This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has now taken the pole position; it will be the new reference point for the evolution of public schooling, and changes as a result of COVID-19 will be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last several years, education policymakers and school leaders have worked to rein in excessively punitive school discipline practices. Motivated by concerns about disproportionality in discipline rates and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After serving as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for most of 2019, Jim Shelton joined Blue Meridian Partners as our Chief Investment and Impact Officer. In this role, he leads the evolution of Blue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public school enrollment is dropping in both large and small districts, NPR reports, with enrollment at the kindergarten level down an average of 16%. The trend is consistent across low-income, affluent,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Will Garland is taking all his classes online this fall for COVID-19 safety reasons, like so many students across the country. But the eighth grader’s lessons at Cleveland’s Urban Community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New lesson plans from Kids Can Make a Difference (KIDS) aim to help students around the world understand the root causes of hunger. The program, called Hunger Now, encourages young people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 school closings have harmful learning and earnings effects on the welfare of students and the nation. But effective educational approaches are available to help young people overcome these negative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. San Antonio is experiencing a homeschool boom, data suggests, fueled by parents frustrated with public school options during the pandemic. Distressed over remote learning, tired of not knowing when their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As plans to reopen schools have ramped up across the country, so too have administrators’ efforts to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus. That’s why many districts have turned…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An estimated 3,000 students, or roughly 3 percent of enrollment in San Antonio’s largest school district, Northside Independent, where Cable Elementary is located, didn’t participate in remote learning and couldn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, parents are struggling to balance the need to work and financially support their families with the desire to protect their children’s health, safety, and learning during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through the unsettled ending of the last school year, to the unprecedented beginning of this one, school communities continue to exist in a state of flux. Some districts are using…