This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement announced five years ago that it wanted to see real innovation in child support enforcement, Colorado leaped at the challenge. The Colorado…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Fresno and Visalia school districts are spending $10 million each on new schools. San Jose Unified put about $12 million toward staff bonuses, while Santa Ana Unified spent $9…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kindergarten has arguably been the most successful education reform in U.S. history. But it almost didn’t happen. Its survival is owed in large part to an educator named Lucy Wheelock.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Karlie Kloss’ passion for coding hasn’t faded. And to prove it, the 25-year-old model and entrepreneur is taking her nonprofit coding program to the next level. After taking a coding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Personalized learning programs in Chicago are helping to boost reading scores for students equivalent to 13 percentile points of growth, a recent analysis found. The private, charter and traditional public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As our technologies have rapidly developed and manipulating those technologies has emerged as a key college- and career-ready skill, teaching students how to program, question, and manipulate digital devices has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More Latino students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students after they arrive on campus? Do they leave with a degree?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new initiative to help College Promise programs, which comprise a variety of free or discounted community college efforts around the country, will provide research-based best practices to improve students’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States play a role in ensuring school safety, managing resources, and providing training, technical assistance, and guidance to local schools. As both the National Governors Association and the Department of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Kankakee Public Schools in Illinois, we’ve introduced 16 different career paths to about 70 percent of our K–5 students using Defined STEM’s career wheel. Some of these topics include agriculture,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The #NeverAgain students honor other youth-led movements ranging from Women’s Suffrage, Voting Rights for 18-Year-Olds, Campus Free Speech, Ending the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Movement. In each case, youth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alan November asserted that educators should teach students how to learn. As he put it, the traditional school model (in which teachers strive to transfer what they already know to students) is the…