Day: October 26, 2023

The Would-Be Education Mayor: 4 Ways Bill de Blasio Can Elevate New York City’s Schools During His Second Term Dear Mayor de Blasio, Congratulations on your re-election and for becoming the first Democratic mayor in New York City to win a second term since Cornelius Van Steenwyk in 1682. Your opponents were not very impressive, and the voters were not very moved, but you still managed to win by...

The Student Financial Aid Maze: Navigating the FAFSA This Year Ahead of Big Changes in 2017-18 Jon Babcock and his 17-year-old son, Mark, dedicated around 10 hours of their recent weekend to navigating the complex Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and college admissions applications online. This was just the beginning of their financial aid journey, as Mark is set to graduate from...

New Bill Would Eliminate Retention Under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Receive stories like these directly to your email inbox by subscribing to Newsletter. A new proposed legislation seeks to eliminate the practice of retaining students under Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee. This bill closely resembles a previous bill that failed to pass in the previous General Assembly. State...

Interview: Soon-to-be Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee on COVID-19 Response and Using Community-Based Afterschool Programs to Make Up For Lost Learning Significant changes are underway in the smallest state of the nation. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, in the midst of her second term, has been chosen by the Biden administration to serve as the U.S. commerce secretary. Following a favorable...

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law Receive stories like these directly in your email inbox by signing up for Newsletter. The recent gun reform legislation signed by President Joe Biden requires the federal government to establish a new "clearinghouse" of evidence-based school safety practices. However, some experts argue that the current...

EduClips: How DeVos’s Civil Rights Policy Affected Shutdown of Texas Schools’ Probe; AZ Teacher Walkout Scheduled for Thursday — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts EduClips is a collection of the latest educational news stories from some of the largest school districts in the United States, where over 4 million students attend classes every day across eight...

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds Receive stories like these directly in your email inbox by signing up for Newsletter. Updated as of July 28th. New research indicates that, more than three years after the start of the pandemic, a crisis in teaching quality may be hindering academic recovery. The report, released last week by the Center on Reinventing...

As Hewlett-Packard Can’t Deliver Computers on Time, Cleveland School District Sent Scrambling to Find 9,000 New Laptops in Two Weeks In just two weeks, the Cleveland school district is set to begin the fall semester with online classes. However, a major setback occurred when the district was informed by Hewlett-Packard Company that they would not be able to provide laptops to all students in...