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Education Reform Opinion
STOOPS: Remote Learning and Learning Loss: America’s $14 Trillion Problem
Parents with children in these districts should be alarmed by decisions that continue to keep students out of the classroom.
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Education Establishment Opinion
GOLD: Why Education Technology Can’t Save Remote Learning
The coronavirus-sparked shift to widespread remote work has been generally smooth because most modern offices were already using a raft…
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Education Establishment Opinion
DeMATTHEWS and McFARLAND: Charter School Expansion Is Not What Texas Needs During a Pandemic
The Texas Education Agency recently approved new charter schools for the next school year, which means the state will be…
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New York
‘I Pay My Taxes…I Didn’t Move’: NY District to Kick Out Students Who Are Learning Remotely While Visiting Another State
Can you visit a friend or relative in another state for an extended period while your kids keep up with…
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California
San Francisco Board Considers Limiting Families’ School Choices in Order to Integrate Classrooms
School board members on Tuesday will discuss a long-awaited proposal to overhaul the notoriously complicated student assignment system.
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Federal Education News
Data Breaches Hit Thousands of K-12 Students, Federal Watchdog Reports
Thousands of K-12 students were affected by 99 reported data breaches in the United States over the last four years,…
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New York
New York City Schools Report Just 18 Positive Coronavirus Cases Three Weeks Into In-Person School Year
The absence of outbreaks, if it holds, suggests that the city’s efforts to return children to classrooms could serve as…
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Education Reform Opinion
McINTOSH: We Deserve a Debate on Parental School Choice
While voters are seemingly more focused on personalities as opposed to policies this election season, there is one stance that…
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Education Reform Opinion
COX: Why Even the Childless Should Want School Choice
A child’s future should not be determined by their zip code—especially when this system traps people in cycles of poverty.
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California
Some San Diego Schools Have No Teachers Willing to Return for ‘Phase One’ Reopening
San Diego Unified leaders launched their “phase one” reopening this week to help the district’s most vulnerable students. But the…
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Education Reform Opinion
McCLUSKEY and READER: Online Public School Puts Government in Your Home
There are many problems with this mode of delivery, but perhaps the most legally explosive is that on-camera public school…
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New Mexico
New Mexico Students Registered for Homeschooling Increases More Than 50%
As of late September, there were 13,242 students registered for home schooling statewide, according to Karen Woerner, deputy director of…
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Florida
Florida Ed Chief Moves to Strip License From Reinstated Principal Who Declined to Call Holocaust a Fact
Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said Friday that former Spanish River High School Principal William Latson “took advantage of his position…
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Minnesota
Minneapolis District Spends $355,000 on Student Surveillance Tool, Raising Ire After Terminating Its Police Contract
Minneapolis education leaders have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this year to surveil children online, even after the district…
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California
‘I Am Livid’: San Francisco Mayor Blasts District for Focusing on Renaming Schools Instead of Reopening Them
"The fact that our kids aren't in school is what's driving inequity in our city, not the name of a…
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire Democrats Block Federal Charter School Grant Again
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee continued to vote along party lines to refuse to consider a $10.1 million federal grant…
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Colorado
‘They Silenced Us’: Colorado Parents-Turned-Teachers Want Schools, Lawmakers to Give Them a Voice
Parents are as hands-on as they’ve ever been in education, particularly for students taking classes remotely. Yet some don’t believe…
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National Education News
‘Why Do We Have Summers Off?’ Former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Calls for Year-Round Schooling
Secretary Duncan, now a member of the Emerson Collective — a social change organization focused on education, immigration reform, the…
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National Education News
Teachers Say Doing Both Online and In-Person Instruction Concurrently Is Exhausting
The Covid-19 pandemic has led many schools to offer both classroom and virtual instruction, but teachers say doing both concurrently…
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Rhode Island
Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Wants to Run a Charter School
The African-American Innovation Center is going to be the first African-American charter school in all of New England.
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Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Says Teachers and Schools Shouldn’t Face Penalties for Students’ Performance on Tests This Year
Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said Friday that Tennessee schools and teachers should not face negative consequences…
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National Education News
Why the Pandemic Could ‘Blow Up’ the Already Large Achievement Gaps
Before the pandemic struck, schools had been chipping away at the achievement gap among students of different backgrounds.
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Idaho
‘Sick-Out’ Organized by the Teachers Union Forces Idaho District to Cancel School
West Ada School District abruptly canceled school for Monday due to a massive sick day organized by the teachers union…
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New York
Parents Say Children Were Randomly Tested for COVID at NYC Schools Without Their Consent
New York City's Department of Education is taking action after some students on Staten Island were randomly tested for COVID-19…
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National Education News
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes’ Tweet That Schools Should Be Reopened Next Semester Elicits Angry Responses
"Every public school district in America should be planning for in person school next semester. It can be done safely,…
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