” one lawmaker said. “It's not best practice, but this is where we are.”
Former Board President Joyce Wilkerson’s nomination by Mayor Cherelle Parker was deferred, and city officials expressed displeasure about the district’s charter school policy.
Los habitantes de Chicago votarán por 10 de los 21 miembros en las primeras elecciones de la junta escolar de la ciudad. Aquí hay seis cosas que usted debe saber al inicio del ciclo electoral.
The joint initiative between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union provides up to $500,000 per school for wraparound services.
The video of one student hitting another is connected to a lawsuit alleging ongoing abuse was ignored by School 87, according to attorneys involved in the suit. IPS says it takes student safety seriously and reacted to the situation swiftly.
Title IX rules announced Friday reverse Trump era changes, make clear denying gender identity harms students
Gov. Josh Shapiro says the testing change will mean less time spent preparing for the tests and more time for actual learning.
Almost 75% of the city’s high schools do not have student publications, according to a 2022 study.
Chicago Public Schools is using local and state definitions to track the enrollment of migrant students, making it harder to understand the needs of new students
Black and Hispanic students have historically had far less access to sports. The situation has led one school’s dean to file a federal civil rights complaint.
Studies show students who complete federal financial aid applications are far more likely to attend college.
Proposed legislation would also block the current school board from changing admissions policies at selective enrollment schools.
Amid a literacy crisis in Michigan, these educators want nearly every public school in the state to have a library and a certified librarian.
One is participating in an intensive apprenticeship program at Bloomberg and the other dashed off 23 college applications.
Turnout was characteristically low — below 3%.
Century-old Humes was operated as a charter under the state’s unraveling Achievement School District.
Schools are supposed to give parents of students in temporary housing free MetroCards each month. But problems with distributing them are leading to absences and fare evasion tickets.
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The sponsor of the bill says it would create a culture of expectation that formal education must begin early.
Parents, teachers, and others have long criticized the practice of reassigning teachers after the school year has begun. But it’s unclear if ‘leveling’ is gone for good or merely paused.
Lawmakers could revive a plan to let all parents use Education Scholarship Accounts on classes, tutoring, extracurricular activities, and more.
Purdue Polytechnic High School Lab School offers personalized curriculum to around 20 students while getting support from the charter school network.
The plan — which will be finalized this summer — will prioritize improving students’ daily experiences in the classroom, addressing staffing and funding, and collaborating more closely with school communities.
Whether a school is following district discipline rules “is an indicator of the climate of a school,” Superintendent Alex Marrero said.
“There’s still time to see if we can get this worked out,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said of her push to include New York City’s mayoral control governance system in the budget.
As a second grade teacher, Precious Allen teaches every subject to her students, but emphasizes science, engineering, and math with hopes of inspiring her students to pursue those fields.
The ‘Youth Civic Hub,’ an online portal launched on Friday aims to increase youth civic engagement and electoral participation.
The board on Tuesday signaled to lawmakers that they want new laws to reform the state’s charter school system.
With federal pandemic aid for schools expiring, the schools say the additional operating funding would be crucial for students and staff.
“I work in school nutrition to feed kids, not trash cans,” a dietitian testified at a legislative hearing last week.
Shortly after going live, a new program to pay student teachers received thousands of applications. The state only allocated enough funding for some 700 people.
The charter school bill that sponsors said was about accountability failed after hours of testimony Thursday.
Changing how Colorado funds schools has bedeviled legislators for years, but they hope the new proposal will represent a breakthrough.
Deputy Chancellor Dan Weisberg made the comments after a Brooklyn superintendent suggested his district, which includes affluent neighborhoods, would have flexibility with the curriculum mandate.
More than a dozen local organizations that help administer Colorado’s tuition-free preschool program signed a letter to Gov. Jared Polis protesting potential funding cuts.
Student testing is a sticking point as legislative leaders seek a compromise.
The city school system, like districts across the country, has dealt with a surge in tensions following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of the Gaza strip.
There are three full-term seats up for grabs and one seat with a one-year unexpired term.