Category: Current News

TGIF! Here’s your News Roundup. In Cities with School Choice, Low-Income Kids Catching Up to Wealthier Peers (The 74) The 74 reported recently that, “A new report form the Progressive Policy Institute finds that over the last decade, low-income students in large districts that aggressively expanded public school choices have started to catch up to…

It’s Friday! Your News Roundup awaits. Report: Nearly 500 Schools Underenrolled and Chronically Underperforming (The 74) The 74 announced late last month that, “Low performing schools are twice as likely to have lost substantial numbers of students – with nearly 500 losing 20% or more since the pandemic, marking them potential candidates for closures, a…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. What Happens When a 48K-Student District Commits to the “Science of Learning” (The 74) This is a head scratcher. Why more school districts don’t commit to teaching learning science to their teachers is perplexing. One must guess school districts think that learning science is covered in a teacher’s…

It’s time for the Friday News Roundup! State Officials and Educators Brace for Another Tough Budget year as the School Year Starts (Vermont Public) Vermont, like other states, continues to struggle with their school budgets. Vermont Public reports that, “Last year was a bad year for school budgets. And this year, things could be just…

It’s Friday. Time for the Roundup. Richmond Pilot Program Asks: What Happens If a School Year Is 200 Days, Not 180? (The 74) I’ll spare you this article’s details. What happens if a school year is 200 days, not 180? Research tells us that most kids will learn more over 200 days compared to 180.…

Here’s your Friday News Roundup. Skyrocketing Test Gains in Oklahoma Are Largely Fiction, Experts Say (The 74) Sometimes, high-stakes testing leads to unintended consequences – like cheating. The 74 reported last week that, “Oklahoma school districts got some shocking, but welcome news this month when the state released results of student tests from last school…

It’s Friday! Time for the News Roundup. Against Ten Commandments in Schools? Tell Your Kid Not to Look, Governor Says (Washington Post) Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that, “Parents who oppose the display of the Ten Commandments in public classroom in Louisiana should ‘just tell the child not to look,’ Governor Jeff Landry,…

It’s a July Friday. Time for the Roundup. Texas’ Christian-Influenced Curriculum Spurs Worries about Bullying, Church-State Separation (The Texas Tribune) The line between church and state is becoming narrower across the nation, but probably nowhere more than Texas. The Texas Tribune reported last week that, “Andy Wine thinks most children can understand the Golden Rule.…

It’s Friday! Time for the Roundup. Was Los Angeles Schools’ $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen? (The 74) Earlier this month, The 74 reported that, “When news broke last month that Ed, the Los Angeles school district’s new, $6 million artificial intelligence chatbot, was in jeopardy – the startup that created it…

It’s Friday, so it’s time for the News Roundup. How Districts Can Keep High-Impact Tutoring Going After ESSER Money Expires (The 74) It seems like the only strategy working these days to help kids improve their reading, writing, and problem-solving skills is small group or one-to-one tutoring. But funding for that tutoring is questionable moving…