Ogubamichael’s family speaks Tigrinya at home, and her daughter, who is in second grade, is learning English. Five months into the 2021-22 school year, Ogubamichael realized that her daughter was barely making progress in English — and that she wasn’t getting services for English language learners, as had been promised, […]
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What school safety measures does Texas require to prevent mass shootings?
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School safety measures are largely up to individual school districts, but the state does mandate they enact some policies. “There’s no one aspect of school safety that addresses the needs of all campuses, so the state has an approach that is really broad in terms of the different options that […]
What schools and elected officials can do to prevent school shootings : NPR
School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption LA Johnson/NPR School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. LA Johnson/NPR Before the […]
School leaders criticise attorney general’s advice on trans pupils | Schools
School leaders have described advice from the attorney general to “take a much firmer line” with pupils who identify as transgender as “unhelpful” and potentially damaging to children’s mental health. In an interview last week, Suella Braverman said schools in England do not have to accommodate pupils who want to […]
NYC education panel approves school funding formula
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Following a stunning rejection last month, New York City’s education panel approved Wednesday the city’s school funding formula for next year, as Schools Chancellor David Banks promised to create a group that will review the 15-year-old formula. The commitment from the city followed concerns from some panel members and public […]
Executive Education 2022: Top 50 combined ranking and school profiles
Top for open and custom: HEC Paris HEC Paris heads the combined table this year. Rising one place in the custom table and seven in the open-enrolment list, the school tops both rankings. Corporate clients gave a top score for their courses in seven of nine categories. One surveyed client […]
Biden administration softens new charter school rules
Placeholder while article actions load Under pressure from charter school advocates, the Biden administration on Wednesday said some of the tough new rules for federal funding are not as tough as they appear. In a series of tweets, the Education Department said it supports high-quality charter schools and tried to […]
Researchers unearth the painful history of a Native boarding school in Missouri
ST. LOUIS – In the last two years, Canada and several U.S. states have begun to recognize their histories with Native American boarding schools, institutions that set out to “assimilate” Native American children into westernized U.S. ways of life by stripping them of Indigenous tradition and culture. What would start […]
School Advocates Rally at White House Against Biden’s ‘Attack’ on Charter Schools | Education News
Charter school advocates from across the country – mostly Black and Hispanic school leaders, teachers, students and parents – descended on the Education Department and the White House on Wednesday morning to deliver a message to the Biden administration and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: “Back off.” At issue is a […]
Resolution in support of ‘Parental Rights in Education’ law spotlights school board discussion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A resolution that supports the “Parental Rights in Education” law — which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” policy — spotlighted discussion Tuesday during the Duval County School Board meeting. It bans school employees from having conversations with students about sexual orientation and gender identity in […]
UVA Alumna Announced as Dean of School of Education and Human Development
The University of Virginia announced Wednesday that Stephanie J. Rowley, an alumna of UVA, has been appointed the dean of the School of Education and Human Development. Rowley is provost, vice president for academic affairs and dean at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, where she holds a tenured […]
USC education school sent flawed data for ranking, report says
Two deans at the University of Southern California’s education school directed officials to omit key data submitted for U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of best graduate schools, moves that contributed to the school’s rise in the rankings, according to an investigation released Friday. In March, USC announced that […]