This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new federal law designed to put states in charge of school accountability soon will be implemented fully throughout the country, but there still are questions as to whether —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dustin Gordon grew up thinking he would work the land. He’s from Sharpsburg, Iowa, population 89, where agriculture is the lifeblood of the region. He says most of his friends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This was a year of good news and bad news in California’s schools. Faster-than-expected infusions of new funding under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allowed many districts to replace…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Basis Scottsdale, a charter school in Arizona, is the best public high school in America. It dates back nearly 20 years, to when two economists struggled to find a school that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Julie Comeaux’s 17-year-old son, Matthew, is a student with special needs. He has tuberous sclerosis, epilepsy and autism, but that hasn’t stopped him from being ambitious at school. He has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Youth Villages YVLifeSet program helps develop the skills needed in order to live a successful and independent life. Approximately 23,000 young adults in the U.S. age out of the foster…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Should children as young as three, four and five be taught by ability? Grouping children like this in nursery school, Reception and Years 1 and 2 is increasingly common across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 106 councils were able to provide information stretching back five years. It revealed a 57% increase in children with a statement, or equivalent, being…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools all over the country are going through the growing pains of digital adoption, connectivity in classrooms, and figuring out the instructional use of devices and online resources. Within this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From 2005 to 2009, Margaret Spellings served as the U.S. secretary of education, where she had responsibility for implementing No Child Left Behind. The bipartisan initiative, which President George W.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Strides is an experiment in Fresno, based on the data-tracking fever inspired by Fitbit and other apps. At a time when schools are using more and more data to drive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. AI is the Terminator. AI is coming for your job. AI is taking over the world. If we compiled all the headlines about artificial intelligence from the last year, we’d…