DC Charter School Enrollment Nears Parity With Public Schools
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The DC Fiscal Policy Institute has released a report that examines the evolving nature of Washington, DC’s public charter school sector. Titled “A Changing Landscape: More...
Baltimore School Commission Ousts Thornton, Hires Santelises
(Photo: Safe and Sound Campaign) The Baltimore City Board School Commission has announced the replacement of its current CEO, Gregory Thornton. The school board will replace Thornton with the former city school More...
EdSec King Calls For Repeal of ‘Hateful’ School Bathroom Laws
(Photo: Susan Walsh, AP) The Department of Education will not stand by and allow schools to ignore federal law that protects the rights of LGBT students, according to Education Secretary John King, Jr., who has called More...
South Carolina High School Shifts Transgender Bathroom Policy
(Image: WMBF News) After being threatened with a lawsuit, Horry County Schools in South Carolina agreed to allow a transgender student use the boys’ restroom, but only after he was suspended in January. The More...
NEPC Report Calls for Slowdown on Virtual School Growth
(Image: WikiMedia) According to a new study from the National Education Policy Center, while virtual schools are continuing to grow in popularity, they need to make improvements in order to truly benefit students across More...
Report Finds School Choice Benefits Public Schools, Too
(Image: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons) The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to researching and promoting school choice for children, has released More...
Wake County, NC Schools Grapple With School Rankings, Pledge
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The school system in Wake County, North Carolina may eliminate naming valedictorians and salutatorians in high school and instead begin a system that would recognize more top More...
Academic Results Not Tied to School Spending in Michigan, Report Says
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A newly-released report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy finds that there is no statistical correlation between spending on public schools in Michigan and the academic More...
Middle School Group Stopped From Singing Anthem at 9/11 Memorial
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Two security guards at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in Manhattan are facing criticism after telling a group of middle school students who were singing the National Anthem More...
After School Activities Reap Benefits for UK Students, Data Shows
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) New research suggests that after-school clubs and sports can greatly improve the academic performance and social skills of disadvantaged elementary school students in the United More...