1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1160+ words) The coming school year will be an important one for addressing the transportation challenges that make it difficult for so many Detroit students to get to school. City officials on Friday announced a new ride share service pilot and a…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (874+ words) A controversial Colorado education group that launched a now-defunct “public Christian school” last year could soon dissolve after the state’s top education official urged the move this week and the group’s most crucial member considers leaving. The 13-year-old group — Education…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (694+ words) Over the past two and a half years, 17-year-old Ana Ortega has visited dozens of high school classrooms across the South Bronx and Harlem, leading conversations about consent, healthy dating behaviors, and safe sex with students her own age. “A…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (824+ words) From the field trips to the childcare, Philly kids and their families say they’re enjoying the summer school programs provided by the school district and the city. But are these programs translating to more success in the classroom? That question…...

2+ day, 43+ min ago   (818+ words) More than a third of the money that some low-income Colorado families received last summer to help feed their children went unspent, state data shows. Summer EBT provides eligible families with $120 per child to buy groceries during the months when…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (661+ words) The Denver school board voted Thursday to hire an outside law firm to represent it in legal matters involving the superintendent, whom the board is responsible for hiring, firing, and evaluating. The vote comes at a tense time for Superintendent…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (626+ words) Denver voters will be asked in November to approve a $44 million tax increase to benefit the city’s public schools. If passed, every Denver Public Schools employee would get a $1,750 raise. The money would also be used to offer more career…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (766+ words) On Wednesday, elementary schools in a small southwestern Colorado district stopped using a controversial reading curriculum developed by the state of Texas. It was the third day of school. The sudden shift came a day after the Montezuma-Cortez school board…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (630+ words) For the first time in its history, Chicago’s school board voted Thursday to put two questions on the November ballot gauging voter opinions on proposals to bring in more money for the deficit-plagued district. One referendum would ask voters if…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1128+ words) This year’s startling collapse of New York City’s reading scores, followed by last year’s big gains, has some experts asking: Did something go wrong with the test itself? There is no clear evidence there is a problem, experts emphasize, but…...